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Books with author Heken Frost

  • Dogs

    Helen Frost

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2001)
    Text and photographs introduce dogs as pets, their features and characteristics, and information on the basic care of dogs.
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  • What Are Inclined Planes?

    Helen Frost

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2001)
    Text and photographs present inclined planes and their function as a simple machine.
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  • Hearing

    Helen Frost

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2004)
    Text and photographs present the sense of hearing and how it works in the human body.
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  • Bird Eggs

    Helen Frost

    Paperback (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 1998)
    Describes and identifies various bird eggs by their size, color, and pattern, including those of the American robin, the common loon, a cardinal, ostrich, owl, and a blue jay.
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  • Leaf-Cutting Ants

    Helen Frost

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2002)
    Text and photographs introduce the physical characteristics and behavior of leaf-cutting ants that live in tropical rain forests.
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  • Smelling

    Helen Frost

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 1999)
    Text and photographs present the sense of smell and how it works in the human body.
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  • Seeing

    Helen Frost

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 1999)
    Text and photographs present the sense of seeing and how it works in the human body.
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  • The Dairy Group

    Helen Frost

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2000)
    Simple text and photographs present the foods that are part of the dairy group and their nutritional importance.
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  • Keesha's House

    Helen Frost

    Hardcover (Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), April 2, 2003)
    An unforgettable narrative collage told in poemsKeesha has found a safe place to live, and other kids gravitate to her house when they just can’t make it on their own. They are Stephie – pregnant, trying to make the right decisions for herself and those she cares about; Jason – Stephie’s boyfriend, torn between his responsibility to Stephie and the baby and the promise of a college basketball career; Dontay – in foster care while his parents are in prison, feeling unwanted both inside and outside the system; Carmen – arrested on a DUI charge, waiting in a juvenile detention center for a judge to hear her case; Harris – disowned by his father after disclosing that he’s gay, living in his car, and taking care of himself; Katie – angry at her mother’s loyalty to an abusive stepfather, losing herself in long hours of work and school. Stretching the boundaries of traditional poetic forms – sestinas and sonnets – Helen Frost’s extraordinary debut novel for young adults weaves together the stories of these seven teenagers as they courageously struggle to hold their lives together and overcome their difficulties. Keesha's House is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
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  • We Need Plumbers

    Helen Frost

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2004)
    Simple text and photographs present plumbers and their role in the community including installing and fixing pipes, sinks, toilets, and bathtubs.
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  • Boa Constrictors

    Helen Frost

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Jan. 1, 2002)
    Text and photographs introduce the physical characteristics and behavior of boa constrictors that live in tropical rain forests.
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  • Arctic Hares

    Helen Frost

    Library Binding (Capstone Press, Sept. 1, 2006)
    Text and photographs introduce the habitat, appearance and behavior of arctic hares.
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