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Books in Amazing Science: Weather series

  • Sizzle!: A Book About Heat Waves

    Rick Thomas, Denise Shea

    Paperback (Picture Window Books, Jan. 1, 2005)
    Describes what a heat wave is, and how it affects both city life and country life.
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  • Erosion: Changing Earth's Surface

    Robin Koontz, Matthew Harrad

    Library Binding (Picture Window Books, Sept. 1, 2006)
    Did you know that rain, waves, wind, snow, and ice can change the shape of Earthโ€™s surface? They can create valleys, sea stacks, caves, and rock arches. Learn about the natural forces of erosion and how they shape the land.
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  • Amazing Plants

    Sally Hewitt

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Nov. 12, 2007)
    Introduces the structure and life cycle of plants and discusses their use as food and for other purposes, and carnivorous and aquatic plants.
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  • Amazing Forces and Movement

    Sally Hewitt

    Paperback (Crabtree Publishing Company, Nov. 12, 2007)
    This wonderful new book introduces children to the concepts of push and pull, friction, and gravity, as well as how our own muscles use force to push us along. Action-oriented photographs show examples of a huge magnet that attracts or pulls iron, wind pushing a water wheel to make it turn, and a skydivers parachute slowing down the pull of gravity toward the ground.
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  • Piranhas and other wonders of the jungle

    Q. L Pearce

    Paperback (Houghton Mifflin, Aug. 16, 2000)
    2000 Amazing Science -- Piranhas and Other Wonders of the Jungle (P) by Q.L. Pearce / Illustrated by Mary Ann Fraser ***S-70690-3 ***ISBN-13: 9780395988329 ***Pages: 64
  • Science Safety: Being Careful

    Lionel Bender, Jon Davis

    Library Binding (Picture Window Books, Sept. 1, 2006)
    Science experiments, tests, investigations, and exploration are fun but can be dangerous. Learn the simple precautions you need to follow to make science studies safe.
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  • Splish! Splash!: A Book About Rain

    Josepha Sherman, Jeff Yesh

    CD-ROM (Picture Window Books, April 30, 2008)
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  • Amazing Sound

    Sally Hewitt

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 15, 2007)
    Introduces the characteristics of sound, vibrations, and hearing, and discusses the ways in which sound can differ under different circumstances, echoes, music, and sound transmission.
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  • Lightning and Other Wonders of the Sky

    Q. L. Pearce, Mary Ann Fraser

    Paperback (Julian Messner, Oct. 1, 1989)
    Introduces wonders of earth's atmosphere, including auroras, mirages, trade winds, dust storms and other meteorological phenomena
  • Shapes in the Sky: A Book About Clouds

    Josepha Sherman, Omarr Wesley

    Paperback (Picture Window Books, June 30, 2004)
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  • Amazing Electricity

    Sally Hewitt

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 15, 2007)
    Introduces the nature, sources, and uses of electricity and discusses what life was like before electric appliances and how saving electricity causes less pollution.
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  • Gravity in Action: Rollercoasters!

    Joan Newton

    Library Binding (Powerkids Pr, Jan. 1, 2009)
    Readers learn how the force of gravity makes roller coasters move.
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