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Life Science

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Tastes good!

How do we taste different flavors? What is the link between taste and smell? How do colors provide clues as to what something will taste like? Five fun activities help children discover the… More →

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Tennis Science

This book looks at the lightning-fast, hard-hitting game of modern tennis. It explains how players are turning to science and technology to help stay on top of their game. They are using… More →

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Ten of the Best Adventures in Frozen Landscapes

Ten exciting stories feature famous explorers and their struggles to survive in frigid temperatures during dangerous polar expeditions. Stories include: the last expedition of John Franklin,… More →

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Ten of the Best Adventures in New Worlds

Ten exciting stories feature the hardships encountered by famous and sometimes brutal explorers in their quests to discover new lands. Stories include: Hernán Cortés and the Aztec rebellion,… More →

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Ten of the Best Adventures in Space

Readers will be amazed by ten exciting stories of miraculous survival and tragic events in the history of space exploration. Stories include: the near-fatal journey of Uri Gagarin, Neil… More →

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Ten of the Best Adventures in the Jungle

Ten exciting stories feature famous explorers and their dangerous jungle adventures. Stories include: Gonzalo Pizarro's search for the city of El Dorado, Mary Kingsley's fall into a pit of… More →

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Ten of the Best Adventures in the Sky

Ten exciting stories tell of the success and failures of many famous inventors and pilots in the quest for flight. Stories include: the first hot-air balloon to carry people, the Wright… More →

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Ten of the Best Adventures on the Seas

Ten exciting stories feature dangerous voyages of famous explorers traveling on the high seas in search of fame and fortune. Feature boxes and maps add additional details and help readers… More →

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Termites and Other Home Wreckers

Termites can literally eat you out of house and home! Carpenter ants will use your home like a wood lot, taking what they want when they want, but without paying! Termites and Other Home… More →

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The ABCs of Animals

Numbats, opossums, planigales and quolls-not to mention marsupial moles!-are some of the more unusual animals featured in this engaging and highly illustrated ABC book. The imaginative and… More →

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The ABCs of Continents

Some of the topics covered in this book are bodies of water, the equator, poles, and hemispheres, latitude and longitude, urban and rural areas, landforms, extreme continents, and many more.… More →

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The ABCs of Endangered Animals

Bobbie Kalman presents some of the most endangered animals on Earth: rhinos, bats, butterflies, penguins, gorillas, monk seals, komodo dragons, and tigers, to name just a few. This… More →

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