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81) Amazing Sharks
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The great white shark is the biggest predatory fish on Earth. Its formidable teeth and ability to swim up to 37 miles (60 km) per hour make it a deadly enemy. Readers can check out the great white shark up close, as well as 19 other amazing species of shark. Full-color photographs introduce readers to the teeth, fins, and other body adaptations that make sharks some of the coolest animals out there. Fact boxes detail each shark's behaviors, including...
82) Black Bears
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Black bears are the most common bears found in North America. Readers learn fun facts about these familiar bears through accessible main text, a detailed graphic organizer, and eye-catching fact boxes. These facts are presented alongside full-color photographs of black bears in their natural habitat. Readers explore common science curriculum topics, including life cycles and food chains, in an engaging way as they explore the lives of these beautiful...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The dictionary definition of a mammal says that mammals give birth to live young, but that's not always true. Echidnas and platypuses, while still technically mammals, lay eggs. Why they do so is one of the strangest adaptations of mammals on Earth. Readers explore this and many other incredible and bizarre adaptations of all kinds of mammals, including the purpose of milk teeth and the hairy truth about camouflage and the coats of many animals. Full-color...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Woodpeckers are usually easier to hear than they are to spot. Their pointed beak hammers into tree bark at a speed of 25 miles (40 km) per hour. They're looking for some tasty bugs to eat in the inner layers of a tree. There's so much more to a woodpecker's interesting life, and readers will find all they need to know in this instructive and entertaining book, a bird-watcher's journal of woodpecker info. Cool facts and amazing photographs are the...
85) How Animals Hear
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Animals rely on their sense of hearing to locate predators, find food, and sense danger. This book explores a variety of animal ears and describes how they work and how they help animals hear. From the super-sharp hearing of an owl to grasshoppers that hear through their legs, this book is full of fascinating facts that capture the reader's attention while providing scientific information and offering an opportunity to compare animal hearing to the...
86) Deadly Mammals
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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From size and stealth to teeth and claws-the mammals highlighted in this informative guide have the tools needed to be among the most dangerous creatures on Earth! Full-color wildlife photographs and fascinating facts will draw in readers and educate them about the land's deadliest animals, including great cats such as the lightning-fast leopard, huge bears such as the mighty grizzly, and even deadly herbivores such as the immense African elephant....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Ostriches are the biggest birds on Earth. Not only that, they can run distances at about the same speed as a car on a city street! These adaptations are extraordinary, but other birds have even more bizarre adaptations! From gizzards to the many colorful mating displays, bird adaptations are covered in fun, engaging detail throughout this volume. The main content addresses curriculum topics such as animal body systems, life cycles, and more with an...
88) Chicks Eat Puke!
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Everyone finds some kind of food distasteful. That might be broccoli for some or olives for others. This book puts those foods into perspective, and young readers will eat it up. They'll learn that bird parents will do anything to bring their chicks the nutrition they need and in a form they can ingest. That sometimes means chicks eat vomit. The accessible text explains this "fowl" behavior as well as other captivating facts that will motivate even...
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"One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Titles for 2010" Deborah M. Gordon is professor of biology at Stanford University. She is the author of Ants at Work (Norton).
How do ant colonies get anything done, when no one is in charge? An ant colony operates without a central control or hierarchy, and no ant directs another. Instead, ants decide what to do based on the rate, rhythm, and pattern of individual encounters and interactions--resulting in a...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Camouflage is when an animal's coloring makes it hard for other organisms to tell where they are, what they are, or where they're moving. This helps keep the animals safe from predators and helps them sneak up on their prey. Your readers will learn about the different types of camouflage and encounter examples of each. A graphic organizer displays information in a way that allows readers to quickly and easily draw connections while bright photographs...
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English
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Water covers approximately two-thirds of Earth's surface and is home to many types of interesting creatures. From the puffer fish, which can become a large, spiny ball in seconds, to the angler fish and its bioluminescent lure, marine animals can do some pretty wild things. Through engaging text and colorful photography, readers will learn all about the different adaptations that allow these sea animals to live in Earth's oceans. They're bound to...
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Get the Summary of Eric Cassell's Animal Algorithms in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book.
Original book introduction:
How do some birds, turtles, and insects possess navigational abilities that rival the best manmade navigational technologies? Who or what taught the honeybee its dance, or its hive mates how to read the complex message of the dance? How do blind mound-building termites master passive heating and...
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Español
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This fun book is about animal behavior. It challenges students to guess what animals are doing and why. Topics include camouflage and mimicry, color changes, migration, animal senses and adaptations, courtship dances, care from mammal mothers, playing dead, scary body parts, tongue teasers, and some silly stuff to encourage story writing.
94) Sea Horses
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The sea horse is commonly included in the menagerie of many aquariums and animated fish movies, so most readers can recognize their distinctive shape easily. But what do they really know about the sea horse? This book provides the perfect opportunity to dive into the wonderful world of the sea horse, that peculiar fish we've all come to recognize. Using incredible, full-color photographs and understandable, curriculum-based text, this book plunges...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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From sniffing out a meal to finding a mate, species throughout the animal kingdom use their sense of smell every day. While most animals use their noses to smell, such as cats, dogs, and humans, others use different parts of their bodies. For example, bees use their antennae, snakes use their tongues, and butterflies use their legs. A good sense of smell can allow animals to survive in dark, underground habitats. It can help others locate food sources...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Young naturalists learn early that when butterflies and moths first hatch from an egg, they're in the form of caterpillars. They probably don't know that as caterpillars grow, they shed skin, and then eat it. Readers will find this entertaining and accessible look at these ubiquitous larvae exceptionally informative. Carefully chosen photographs support the text and key science vocabulary.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Trapdoor spiders get their name from the trapdoor-like entrance they make to their underground burrows. Made of silk, soil, and plant matter, a trapdoor spider's habitat is an interesting study in bug behavior. Readers will be fascinated to learn all about the trapdoor spider through this volume, which is written to support elementary science curricula. The information-rich text explores the life of a trapdoor spider with a special focus on their...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
Hummingbirds may be the most jaw-dropping birds. Their wings flap 80 times per second and they can also hover. Astonishing facts like these abound in this guide to the diminutive bird, in the appealing guise of a young bird watcher's journal. The narrator takes readers under his wing, showing them how they, too, can be bird watchers while addressing important science concepts accompanied by beautiful photographs of hummingbirds in flight.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Imagine a battle between a bird and a rhinoceros. It might seem obvious that the rhinoceros would triumph, but the outcome isn't so clear when the bird in question is a cassowary. This is a large, heavy creature with a reputation as the world's deadliest bird. Young readers will thrill at the knowledge they uncover as they try to figure out, which of these fascinating animals might prove victorious if they were to confront each other. Age-appropriate...
100) How Do Eggs Hatch?
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Readers journey inside the egg-one of nature's most intriguing and compact mysteries. Easy to understand text and full-color photographs give a detailed explanation of every step of egg development. Beginning readers will learn everything about the hatching process, from the parts of an egg to how chicks break out of their shells. This text, with its engaging language and supplemental charts, will have readers looking at eggs in a whole new light....
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