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Books in Introducing Living Things series

  • Living Things in My Back Yard

    Bobbie Kalman

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 15, 2007)
    Describes the kinds of living things likely to live near humans, including squirrels, raccoons, cardinals, bees, and snakes.
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  • Animal Families

    Bobbie Kalman

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 15, 2007)
    Describes how different kinds of animals give birth to, feed, groom, and protect their young, and how they gather together in small or large groups.
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  • Living Things Need Water

    Bobbie Kalman

    Paperback (Crabtree Publishing Company, Oct. 1, 2007)
    This book is suitable for ages 6 to 9 years. The bodies of living things are made up mostly of water. This fascinating book shows young children why all plants, animals, and people need water to grow and survive. Interesting photographs feature animals and plants living in water; Frogs and fish laying their eggs in water; and land animals using water to cool off and keep clean.
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  • Animals Grow and Change

    Bobbie Kalman

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 15, 2007)
    Describes the life cycles of different kinds of animals, discussing how kangaroos, horses, chicks, snakes, and frogs are born, grow, and change.
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  • Plants Are Living Things

    Bobbie Kalman

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 15, 2007)
    Describes the characteristics that make plants living things, discussing their cells; parts; and how they grow, make food, and clean the air.
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  • Homes of Living Things

    Bobbie Kalman

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 15, 2007)
    Describes the homes that different kinds of animals live in, including a bear's cave, a raccoon's den in a hollow log, a squirrel's nest, a prairie dog's burrow, and a bee's hive.
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  • What Kind of Living Thing Is It?

    Bobbie Kalman

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 1, 2010)
    There are billions of living things on Earth. Living things are alike in many ways, but they are also very different. This intriguing book asks children to look at similar characteristics and decide if certain living things are what they seem to be. For example, are bats a kind of bird? Is a mushroom a kind of plant? Are caterpillars, worms, and eels different kinds of snakes? Are whales really big fish? This fascinating book explores what makes a living thing and how living things are grouped. What kind of living thing is it? will turn young readers into nature detectives.
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  • What Kind of Living Thing Is It?

    Bobbie Kalman

    Paperback (Crabtree Publishing Company, Oct. 1, 2010)
    There are billions of living things on Earth. Living things are alike in many ways, but they are also very different. This book asks children to look at similar characteristics and decide if certain living things are what they seem to be.
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  • Sea Horse

    Rebecca Stefoff

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Jan. 1, 1997)
    Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and camouflage abilities of this unusual fish
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  • Starfish

    Rebecca Stefoff

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, June 1, 1997)
    Text and photographs introduce some of the 3600 kinds of starfish
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  • Flytrap

    Rebecca Stefoff

    Library Binding (Marshall Cavendish Corp, Sept. 1, 1998)
    Photographs and text describe flytraps, sundews, butterworts, and other plants that consume insects, worms, and even small frogs.
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  • Chameleon

    Rebecca Stefoff

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Sept. 1, 1996)
    Illustrations and text provide information about the physical characteristics, habits, and habitats of various species of chameleons and other related lizards
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