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| | You won't believe the amazing things animals do - how they communicate, fine food, and take care of their families. With concise text and beautiful watercolor scenes, this book provides children with a window into the fascinating world of animal behavior.
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| Animal Babies is an interactive book about the birth and growth of animals that both entertains and teaches young readers. Touch an alligator’s skin and see the world the way a bull, chameleon, and bee do. Peek at what a bear cub noshes on by lifting flaps or pull a tab to help a mother giraffe have her baby.
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| Inspired by the EDGE of Existence Program (Zoological Society of London), which aims to conserve the world's most endangered species, Animals at the Edge profiles eleven of the world's most extraordinary creatures facing extinction today. Readers will also meet some of the intrepid scientists working for a safe future for these animals and follow them on their adventures around the world.
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| At Home with the Gopher Tortoise: The Story of a Keystone Species teaches young readers about the gopher tortoise and the more than 360 different kinds of animals that depend on it for survival. From owls to rabbits, from skunks to scorpions, the gopher tortoise provides creatures with shelter, food, or a place to raise their young. In this fascinating tale of ecological interdependency, glorious illustrations reveal the gopher tortoise's world both below and above ground, showing children how the fate of one species is important to so many others.
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| Enjoy this up-close and personal book for young entomologists and all curious kids who are fascinated with bugs. Look right into a spider's eye and get tangled in its web! Marvel at the stunning pictures of teeny tiny creepy crawlies blown up to extraordinary sizes. Engaging annotations provide buggy facts and figures. Larger than life photographs of creepy crawlies include locusts, caterpillars, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, ants, praying mantis, and more!
Hardcover | 10.74 x 14.09in | 32 pages | ISBN 9780789465207| 09 Aug 2000 | 8 - 12 years
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| Featuring more than 150 creatures, chickaDee Animal Adventures crosses all continents and habitats to give children a rich understanding of animal characteristicks and behaviors. Packed with hundreds of stunning photographs and intriguing facts, this is a must have reference guide for any child curious about the animal kingdom.
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| Find out what breed of cat has no hair, why cats walk on their toes, which cats dive into water to hunt fish and more in this invaluable reference that is bursting with facts and full-color pictures.
Paperback | 3.38 x 5.03in | 128 pages | ISBN 9780789495907 | 21 Jul 2003 | Dorling Kindersley | 8 - 12 years
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| As the largest land animals that ever lived, the dinosaurs ruled the Earth for over 160 million years before becoming extinct. Find out Sauropods, Theropods, Stegosaurs, and more in this compact and comprehensive guide.
Paperback | 4.88 x 5.11in | 160 pages | ISBN 9780789495891| 21 Jul 2003 | Dorling Kindersley | 8 - 12 years
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| An invaluable introduction to the dogs of the world, this compact and comprehensive guide reveals key characteristics of each breed, highlights the their history, and provides tips on how to choose and care for a pet.
Paperback | 3.81 x 5.51in | 128 pages | ISBN 9780789495914 | 21 Jul 2003 | Dorling Kindersley | 8 - 12 years
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| Did you know that 60 million years ago the first horses ran on the plains of North America or that horses are social creatures that prefer to live in groups? Find everything and anything you ever wanted to know about horses in this pocketful of knowledge.
Paperback | 3.81 x 5.03in | 160 pages | ISBN 9780789495884 | 21 Jul 2003 | Dorling Kindersley | 8 - 12 years
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| DK Pockets is a major series of reference guides, small enough to fit in a pocket but comprehensive enough to provide an in-depth look at each subject. Pockets may be compact, but they are bursting with text and pictures. Within the covers, the enthusiast will find essential facts on the subject, plus a valuable reference section packed with charts and lists. These highly collectible guides are fascinating and easy-to-use mini-information books that gather everything you need to know about a subject-and put it in your pocket!
