Rebecca E Hirsch
2) Antarctica
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Get ready for a fascinating trip around the seven continents of the world! Simple, engaging text and colorful, mesmerizing pictures teach you about each continent's land features, populations, native animals, technological advances, and lots more-including how to find each continent on a map! Antarctica is the most remote continent, and this title teachers readers all about the people who study and explore there, as well as the animals that live there....
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Examines the possibility of using DNA of extinct animals to bring them back to life, such as recently extinct animals like the gastric-brooding frog of Australia, as well as less-recently extinct animals, from the passenger pigeon to the wooly mammoth. Explores the pros and cons of "de-extinction" and why some scientists are opposed to it while others think it could be great for the ecosystem.
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Introduces the reader to stinging plants, poisonous plants and plants that eat animals. Featured plants include the Venus Flytrap, an African tree that houses stinking ants to protect itself from hungry animals, a "vampire vine" that sucks nutrients from other plants, and fiendishly invasive kudzu.
9) Australia
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Presents a simple introduction to Australia, focusing on its geographical features and points of interest.
10) Crystals
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This title covers key curriculum Earth science topics, and explores the natural processes, how geologists study crystals, and how crystals relate to the reader's daily life.
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"Wings can soar and wings can skim. Wings can hover, hum, and swim. Small wings, big wings, near and far. Can you guess whose wings these are? Some wings make music, some wings move too fast to see, and some wings carry people all over the world. Can you guess who these wings belong to? Learn about the wonderous world of wings through rhyming riddles that will encourage little readers to guess along with every page turn. From hummingbirds to pterosaurs,...
15) The rock cycle
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"Get ready to get your hands dirty with The Rock Cycle. With its reader-friendly and interactive approach, this title covers key curriculum Earth science topics in an engaging way. This title explores the natural processes, how geologists study the rock cycle, and how the rock cycle relates to the reader's daily life"-- Publisher's description.