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Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
The more we study the world around us, the more living things we discover every day. The planet is full of millions of species of plants, birds, animals, and microbes, and every single one including us is part of a big, beautiful, complicated pattern. When humans interfere with parts of the pattern, by polluting the air and oceans, taking too much from the sea, and cutting down too many forests, animals and plants begin to disappear. What sort of...
Author
Publisher
Owlkids Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"Meet Josephine: a spirited and curious girl, a big sister, and a human being. She|s also a mammal, an animal, and a liing thing, identities she explores with readers in this simple informational picture book. Josephine presents her family (and herself) as examples of human beings, and then familiar creatures like her dog and her mom (and herself) as mammals. Next, she adds whales, lobsters, hummingbirds, and elephants (and herself) as examples of...
Author
Publisher
Wide Eyed Editions
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
A first introduction to the natural world that looks at the myriad ways in which plants and animals have adapted to give themselves the best chance of survival. "Natural World" explores and explains why living things look and behave the way they do in a series of visually compelling information charts.
Author
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
"With decades of scientific knowledge behind him and a ... sense of fun in his approach, Jan Paul Schutten rewards curiosity with ... explanations about some of the most complicated scientific issues that exist, and tells readers that there is much left to discover. For example: Why does the paramecium deserve a standing ovation? How do you build a planet? Does a tree want to be tall? How does a bacterium turn into a blue whale?"--
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