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Big Bug

Henry Cole · Little Simon
Pages: 24
Format: Print book

Size is relative, but everything is worth seeing in this concept book from the illustrator of And Tango Makes Three.Beginning with a beautiful close-up of a "big" ladybug, this book artfully depicts the concept of scale. The book zooms out from the bug, to a flower, to a cow,...
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Louis Pasteur

Nick Hunter · Raintree
Pages: 32
Format: Library Binding

This book traces the life of Louis Pasteur, from his early childhood and education through his sources of inspiration and challenges faced, early successes, and the work on pasteurization and vaccination for which he is best known. A timeline at the end of the book summarizes key milestones...
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You Can't Take Your Body to a Car Mechanic!

Fred Ehrlich · Blue Apple Books
Format: Hardcover

Feeling icky? Put away that wrench! Can a hammer fix a cold?Can a screwdriver drive away an itchy spot?Whats the difference between a virus andan allergy or a pimple and a wart? Dr. Fred Ehrlich explains all about ills, chills, what makes us snivel and feel sore and how doctors, treatments,...
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Moths drink tears!

Miriam Coleman · PowerKids Press
Format:  Book : Primary school : English : First editionView all editions and formats

Most people think of small insects fluttering harmlessly around lights when they think of moths. However, there are some moths with a sinister secret. They use their barbed tongues to poke animals in the eyes and drink their tears. Different species like different animals tears, such as elephants...
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Fractions in Disguise: A Math Adventure

Edward Einhorn · Charlesbridge
Format: Hardcover

When a valuable fraction goes missing, George Cornelius Factor a.k.a. GCF vows to track it down. Knowing that the villainous Dr. Brok likes to disguise his ill-begotten fractions, GCF invents a Reducer—a tool that strips away the disguise, reducing the fraction and revealing its true...
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Aqualicious

Victoria Kann · Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pages: 40
Format: Print book

Fun in the sun becomes an aqualicious adventure when Pinkalicious meets a miniature mermaid in #1 New York Times bestselling author Victoria Kann's newest picture book starring Pinkalicious.Pinkalicious and her family go on a trip to the beach for a day of sun, fun, and sand castles!...
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Woodpecker Wants a Waffle

Steve Breen · Harper
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

One day Benny the woodpecker awakens to the best tummy-rumbling smell ever and discovers it's something called waffles. He must taste them!He pecks on the door of the waffle house, but he gets the boot.He tries to sneak in, but he gets swept away.Each time Benny tries, he just can't...
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Brownilocks and the Three Bowls of Cornflakes

Enid Richemont · Crabtree Publishing Company
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

In this classic twist on the traditional fairy tale, meet Brownilocks the bear. She gets hungry while she's out for a walk in the woods and finds a tasty surprise! Three delicious bowls of cornflakes have been left out for breakfast, but what happens when Mom, Dad, and Sam come home?
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Mountain Lions

Meryl Magby · Powerkids Pr
Format: Book

24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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The Big Ideas of Buster Bickles

Dave Wasson · HarperCollins
Pages: 40
Format: Hardcover

Buster Bickles's big ideas are always getting him into trouble. But when Buster gets to test the newly invented What-if Machine, anything Buster imagines becomes reality. Packed with rivers of chocolate, robot dinosaurs, and eggs-ray vision, the world becomes Buster's creation in this...
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