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Books with author Paul Mirocha

  • How Do Birds Find Their Way?

    Roma Gans, Paul Mirocha

    Paperback (HarperCollins, Jan. 18, 1996)
    Birds don't need maps! Many birds make long journeys twice each year as they migrate between their winter and summer homes. Arctic terns fly more than 10,000 miles from the South Pole to northern Maine. Tiny little hummingbirds fly nonstop over the ocean for 500 miles. How do they know which way to fly? Why don't they get lost? Read and find out the many ideas scientists have come up with to explain this mystery. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 4 to 6. It’s a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children.This is a Level 2 Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science title, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades and supports the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.
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  • Baffling Bird Behavior

    Paul Mirocha

    Hardcover (Harperfestival, Oct. 1, 1992)
    Pop-up illustrations and brief texts explain the behavior of such unique birds as those that walk on water and those that build elaborate homes with painted walls.
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  • Incredible Insect Instincts

    Paul Mirocha

    Hardcover (Harperfestival, Oct. 1, 1992)
    Colorful pop-ups introduce youngsters to such amazing insects as those that jump hundreds of times their own height and those that camouflage themselves by growing gardens on their backs.
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  • Freaky Fish Facts

    Paul Mirocha

    Hardcover (Harperfestival, Oct. 1, 1992)
    Lifelike, pop-up illustrations introduce aquatic oddities, including fish that care for their babies in their mouths, fish that can walk on land, and fish with "flashlights" in the their eyes.
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  • How Do Birds Find Their Way?

    Roma Gans, Paul Mirocha

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Feb. 1, 1996)
    Many birds travel thousands of miles each year, migrating between summer and winter homes. Just how they find their way back and forth, sometimes returning to the exact same nesting grounds each year, has puzzled ornithologists for years. Roma Gans details the many theories scientists have proposed to explain the mysteries of migration.
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  • I Wonder Where Butterflies Go In Winter and Other Neat Facts About Insects

    Molly Marr, Paul Mirocha

    Paperback (Golden Books, March 1, 1992)
    A look at insects describes where butterflies go in the winter, how grasshoppers hop, why fireflies flicker, and other facts.
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  • I Wonder Where Butterflies Go in Winter: And Other Neat Facts About Insects

    Molly Marr, Paul Mirocha

    Hardcover (Goldencraft, March 1, 1992)
    A look at insects describes where butterflies go in the winter, how grasshoppers hop, why fireflies flicker, and other facts
  • How Birds Do Find Their Way?

    Roma Gans, Paul Mirocha

    Paperback (Houghton Mifflin, Jan. 1, 1900)
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  • How Do Birds Find Their Way?

    Roma Gans, Paul Mirocha

    Hardcover (Harpercollins Childrens Books, Feb. 1, 1996)
    Explores the mysteries of bird migration, including theories on how birds find their way and how scientists learn about migration
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  • I Wonder Where Butterflies Go in Winter and Other Neat Facts About Insects

    Molly Marr, Paul Mirocha

    Paperback (Graymont Enterprises, Jan. 1, 2001)
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  • How Do Birds Find Their Way?

    Roma Gans, Paul Mirocha

    Library Binding (HarperCollins, Feb. 1, 1996)
    Introducing young bird watchers to the theories of annual migration, a beginning science guide describes how birds travel thousands of miles between summer and winter homes without getting lost.
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