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|  | Once a Mouse by Marcia Brown
A hermit with magical powers transforms a mouse into a cat, then a dog, and then a tiger. The tiger soon becomes too arrogant for his own good in this parable about excessive pride and ingratitude. Winner of the 1962 Caldecott Medal. AUTHOR: Marcia Brown
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature 
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 | Animals & Nature by Andrew Solway, Janine Amos, Lindy Norton, Mel Pickering
Designed with the earliest readers in mind, these vibrantly illustrated books contain easy-to-understand text that provides the answers to the questions kids have about the world. ANIMALS AND NATURE answers all the questions youngsters may have about the physical world around them, including topics like plants, animals, landforms, and the weather. AUTHOR: Andrew Solway, Janine Amos, Lindy Norton, Mel Pickering
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Strange Foods by Jerry Hopkins, Michael Freeman
A startling compendium of anthropological information about culinary oddities, including the eating of lizards, gold, scorpions, silk worms, bats--as well as shrimp, prunes, and okra, all of which are considered bizarre in some part of the world. AUTHOR: Jerry Hopkins, Michael Freeman
PUBLISHER: Periplus Editions (HK), Limited
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | A Country Year by Alexandra O'Karma, Sue Hubbell
In graceful, humorous, well-observed essays, beekeeper Sue Hubbell captures the serenity of country life as she observes the change of seasons and documents the natural history of her home in the Ozarks. She does not neglect the hardships involved, however, or her own personal difficulties when her marriage ended and she was left to work the farm alone. AUTHOR: Alexandra O'Karma, Sue Hubbell
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | In Company of Monarchs by Robert Michael Pyle
Interspersing fieldwork observations with reverent lyrical descriptions, a naturalist describes his quest to track the monarch butterflies' winter migration. AUTHOR: Robert Michael Pyle
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Animal Crackers by Jane Dyer
This collection includes contributions from such authors as Mother Goose, William Carlos Williams, Eve Merriam, and Jane Yolen. AUTHOR: Jane Dyer
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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