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  • The Penguin

    Beatrice Fontanel

    Paperback (Charlesbridge, July 1, 2004)
    Brilliant color photographs set the stage for readers to learn about their favorite wild animals in the Animal Close-Ups series.
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  • The Penguin

    Beatrice Fontanel

    Paperback (Charlesbridge, Feb. 1, 1992)
    Brilliant color photographs set the stage for readers to learn about their favorite wild animals in the Animal Close-Ups series.
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  • The Bee: Friend of the Flowers

    Paul Starosta, Elena Dworkin Wright

    Paperback (Charlesbridge Publishing, April 1, 1993)
    Kids will enjoy spending the day with Big Joe on this lobstering expedition. They catch a giant lobster, a flounder, crabs, and even an unwanted shark. Simplified for the very young.
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  • The Shark: Silent Hunter

    Renee Le Bloas-Julienne, Valerie Tracqui, Bios Agency, Elizabeth Uhlig

    Paperback (Charlesbridge Pub Inc, Jan. 15, 2007)
    An engaging narrative and stunning photographs offer a glimpse into the habitat, life cycle, and behavior of the gray reef shark. Original.
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  • The Cheetah: Fast as Lightning

    Christine Denis-Huot, Michel Denis-Huot, Randi Rivers

    Paperback (Charlesbridge Pub Inc, Feb. 16, 2004)
    Describes the habits, characteristics, and habitat of cheetahs.
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  • The Shark: Silent Hunter

    Valerie Tracqui, Jerome Julienne, Renee Le Bloas-Julienne, Bios Agency

    Paperback (Charlesbridge Pub Inc, July 1, 1998)
    Describes the physical characteristics, hunting techniques, reproduction, reputation, and some different species of sharks
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  • In Deep with the Octopus

    Norma Dixon

    Hardcover (Fitzhenry and Whiteside, July 23, 2013)
    The Animal Behavior Society Children's Book Award for 2014 finalist 2014/2015 Red Cedar Non-Fiction Award shortlist On Resource Links' Best of 2013 list Octopuses are eight-armed, boneless, solitary sea creatures. They're ugly, slimy and squirmy. Some can weigh over 200 pounds while others can be as small as a golf ball. They have taste receptors all over their body, and scent receptors on every arm. One kind of octopus can even spit out toxic saliva at its enemies! These complex creatures can even solve problems, store memories, recognize shapes and even mimic people. In Deep with the Octopus takes you inside the octopus's world--with fascinating facts, photos and everything you need to know about: types of octopus anatomy life and mating cycles habitats behaviour intelligence You'll also: learn how octopuses shoot ink. explore habitats. find out how octopuses have changed over the centuries. discover the neat tricks they perform. learn what octopuses eat, and what eats them. take a quiz.
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  • Hippopotamus, River Horse

    Christine Denis-Huot, Michel Denis-Huot

    Library Binding (Rebound by Sagebrush, Aug. 1, 1994)
    Angry ones roar or bellow. Excited ones neigh like horses. Frightened ones shriek and squeal. What is this animal in the river? It is the hippopotamus. This book explores the family life and challenges of survival that face hippopotamuses through irresistible color photos and an engaging text.
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  • The Tiger: Ferocious Feline

    Stephanie Ledu-Frattini, Valerie Tracqui

    Paperback (Charlesbridge Publishing, Feb. 1, 2004)
    Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, life cycle, and endangered status of tigers.
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  • The Dolphin: Prince of the Waves

    Renee Le Bloas-Julienne, Renee Le Bloas

    Paperback (Charlesbridge Pub Inc, Feb. 1, 2004)
    Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, and life cycle of bottlenose dolphins, as well as human and other threats to their survival.
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  • The Wolf: Night Howler

    Christian Havard

    Paperback (Charlesbridge Publishing, June 1, 2006)
    An engaging narrative and close-up photographs examine the physical characteristics and habits of the wolf, following a pack to see how they hunt, when they mate, and where they live. Reprint.
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  • The Giraffe

    Christine Denis-Huot, Michel Denis-Huot

    Paperback (Charlesbridge Pub Inc, Aug. 1, 1993)
    Describes how giraffes feed, care for their young, and travel, discusses efforts to protect the giraffe, and introduces various kinds of giraffe and its nearest relative, the okapi
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