Paperback | 3.93 x 5.15in | 128 pages | ISBN 9780789434173 | 21 Sep 1998 | Dorling Kindersley
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| DK Pockets is a major series of reference guides, small enough to fit in a pocket but comprehensive enough to provide an in-depth look at each subject. Pockets may be compact, but they are bursting with text and pictures. Within the covers, the enthusiast will find essential facts on the subject, plus a valuable reference section packed with charts and lists. These highly collectible guides are fascinating and easy-to-use mini-information books that gather everything you need to know about a subject-and put it in your pocket!
Paperback | 3.85 x 5.07in | 128 pages | ISBN 9780789495952 | 21 Jul 2003 | Dorling Kindersley | 8 - 12 years
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| Kids who love to wriggle, squirm, and draw abuzz with excitement over Doodle It: Creepy Critters. This clever new book lets creative kids complete more than 100 squiggly doodles, including decorating ladybugs, drawing enormous spiders, filling a slimy sewer and much more. Comes with 100 reusuable stickers. NYP 8/1/10
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| Fly with amazing birds over deserts, seas, woodlands, and lush rainforests. From pink flamingos to chattering parrots and racing roadrunners, there are lots of feathered friends to meet. A wealth of facts, combined with dramatic photography, ensures that Eye Wonders are the perfect educational start for young children. Eye Wonders is a groundbreaking reference series specially developed for younger children aged five plus. In a stunning style departure for DK, wonderful photography shows subjects within their natural setting, offering a whole new level of information through powerful images. Vocabulary is accessible to children aged five plus, with the meanings of new, subject-related words clearly explained. The series provides an excellent knowledge base on the natural world for children starting to learn. The combination of breathtaking visuals and informative, accurate text will hook even those children who usually avoid books.
Hardcover | 7.91 x 10.43in | 48 pages | ISBN 0789485508 | 03 May 2002 | 5 - 8 years
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| Step back in time to an age when dinosaurs rules the Earth. Find out about gentle Jurassic giants and the terrifying Tyrannosaurus rex. Marvel at fearsome packs of Velociraptors with their switchblade claws, and spy on herds of Hadrosaurs sporting colorful crests. Dramatic, atmospheric photography provides a wealth of visual information. Packed with facts and written in an accessible style, Eye Wonders are the perfect educational start for young children. Eye Wonder is a groundbreaking reference series specially developed for younger children aged five plus. In a stunning style departure for DK, wonderful photography shows subjects within their natural setting, offering a whole new level of information through powerful images. Vocabulary is accessible to children aged five plus, with the meanings of new, subject-related words clearly explained. The series provides an excellent knowledge base on the natural world for children starting to learn. The combination of breathtaking visuals and informative, accurate text will hook even those children who usually avoid books.
Hardcover | 7.95 x 10.43in | 48 pages | ISBN 9780789478511| 09 Jul 2001 | 5 - 8 years
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| Prowl through the undergrowth and meet the amazing creatures that lurk there. Favorite animals such as tigers, snakes, and chimpanzees rub shoulders with marmosets, katydids, and sloths, and every animal is shown in its correct layer of the forest. Dramatic, atmospheric photography provides a wealth of visual information. Packed with facts and written in an accessible style, Eye Wonders are the perfect educational start for young children. A groundbreaking reference series specially developed for younger children aged five plus. In a stunning style departure for DK, wonderful photography shows subjects within their natural setting, offering a whole new level of information through powerful images. Vocabulary is accessible to children aged five plus, with the meanings of new, subject-related words clearly explained. The series provides an excellent knowledge base on the natural world for children starting to learn. The combination of breathtaking visuals and informative, accurate text will hook even those children who usually avoid books.
Hardcover | 7.99 x 10.43in | 48 pages | ISBN 0789478536 | 23 Jul 2001 | 5 - 8 years
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| Explore a kingdom where the real dragons roam. Visit the many wonders of the reptile world, including flying snakes, underwater lizards, and rare dinosaur relatives. A wealth of facts, combined with dramatic photography, ensures that Eye Wonders are the perfect educational start for young children. Eye Wonders is a groundbreaking reference series specially developed for younger children aged five plus. In a stunning style departure for DK, wonderful photography shows subjects within their natural setting, offering a whole new level of information through powerful images. Vocabulary is accessible to children aged five plus, with the meanings of new, subject-related words clearly explained. The series provides an excellent knowledge base on the natural world for children starting to learn. The combination of breathtaking visuals and informative, accurate text will hook even those children who usually avoid books.
