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Books with author B J Best

  • Sea Turtles

    B J Best

    Paperback (Cavendish Square Publishing, Jan. 1, 2017)
    It is well-known that adult sea turtles can return to their approximate place of hatching. What kids might not know is that turtles will literally cross oceans in order to feed and mate before returning. This book looks at different turtles and the astounding distances they cross in order to survive.
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  • Butterflies

    B. J. Best

    Paperback (Cavendish Square, Jan. 1, 2017)
    Looks at the migratory patterns of the monarch butterfly, which spends the summer in the United States and Canada and migrates to Mexico in the winter in search of warmer weather.
    K
  • Rescue Helicopters

    B. J. Best

    Paperback (Cavendish Square, Aug. 15, 2017)
    Rescue helicopters can reach dangerous or remote places better than other vehicles, and they can perform rescue work over land or water. Kids will learn how a helicopter search-and-rescue mission works, including facts about the helicopter and descriptions of how the helicopter team works together to save someone in distress.
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  • Ambulances

    B J Best

    Paperback (Cavendish Square, Aug. 15, 2017)
    Kids learn early that ambulances are important vehicles. They help save people who are in medical danger by bringing them to hospitals. This book will teach kids what they might not know about ambulancesthe rules of driving them, the skills of the paramedics, and the equipment in the back that helps save lives.
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  • Police Cars

    B. J. Best

    Paperback (Cavendish Square, Aug. 15, 2017)
    From an early age, kids are taught that police officers help protect everyone and keep cities and towns safe. The police car is an important tool in that job, but kids might not typically see the inside of one. In this book, kids will learn that a police car is stronger than a civilian car, and they will also learn about the tools inside the car, such as a radio and a computer, that help police officers do their work well.
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  • Lakes

    B J Best

    Library Binding (Cavendish Square, Jan. 15, 2018)
    Describes lakes and their indigenous plants and wildlife and notes the role of lakes in the water cycle.
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  • How It Is Made Set

    B. J. Best

    Paperback (Cavendish Square, Jan. 1, 2017)
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  • Oceans

    B J Best

    Paperback (Cavendish Square, Jan. 15, 2018)
    Kids often have a sense of awe upon viewing an ocean. It can be hard to comprehend an uninterrupted body of water that covers more than two-thirds of our planet. This book will describe the many types of animals that live in the ocean, how saltwater becomes freshwater through evaporation, and the ways people rely on the oceans today.
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  • Springs

    B J Best

    Paperback (Cavendish Square, Jan. 15, 2018)
    It might seem impossible to kids that water can simply arise from the ground as if from nowhere. This book explores how water can collect underground in aquifers and then come out at Earth's surface. Springs are unusual and often beautiful bodies of water that play an important part in continuing the water cycle.
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  • Penguins

    B. J. Best

    Paperback (Cavendish Square, Jan. 1, 2017)
    Looks at the migratory patterns of penguins, who raise their chicks in summer and swim to warmer waters in the winter to find food.
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  • Rivers

    B J Best

    Paperback (Cavendish Square, Jan. 15, 2018)
    Kids have likely seen a leaf drifting down a stream or a boat churning up a river. These veins of water connect the land and the sea. They bring rainwater to the ocean where it can evaporate, continuing the water cycle. This book will explain that process. It will also include features unique to rivers, such as rapids, and the different plants and animals that live in and near rivers.
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  • How Are Mountains Formed?

    B. J. Best

    Paperback (Cavendish Square, Aug. 15, 2017)
    Mountains seem like they have been in place forever, and it can be difficult for kids to imagine how mountains were built over millions of years by processes continuing today. To make a mountain range, the Earths tectonic plates rub against or crash into each other. Kids will be interested to learn that something as seemingly steadfast as mountains can be builtand eroded away.
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