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3) Castles
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English
Description
Describes the origins, main features, and destruction of medieval castles, and discusses the way of life of the people who lived in them, knighthood, and sieges.
4) Farm animals
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English
Description
How do pigs keep cool? Why do farmers shear their sheep? Which farm animals live underwater? In this book you'll find the answers and lots more facts about farm animals around the world. Farm animals is part of an exciting new series of books for children who are beginning to read on their own. The easy-to-read text has been specially written with the help of a reading expert.
5) Volcanoes
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English
Description
Text and pictures describe many aspect of volcanoes including eruptions, lava rivers, ash clouds, steaming springs, and more.
7) Cats
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English
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Description
Describes the life cycle, behaviors, and physical characteristics of cats.
8) Planet Earth
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English
Description
Describes Earth as a planet, covering its geologic features, continents, and such natural processes as erosion and the water cycle.
10) Ballet
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English
Description
Describes the art of the ballet, including its origins and technique, the elements that go into creating a performance, and the training that dancers undergo.
11) Bears
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English
Description
Describes the life cycle, physical characteristics, and behavior of bears.
13) Under the sea
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Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Answers to such ocean-related questions as what does a shark really eat and how does a sea horse swim?
14) Night animals
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English
Description
This book describes the world of night animals, explaining the habits of aardvarks, badgers, bats, black dragonfish, bushbabies, cats, crickets, dormice, elephant hawkmoths, fireflies, foxes, frogmouths, frogs, geckos, gila monsters, glow-worms, hedgehogs, hippos, kangaroo rats, kangaroos, koalas, leopards, night monkeys, opossums, owls, rabbits, raccoons, sloths, slugs, tarsiers, tigers, and wolves.
15) Sharks
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Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics of sharks, explaining how they find food, how they are born, and why they cannot stop swimming.
16) Antarctica
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Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
Description
Describes the landforms and animals found in Antarctica, explains what scientists do there, and tells what life is like for them.
18) Egyptians
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Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Describes various aspects of daily life in ancient Egypt, including homes, farms, temples, and forms of religion and entertainment.
19) Why do we eat?
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Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
An illustrated description of what happens to food as it travels through the body, and discusses the importance of healthy eating.
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