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The Field looks at the eco-system of an arable field, complete with photographs from crops, trees, hedgerows and wildflowers, to the wide variety of animals, farmland birds, insects, butterflies and moths that they support; and how they depend on each other; and are all vital for the wonderful environment we need to thrive and enjoy. The book focuses on the relationship between these key species, how they work together and interact with their environment...
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Everything you ever wanted to know about the flora and fauna of Southeast Alaska is contained in the third edition of this lively field guide to the natural world, from bears to banana slugs, mountains to murrelets. Highlighting the most fascinating and unusual aspects of Southeast Alaska natural history, the book is also a guide to the most frequently seen plants and animals.
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Cities pose formidable obstacles to nonhuman life. Vast expanses of asphalt and concrete are inhospitable to plants and animals; traffic noise and artificial light disturb natural rhythms; sewage and pollutants imperil existence. Yet cities teem with life: In rowhouse neighborhoods, tiny flowers bloom from cracks in the sidewalk. White clover covers lawns, its seeds dispersed by shoes and birds. Moths flutter and spiders weave their webs near electric...
4) Cascadia Revealed: A Guide to the Plants, Animals, and Geology of the Pacific Northwest Mountains
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"A love poem to the living things that inhabit the mountains and rivers of Washington, coastal Oregon, and southwestern British Columbia." -Saul Weisberg, executive director, North Cascades Institute
More than just a field guide, Cascadia Revealed is the essential trailside reference for naturalists, hikers, and campers. With engaging prose and precise science, Dan Mathews brings the mountains alive with stories of their formation and profiles...
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Learn how to navigate through any landscape-forests, deserts, even your own backyard-through observation of the world around you!
Put away your map, look up from your phone, and let nature be your guide.
Rediscover nature's hidden signs as you delve into the amazing science of natural navigation. Meet two young adventurers, as they discover the joy of finding their way using nature's clues. From worms, honeybees, and spiders to trees, flowers,...
6) Amazing Ants
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Ants live in a colony. They have different jobs to do. Some ants get food for the colony. Some keep the colony safe. Find out about the role of ants. Paired to the fiction title Ants Everywhere.
8) Animal Teeth
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Animals do not brush their teeth, but they still have ways to keep their teeth clean. Read to find out how. Paired to the fiction title Going to the Zoo.
9) Bees Buzz
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Bees buzz. They buzz when they fly to a flower to find food. They buzz when they fly to their hive to sleep. Find out about the life of bees. Paired to the fiction title What Do You See.
12) Blue
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
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"This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells about plants, animals, and rocks that are blue and how colors work in the natural world. Includes picture glossary"--Provided by publisher.
14) Purple
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IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells about plants, animals, and rocks that are purple and how colors work in the natural world. Includes picture glossary"--
15) Orange
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
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"This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells about plants, animals, and how colors work in the natural world. Includes picture glossary"--
16) Green
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.8 - AR Pts: 1
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"This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells about plants, animals, and how green work in the natural world. Includes picture glossary"--
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"Investigate famous excavations and the archaeologists and paleontologists who led them with Discovering Fossils. Through fossils such as Mosasaurus and Neanderthal man, readers will discover how we learn about fossils and how they teach us how plants, animals, people, and Earth have changed over time"--
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IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Move to another planet? Sounds interesting! In our imaginary spaceship, let's check out the planets in our solar system. Mercury is closest, but it has no air, and it's either sizzling hot or bitterly cold. The atmosphere on Venus is poisonous; plus, human beings would cook there. Mars might work, but you'd always have to be in a protective shelter. And if you got to the outer planets, you couldn't even land as they are mostly made of gas! Our home...
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"The nonfiction book introduces middle grade readers to the effects of light pollution. Illustrated with photos throughout, it examines why darkness is important for plants, animals and people, and the practical things we can do to protect the night sky for all ecosystems on the planet."--
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Think like a scientist and search like an explorer with this illustrated nature guide for kids ages 8 to 12 Get ready to explore the sky above, the ground below, and all the plants and creatures in between! Made just for kids, this nature anatomy book teaches you about the incredible forces and living things that exist in nature. You'll dig in to tons of different topics--from naming the layers of the atmosphere to learning the parts of a flower--and...
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