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  • The Year of the Panda

    Miriam Schlein, Kam Mak

    Paperback (HarperCollins, Oct. 30, 1992)
    Daxiong mao is rare and mysterious, like a god, living in the midst of the mountains.Strange things are happening on Lu Yi's farm. First, some men from the Chinese government ask Lu Yi's father to sell the property that has belonged to the family for generations. Then a giant panda appears in a neighbor's field, A rare occurrence, given the farm's distance from the high-mountain bamboo forests that pandas inhabit.Lu Yi has a feeling that the two mysteries are somehow connected. And before long, an orphaned baby panda he finds in the' woods provides an answer. As the boy nurses the helpless animal back to health, he begins an adventure that may, well change his entire future.
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  • Kittens, cubs & babies

    Miriam Schlein

    Hardcover (W, )
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  • More Than One

    Miriam Schlein

    Paperback (Scholastic, March 15, 1996)
    SOFT COVER
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  • BIG GREEN THING, THE, Wonder Books Easy Reader

    Miriam Schlein

    (Wonder (#5927), Jan. 1, 1963)
    All the animals are puzzled by the green thing that comes out of the sky and lands on the grass.

  • Little Raccoon's Big Question

    Miriam Schlein

    Paperback (Scholastic, March 15, 2004)
    children

  • The Puzzle of the Dinosaur-bird: The Story of Archaeopteryx

    Miriam Schlein

    Hardcover (Dial Books, Nov. 1, 1996)
    Discusses the reconstructed fossil remains of the small feathered creature called the Archaeopteryx which resembled both dinosaurs and birds
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  • I, Tut: The Boy Who Became Pharaoh

    Miriam Schlein

    Library Binding (Atheneum, Dec. 1, 1978)
    Tutankhamen tells about his earliest days in school, the gods of ancient Egypt, his marriage at age eight, and the ceremony that made him pharoah at age nine
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  • What the Elephant Was: Strange Prehistoric Elephants

    Miriam Schlein

    Library Binding (Atheneum, April 1, 1986)
    Discusses how the elephant developed from a small, pig-like animal into the large, trunked and tusked creature of today
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  • On the Track of the Mystery Animal: The Story of the Discovery of the Okapi

    Miriam Schlein

    Hardcover (Book Sales, Aug. 1, 1984)
    An account of the okapi's discovery by the English artist-explorer, Sir Harry Johnston, precedes an explanation of new-species classification and a description of the okapi and its behavior
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  • What's a Penguin Doing in a Place Like This?

    Miriam Schlein

    Library Binding (Millbrook Press, Feb. 1, 1997)
    Outlines the varied worldwide habitats, differences, and common traits of all kinds of penguins
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  • The Dangerous Life of the Sea Horse

    Miriam Schlein

    Library Binding (Atheneum, June 1, 1986)
    Follows the life cycle of the sea horse, a fish with a prehensile tail and body armor, describing its physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment.
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  • The Puzzle of the Dinosaur-Bird: The Story of Archaeopteryx

    Miriam Schlein

    Library Binding (Dial Books, Nov. 1, 1996)
    Presents young readers with the true story of one of the most important fossils ever discovered, a creature that looked like a dinosaur but had feathers, exploring various ideas that scientists have had about the Archaeopteryx through the years.
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