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Books in Amazing Scientists series

  • Sound: Loud, Soft, High, and Low

    Natalie M. Rosinsky, Matthew John

    CD-ROM (Picture Window Books, April 30, 2008)
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  • Killer Whales and Other Frozen World Wonders

    Q. L. Pearce, Mary Ann Fraser

    Paperback (Julian Messner, May 1, 1991)
    Describes the earth's polar regions and the animals that live there, including the seal, penguin, musk ox, and polar bear
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  • Piranhas and other wonders of the jungle

    Q. L Pearce

    Hardcover (J. Messner, Aug. 16, 1990)
    Surveys the exotic species of plants and animals that live in the world's rain forests.
  • The Sideways Planet: Uranus

    Nancy Loewen, Jeff Yesh

    Paperback (Picture Window Books, Feb. 15, 2008)
    Which pole is north? Which pole is south? It's hard to tell on the sideways planet of Uranus. Explore the gas giant's strange position, its rings, moons, and more in this book about Uranus.
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  • Amazing Materials

    Sally Hewitt

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Nov. 12, 2007)
    This fascinating new book introduces children to the concepts of solid, liquid, and gas, as well as to the different kinds of materials that things are made from. Colorful photographs help show how things can change shape, which materials are natural and which are man-made, and which kind of materials can be recycled and why.
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  • Seeing Red: The Planet Mars

    Nancy Loewen, Jeff Yesh

    Paperback (Picture Window Books, Feb. 15, 2008)
    Named for the god of war because of its blood red color, Mars is the second smallest planet in our solar system. Explore its cold canyons, ice caps, and more in this book about Mars.
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  • Scientists Who Study Ancient Temples and Tombs

    Mel Higginson

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, Sept. 1, 1994)
    Discusses the training and education required to be an archaeologist, and describes some important archaeological finds
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  • Quicksand and Other Earthly Wonders

    Q. L. Pearce, Mary Ann Fraser

    Paperback (Julian Messner, Oct. 1, 1989)
    Presents "astonishing" features of our planet such as geysers, caves, salt lakes, peat bogs, carnivorous plants, creeping swamps, and autumn colors.
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  • Amazing Light

    Sally Hewitt

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 15, 2007)
    Introduces natural and artificial light, shadow, and the human eye, and discusses rainbows, color, and reflection.
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  • Amazing Sound

    Sally Hewitt

    Library Binding (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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  • Tyrannosaurus Rex and Other Dinosaur Wonders

    Q. L. Pearce, Mary Ann Fraser

    Paperback (Julian Messner, )
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  • Scientists Who Study Plants

    Mel Higginson

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, Sept. 1, 1994)
    Discusses the training and education required to be a botanist, and describes some of the important discoveries made in that field
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