Sally M Walker
41) Mosquitoes
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English
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In this Early Bird title, readers learn about the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of the mosquito.
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Español
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What are magnets? Why are magnets found inside machines such as televisions, radios, and telephones? What do atoms and the tiny particles that make up atoms-protons, neutrons, and electrons-have to do with magnetism? Magnets provide forces that have the power to push or pull other objects. Easy-to-do experiments help readers explore the central principles of magnetism.
43) Deadly Aim
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English
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More than 20,000 American Indians served in the Civil War, yet their stories have often been left out of the history books. In Deadly Aim, Sally M. Walker explores the extraordinary lives of Michigan's Anishinaabe sharpshooters. These brave soldiers served with honor and heroism in the line of duty, despite enduring broken treaties, loss of tribal lands, and racism. Filled with fascinating and gripping firsthand accounts from the frontlines, this...
44) Underground Fire
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English
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"It is November 13, 1909, and the coal miners of Cherry, Illinois, head to work with lunch pails in hand, just like any other day. By seven a.m., 484 of these men are underground, starting jobs that range from taking care of the mules that haul coal to operating cages that raise and lower workers and coal to chiseling out rocks and coal from the tunnels of the mine. With the electrical system broken, they're guided by kerosene torches-and come early...
45) Rhinos
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English
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Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, behavior, and conservation of rhinos.
46) Sea horses
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English
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Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of sea horse as well as efforts to protect them.
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Pub. Date
2015.
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First Edition.
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English
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"When Harry Colebourn saw a baby bear at a train station, he knew he could care for it. Harry was a veterinarian. But he was also a soldier in training during World War I. Harry named the bear Winnie, short for Winnipeg, his company's home town, and he brought her along to the military camp in England. Winnie followed Harry everywhere and slept under his cot every night. Before long, she became the regiment's much-loved mascot. But who could care...
48) Hippos
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English
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An introduction to the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the common and the pygmy hippopotamus.
49) Dolphins
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English
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Introduces these aquatic mammals by describing their physical characteristics, life cycle, behavior, relations with humans, and threats to their survival.
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Pub. Date
2022.
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First edition.
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English
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"This stunning meeting of poetic form and luminous artwork transports us out of the bounds of Earth, past a lunar eclipse, beyond the orbiting planets, and into glowing galaxies and twinkling constellations. Sally M. Walker uses her award-winning skill as a writer of nonfiction to explore space through clever haiku, accompanied by narrative explanations of wonders that are out of this world. Illustrator Matthew Trueman imagines the explosive Big Bang...
55) Manatees
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1999.
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English
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Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, behavior, and conservation of manatees, also known as sea cows.
56) Fireflies
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[2001]
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English
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Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of fireflies.
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