Hardcover | 7.95 x 10.43in | 48 pages | ISBN 0789485540 | 03 May 2002 | 5 - 8 years
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| Take a trip under the sea with Eye Wonder: Whales and Dolphins. Discover everything a young reader would want to know about the majestic animals of the deep-where they live, what they eat, how they breed, the ways in which they are threatened by environmental factors and humans.
Hardcover | 7.95 x 10.43in | 48 pages | ISBN 9780789492692| 30 Jun 2003 | 5 - 8 years
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| Discover the world of frogs, toads, newts, and salamanders, their natural history, habitats, and fascinating life-cycles.
Frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, and the rare caecilians come in a stunning array of colours, shapes, sizes and habitats. They live both in water and on land and move in a great variety of ways from swimming, to hopping and even flying. With a series of specially commissioned photographs, Amphibian looks in close-up at the fascinating natural history of these creatures from the bright green, red-eyed treefrogs to dull, burrowing, worm-like caecilians; from startling black and yellow fire salamanders to tiny transparent glass frogs.
Hardcover | 8.89 x 11.41in | 72 pages | ISBN 9780756613808| 19 Sep 2005 | 8 - 12 years
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| Here is a spectacular and informative new guide to birds of prey around the world. Superb color photographs give the reader an "eyewitness" insight into the world of eagles, vultures, hawks, kites, owls, falcons, and other birds of prey. See a secretary bird stamping on a snake, a kestrel hovering in midair, a tawny eagle in flight across the page, a burrowing owl coming out of its burrow, and a Verreaux's eagle launching itself at its prey. Learn what an eagle's bones and muscles look like, how falconers train hawks, falcons, and other birds, what steppe eagles eat in winter, and how Harris' hawks hunt in teams. Discover how an alula helps birds to fly, which bird of prey has talons as big as a grizzly bear's claws, how vultures can fly for hours with scarcely a flap of their wings, and much, much more.
Hardcover | 8.85 x 11.37in | 64 pages | ISBN 9780789458605| 14 Jun 2000 | 8 - 12 years
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| Here is a spectacular and informative guide to the fascinating world of elephants. Superb color photographs of Asian and African elephants, their living relatives and reconstructions of their ancestors offer a unique "eyewitness" view of these remarkable animals, their natural history and relationship with people. See the adult "tusker", inside an elephant's mouth, a baby elephant feeding, an elephant in a threatening posture, elephants at work, and an elephant painting a picture. Learn how to tell an African from an Asian elephant at a glance, why elephants are worshipped, how long an elephant's tusks can grow, how elephants "talk" to each other, and why the future of elephants is threatened. Discover why elephants walk on their tiptoes, how much food an adult elephant eats in a day, the cruelty of the ivory trade, why elephants flap their ears, what an elephant does to keep cool, how intelligent elephants are, and much, much more.
Hardcover | 8.89 x 11.37in | 64 pages | ISBN 9780789458728| 14 Jun 2000 | 8 - 12 years
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| Here is an original and exciting guide to the fascinating world of horses and ponies. Stunning, real-life photographs of horses, ponies, donkeys, mules, and zebras offer a unique "eyewitness" view of these remarkable animals, their natural history and role in civilization. See an authentic Wells Fargo stagecoach, a 19th-century woman riding sidesaddle, a performing circus horse, and a real-life jousting tournament. Learn why horses flatten back their ears, how a blacksmith shoes a horse, how horses have been used in wartime, and how a horse's teeth show its age. Discover why a zebra has stripes, which wild asses are now extinct, what a Roman horseshoe looked like, the difference between an English and a Western saddle, what makes horses race, and much, much more.
Hardcover Book: Book and CD | 9.25 x 6.25in | 72 pages | ISBN 9780756637750 | 30 Jun 2008 | Dorling Kindersley | 8 - 18
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