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1) Deserts
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Highlights a number of the world's deserts, defines what constitutes a desert, and describes the environment, including some of the plants and animals that live in these arid regions. The second-level Nonfiction Readers feature longer sentences and more challenging vocabulary, but the overall layout and photos remain familiar to students enjoying newly acquired skills. Readers are rewarded for their progress with such high-interest topics as fascinating...
2) Forests
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A phonics-based nonfiction book for level-two beginning readers, providing information about some of the plants and animals that live in the forest. Includes an index and a list of books and Web sites for further study. The second-level Nonfiction Readers feature longer sentences and more challenging vocabulary, but the overall layout and photos remain familiar to students enjoying newly acquired skills. Readers are rewarded for their progress with...
3) Oceans
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A phonics-based nonfiction book for level-two beginning readers, providing information about some of the plants and animals that live in the ocean. Includes an index and a list of books and Web sites for further study. The second-level Nonfiction Readers feature longer sentences and more challenging vocabulary, but the overall layout and photos remain familiar to students enjoying newly acquired skills. Readers are rewarded for their progress with...
4) Underground
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A phonics-based nonfiction book for level-two beginning readers, providing information about some of the plants and animals that live under the ground. Includes an index and a list of books and Web sites for further study. The second-level Nonfiction Readers feature longer sentences and more challenging vocabulary, but the overall layout and photos remain familiar to students enjoying newly acquired skills. Readers are rewarded for their progress...
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This book teaches young readers about the different types of Land Habitats. Mountains, deserts, grasslands, forests, and wetlands are just some of the many habitats discussed in a way that children will easily understand. This book also explains
• the weather in each habitat
• the different types of vegetation in each habitat
• the different types of animals in each habitat
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Felina the Florida panther loved growing up in her forest home, until the forest starts to shrink! Trees begin to disappear, and Felina doesn't understand the new busy highway in the neighborhood. Other animals are in danger, too. Will Felina find a way to survive as humans threaten to ruin her home? Environmental science writer Loran Wlodarski gives children a look into deforestation and endangered animals in Felina's New Home: A Florida Panther...
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Water Habitats features breathtaking photographs, detailed illustrations, and text that is easy to read, yet comprehensive. Young readers will enjoy learning about the different types of water habitats, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and swamps. This book also discusses
• the differences between saltwater habitats and freshwater habitats
• plant and animal life in each water habitat
• how animals find food and protect themselves
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Cozy up for a rainy day read and explore the prairie ecosystem through its ever-changing weather. Each month features a storm typical of that season and a prairie animal who must shelter, hide, escape, or endure those storms. Told in lyrical prose, this story is a celebration of the grasslands that dominate the center of American lands and the animals that live there.
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Gorillas using iPads, lemurs finger painting, squirrel monkeys popping bubbles . . . these primates are pretty smart! Could you make the grade in Primate School? Learn how diverse the primate family is, and some of the ways humans are teaching new skills to their primate cousins. Author Jennifer Keats Curtis is once again working with organizations across the country to share fun facts about primates through this photo journal.
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The jungle comes alive as children learn about a wide variety of animals and plants living in the Amazon rainforest, in this adaptation of the song "The green grass grew all around." Includes "For Creative Minds" section with animal and plant adaptation facts and a recipe.
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Snails and sea slugs use Sea Slime. But, did you know that coral and clownfish need slime too? Marine scientist Ellen Prager takes us deep into the sea to introduce us to fascinating and bizarre animals that use slime to capture their food, protect themselves from harm, or even move from place to place in their underwater environment.
12) Shark Baby
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"Who am I?" wonders Shark Baby. When his "mermaid's purse" egg case is torn loose in a storm, he finds himself on a journey through different ocean habitats: kelp forests, coral reefs, and seagrass meadows. He learns what kind of shark he isn't, but not what kind he is. He needs to find the "mermaid" to learn where he belongs, but the ocean is big and full of dangers. Will he find out who he is-and what he can do-in time? This fictional story includes...
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The desert is a habitat of extreme climate that provides plants and animals with unique survival challenges. A Desert Habitat provides an introduction to one of the world's most fascinating desert habitats: the Sonoran Desert. More plants and animals live in the Sonoran Desert than in any other desert on Earth. A Desert Habitat uses simple language and large, full-color images to teach children about
• the weather in the Sonoran Desert
• how Sonoran...
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Wetlands are found all over North America. They are a vibrant habitat for thousands of plant and animal species. Stunning, colorful photographs and clear, concise language help teach children about A Wetland Habitat. Specific topics include
• which plants and animals live in wetlands
• finding food in wetlands
• how weather affects wetlands
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An amazing multitude of living things thrive in grasslands, such as prairies. In A Grassland Habitat, children will learn about the many kinds of plants and animals that make their homes in prairies. This intriguing book looks at the ways plants and animals are perfectly suited to prairie grasslands. Topics include
• prairie weather and how animals survive during droughts
• an investigation of prairie animals that build complex underground homes
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Children are introduced to different kinds of forests, with an emphasis on temperate forests. Delightful photos of baby raccoons, deer, bears, wolves, lynx, owls, and other animals show children which animals live in forests. Young readers will learn about food chains and see how life for baby animals changes with the seasons.
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