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An exploration of how and why various creatures (ranging from some dinosaurs to tiny insects) can fly. Color illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Robin Page, Steve Jenkins
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature 
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 | The Audubon Backyard Birdwatcher by Robert Burton, Roger T. Peterson, Stephen W. Kress
The National Audubon Society provides not only a useful guide to the birds of North America, but creative techniques for attracting birds to the back yard by planting of trees and flowers that attract them. It also includes advice on feeding, building birdhouses, and more. With more than a thousand full-color photos of birds and plants. AUTHOR: Robert Burton, Roger T. Peterson, Stephen W. Kress
PUBLISHER: Advantage Publishers Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | African Elephants by Daphne Sheldrick, Daryl Balfour, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, John Hanks, Sharna Balfour
An unforgettable portrait of African elephants, featuring marvelous pictures by world-renowned nature photographers and an informative text based on eyewitness observations. The African elephant is undoubtedly the most magnificent and awe-inspiring land animal on earth, embodying the very essence and wonder of the wilderness. To celebrate these majestic creatures, Daryl and Sharna Balfour embarked on a four-year quest across the African continent to record and portray elephants in unspoiled places. This collection of zoo of their extraordinary photographs reveals the fascinating lives of elephants as never before -- their individual behavior and intriguing social relationships, as well as the enormous influence they exert on their diverse habitats. While taking these pictures, Daryl Balfour experienced a near-fatal encounter with an elephant and he describes the gripping story of this adventure, which, despite his personal ordeal, did not diminish his admiration and feelings of kinship for elephants. The narrative and captions offer more details and lore about the private lives of these singular animals. The forewords included in this book represent a range of current views concerning the intense debate about the elephant's survival and the complex issues relating to the struggle between people, wildlife, and the environment. Among the contributors are Iain Douglas-Hamilton, one of the foremost authorities on the African elephants, and Daphne Sheldrick, who has raised orphaned baby elephants in Kenya and developed an astonishing understanding of them. AUTHOR: Daphne Sheldrick, Daryl Balfour, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, John Hanks, Sharna Balfour
PUBLISHER: Abbeville Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Smelling by Helen Frost
Description not available.Simple text and photographs present the sense of smell and how it works AUTHOR: Helen Frost
PUBLISHER: Capstone Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Chipmunk Family by Lois B. Bastian
Description not available.The author observes a family of chipmunks and describes their daily activities, life cycle, and behavior. AUTHOR: Lois B. Bastian
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Ellen Elizabeth Hawkins by Kathleen Duey
Tightly written...with interesting characters and exciting, well-constructed plots, (the book) bring the daily life of the past intensely alive . -- Patty Campbell, The Horn Book Mobeetie, Texas, 1886: With her father away and her grandfather injured, it's up to Ellen to save the ranch when the windmill breaks and the drought-weakened herd scatters in search of water. AUTHOR: Kathleen Duey
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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