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Hairless Cats: Cool Pets!
Dr Alvin Silverstein, Dr Virginia Silverstein, Laura Silverstein Nunn
Library Binding (Enslow Elementary, March 1, 2011)A cat with no hair??!! Cats are known for their soft, fluffy fur, so hairless cats may seem like the oddballs of the cat family. Would you invite this unusual creature into your family? Learn their history and how to care for these unique pets. Award-winning authors Alvin and Virginia Silverstein and Laura Silverstein Nunn give readers the information they need to begin caring for their new pet!
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Buttered Beetle Bugs: Short poems and silly rhymes
Ms Laura A. Silverstein
Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Dec. 8, 2010)Inspired by the writing of Shel Silverstein. My teenage daughters and I have created a fun little poetry book for young readers and their young at heart counterparts.
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Potbellied Pigs: Cool Pets!
Dr Alvin Silverstein, Dr Virginia Silverstein, Laura Silverstein Nunn
Library Binding (Enslow Elementary, March 1, 2011)You may think that potbellied pigs belong on farms, but would you consider letting one into your living room? Potbellied pigs are just one of the great far-out and unusual pets that you might want to add to your family. Authors Alvin and Virginia Silverstein and Laura Silverstein Nunn give readers a fun and fact-filled view into the lives of these animals and what it takes to care for a potbellied pig.
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Cuts, Scrapes, Scabs, and Scars
Alvin Silverstein, Virginia B. Silverstein, Laura Silverstein Nunn
Paperback (Franklin Watts, March 1, 2000)Describes how the body responds to wounds and heals itself when the skin is broken and discusses how to care for minor abrasions
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Symbiosis
Alvin Silverstein, Virginia B. Silverstein, Laura Silverstein Nunn
Library Binding (Twenty First Century Books, Oct. 1, 2007)Discusses the three kinds of symbiosis--mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism--and describes examples of these relationships.
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Photosynthesis
Alvin Silverstein, Virginia B. Silverstein, Laura Silverstein Nunn
Library Binding (Twenty First Century Books, Oct. 1, 2007)Explains photosynthesis, the process responsible for providing the material and energy for all living things, and discusses such related issues as respiration, the carbon cycle, acid rain, and thegreenhouse effect.
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Hissing Cockroaches: Cool Pets!
Dr Alvin Silverstein, Dr Virginia Silverstein, Laura Silverstein Nunn
Library Binding (Enslow Elementary, Feb. 1, 2011)When you think of cockroaches, you probably imagine dirty pests scurrying across the kitchen floor. But many people keep hissing cockroaches as pets! Authors Alvin and Virginia Silverstein and Laura Silverstein Nunn explain how these large hissing cockroaches behave in the wild and how to keep and care for them as pets. Having such an unusual pet is definitely far-out!
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Food Chains
Alvin Silverstein, Virginia B. Silverstein, Laura Silverstein Nunn
Library Binding (Twenty-First Century Books, Oct. 1, 2007)Explains various components of a food chain and discusses energy flows, food webs, food pyramids, recycling in nature, and the effect of humans on food chains.
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Plate Tectonics
Alvin Silverstein, Virginia B. Silverstein, Laura Silverstein Nunn
Library Binding (Twenty-First Century Books, Feb. 1, 2009)Discusses plate tectonics, the theory that the surface of the earth is always moving, and the connection of this phenomenon to earthquakes and volcanoes.
