Alison Pearce Stevens
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This clever introduction to one of our most widely used simple machines takes us on a tour of the various ways people have used the lever throughout history--and prehistory. Each page spread features a different use for the lever, with detailed illus
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| THE OCEAN'S HEART is a beautiful book that introduces young readers to the greatest migration on earth: the daily movement of zooplankton from the ocean's twilight zone to the surface and back. Lyrical prose takes readers on a journey filled with clo ...more | |
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| This clever introduction to one of our most widely used simple machines takes us on a tour of the various ways people have used the lever throughout history--and prehistory. Each page spread features a different use for the lever, with detailed illus ...more | |
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| SUPERSQUADS provides a fun glimpse into the world of social animals, introducing various ways animals communicate, divvy up jobs, and even team up with other species. Fun, sometimes giggle-inducing illustrations bring the text to life. Back matter pr ...more | |
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NOT Extinct: The Przewalski's Horse Returns from Extinct in the Wild
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| It's not often that we hear about success stories when it comes to endangered species, but NOT EXTINCT showcases one such example. The text takes us through the history of the Przewalski's horse's extinction in the wild to its recent return to the wi ...more | |
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| JUST IN CASE is a fascinating book about the Svalbard Global Seed Bank--a vault built inside an Norwegian mountain that preserves millions of seeds from around the world. The story deftly takes us from warm fields teeming with crops into the frigid A ...more | |
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| The story of the La Brea Tar Pits, TRAPPED IN THE TAR PIT takes readers on a journey through time and space as tar seeps up, up, up through the rocks to ensnare animals that eventually wind up down, down, down beneath our feet. The text guides reader ...more | |
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Watch Them Grow: The Fascinating Science of Animal Beginnings
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| WATCH THEM GROW is a fascinating book for kids curious to know how animals develop before they're born. With chapters broken into different physical features (those associated with locomotion, senses, etc.), there's something for everyone, and the bo ...more | |
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| WHEN SCIENCE STOOD STILL provides a glimpse into the challenges scientists can face when they propose ideas that fly in the face of current understanding. Detailing the work of Indian-born American astrophysicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, this beau ...more | |
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Lizard Invasion: Florida's Little Green Anoles and Their Fight for Survival
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| LIZARD INVASION provides an introduction to invasive lizards in the southeastern U.S. The book begins with a native green anole dubbed Carolina. After several pages with Carolina, we watch as she is displaced by one invasive lizard after another. Aft ...more | |
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| TROUBLE DOG is a delightful introduction to conservation dogs and the essential work they do. Although many dogs make great pets, not all dogs are suited to life in someone's home--some, like Tucker, are simply TROUBLE. But those dogs shine as conser ...more | |
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