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Books in Big Ideas in Science series

  • Warm-Blooded or Cold-Blooded?

    Bobbie Kalman

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 30, 2008)
    Provides information on the behavior, habitats, and characteristics of cold-blooded and warm-blooded animals.
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  • Animals that Live in Social Groups

    Bobbie Kalman

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, March 15, 2016)
    "One of the biggest adaptations made by some animals is to live and work together as a group to ensure their survival. This intriguing book shows how social animals communicate and interact with members of their own species. Elephants, dolphins and orcas, monkeys, apes, lions, and wolves, educate their young, work together to find food, and take care of their group members. Smaller animals that work together in microsocieties include termites, ants, bees, and wasps. Students will have fun comparing their own social groups to those found in nature. Fascinating photographs accompany thought-provoking questions and activities."--
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  • What Is a Vertebrate?

    Bobbie Kalman

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 1, 2007)
    Provides detailed illustrations of each animal's skeleton and shows how different kinds of vertebrates move.
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  • Animals Without Backbones

    Bobbie Kalman

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Sept. 30, 2008)
    Describes the different kinds of invertebrates and how they function without backbones, including sponges, worms, squids, crustaceans, insects, and spiders.
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  • What Is a Vertebrate?

    Bobbie Kalman

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 15, 2007)
    Animals with backbones are called vertebrates. This book allows students to peek inside an animal and understand its body structure from the inside out. It shows detailed illustrations of each animal's skeleton which helps to know how different kinds of vertebrates move. It is suitable for ages 6 to 10 years.
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  • Why Do Animals Migrate?

    Bobbie Kalman

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, June 30, 2009)
    Discusses animal migration, including different animals that migrate, the routes they take, how they navigate, and their reasons for the journey.
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  • What Is a Herbivore?

    Bobbie Kalman

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 15, 2007)
    Looks at animals that eat grass, leaves, flowers, cacti, fruit, pollen, nectar, and wood.
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  • What Is an Omnivore?

    Bobbie Kalman

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 1, 2007)
    Discusses how the food habits of omnivores affect their characteristics, habitats, and environment.
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  • What Is an Omnivore?

    Bobbie Kalman

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 15, 2007)
    Discusses how the food habits of omnivores affect their characteristics, habitats, and environment.
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  • Splitting the Atom

    Katie Parker

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Sept. 1, 2009)
    "Provides comprehensive information on the discovery of the atom and how it affects our lives today"--Provided by publisher.
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  • What Is a Herbivore?

    Bobbie Kalman

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 15, 2007)
    Looks at animals that eat grass, leaves, flowers, cacti, fruit, pollen, nectar, and wood.
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  • What Is a Carnivore?

    Bobbie Kalman

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 15, 2007)
    Introduces different carnivorous animals which are specially adapted for stalking, chasing, killing, and eating other animals.
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