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  • Tough Terminators: Twelve of the Earth's Most Fascinating Predators

    Sneed B. Collard

    Hardcover (Northword Pr, June 1, 1994)
    Provides information about such predatory animals and plants as tigers, octopuses, ladybugs, and pitcher plants
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  • Mule Deer Country by Valerius Geist

    Valerius Geist

    Hardcover (Northword Pr, March 15, 1876)
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  • Bears for Kids

    Jeff Fair

    Hardcover (Northword Pr, Sept. 1, 1991)
    An introduction to bears focuses on their habitat, lifecycle, and behavior, and describes their interaction with humans
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  • Surprising Swimmers

    Anthony D. Fredericks, Kay Povelite

    Hardcover (Northword Pr, May 1, 1996)
    Describes why and how such creatures as squids, scallops, devil fish, and sea otters swim--for protection, for pleasure, and to get around.
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  • Ferocious Fangs: 12 Of Nature's Most Amazing Animals

    Sally Fleming, Kay Underwood

    Paperback (Northword Pr, July 1, 1998)
    Describes the characteristics and habitats of fanged creatures ranging from poisonous snakes and spiders to grizzly bears and great white sharks, discussing how each animal uses its fangs to help it survive.
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  • Kangaroos for Kids

    Judith Logan Lehne, John F. McGee

    Paperback (Northword Pr, June 1, 1997)
    Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of different varieties of kangaroos.
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  • My Little Book of Wood Ducks

    Hope Irvin Marston, Maria Magdalena Brown

    Paperback (Northword Pr, March 1, 1995)
    A mother wood duck lays her eggs, sits on the nest, and shows the newly hatched ducklings what they need to know to survive while she protects them from their enemies.
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  • Whales for Kids

    Tom Wolpert

    Paperback (Northword Pr, Jan. 1, 1990)
    Discusses the physical characteristics and behavior of the largest animal that ever lived
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  • Tracks, Scats, and Signs

    Leslie A. Dendy, Linda Garrow

    Hardcover (Northword Pr, Oct. 1, 1995)
    Animal signs are everywhere in nature and this guide will help kids learn all about them. Kids will find out how to spot and identify common clues that 17 wildlife species leave behind in the woods, in fields and along ponds. This guide is a fun way to turn everyday walks into exciting mysteries and make any child a nature detective.A field guide to the tracks and other signs left behind by forest, field, and pond animals, with blank pages for drawings and notes
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  • Who Lives Here?: Fields and Meadows

    Dawn Baumann Brunke, Mary A. Shafer

    Paperback (Northword Pr, Oct. 1, 1993)
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  • Smart Survivors: 12 of Nature's Most Amazing Animals

    Sneed B. Collard, Doug Talalla

    Paperback (Northword Pr, Oct. 1, 2000)
    Introduces plants and animals that do "smart" things to assure their survival, including nudibranchs, kangaroo rats, and strangler figs.
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  • My Little Book of Timber Wolves

    Hope Irvin Marston, Maria Magdalena Brown

    Paperback (Northword Pr, June 1, 1997)
    A mother wolf gives birth to six tiny pups and watches as they grow and learn.
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