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  • The Desert

    Donald Grant

    Spiral-bound (Moonlight Publishing, June 1, 2012)
    See how the heat, the cold, and the wind shape the landscape. Discover how people, plants, and animals survive in these desolate regions of the earth.
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  • Birds

    René Mettler

    Spiral-bound (Moonlight Publishing, May 1, 2006)
    All the miracles and marvels of the world of birds—their flight and their feathers, their nests and their eggs. Take off through the pages as cleas as a summer sky, and get closer to birdlife than you've ever been before.
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  • Earth and Sky

    Sylvaine Peyrols

    Spiral-bound (First Discovery, May 1, 2006)
    See our planets play hide-and-seek with the sun and the moon. Look into volcanoes and caves and under the surface of the sea. Watch night follow day and see the stars begin to come out.
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  • Paintings

    Claude Delafosse, Gallimard Jeunesse, Tony Ross

    Hardcover (Scholastic, Feb. 1, 1996)
    Provides readers with before-and-after transparent overlays and a die-cut magnifying glass that introduce young readers to such masterpieces as Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam and Degas's The Dance Class.
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  • The Wolf

    Laura Bour

    Spiral-bound (Moonlight Publishing, May 1, 1996)
    Why do wolves howl? How do they chase their prey? See how the male brings food to his mate and cubs.
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  • The Tree

    Christian Broutin

    Spiral-bound (Moonlight Publishing, May 1, 2006)
    How do chestnuts grow? Why do some trees stay green all year round while others don't? While playing, a child can discover the world of trees.
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  • Colours

    Pierre-Marie Valat, Sylvaine Peyrols

    Spiral-bound (First Discovery, May 1, 2006)
    Explore the magic of colors, making them change as you turn the transparent pages.
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  • Scholastic First Discovery: Whales

    Jeunesse Gallimard, Gallimard Jeunesse, Ute Fuhr

    Paperback (Scholastic Reference, Jan. 1, 2008)
    The next wave of titles in the relaunch of the highly popular First Discovery series. Big, colorful illustrations and simple, direct text show kids the wonders of whales.Scholastic First Discovery: Whales, with its fresh cover design, kid-friendly paperback format, and larger trim size, offers young readers an easy-to-use, easy-to-understand introduction to whales and other marine animals. Full-color, highlighted illustrations are accompanied by brief, simple text full of fun facts. Four transparent acetate pages in this title add a fun visual kick.
    Q

  • John Muir, Friend of Nature.

    Margaret Goff Clark, Louis F. Cary

    Hardcover (Garrard Pub Co, April 1, 1974)
    A biography of the nineteenth-century naturalist, explorer, and writer who was influential in establishing our national park system.
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  • The Egg

    René Mettler

    Spiral-bound (Moonlight Publishing, May 1, 2006)
    See the egg inside the chicken and the chick inside the egg. Watch as the chick develops, grows, and hatches.
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  • Look-it-up: Animal Homes

    Gallimard Jeunnesse, Pierre De Hugo

    Board book (Cartwheel, April 1, 2002)
    This innovative new FIRST DISCOVERY LOOK-IT-UP board book about animal homes features a "pictorial tab index" that allows even the youngest child to "look up" the subject of interest to them.Animal Homes, one of the most popular subjects in early childhood curriculum, comes to life in this sturdy board book that allows even the youngest child to "look it up". With die-cut tabs running down the right hand margin, toddlers can point to the picture of the animal that appeals to them, then turn to that spread and find out interesting facts through easy-to-understand captions and stunning, photo-realistic paintings. Ingenious formats are the hallmark of First Discovery, and First Discovery Look-It-Up: ANIMAL HOMES is no exception.
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  • The Palace of Versailles

    Christian Heinrich

    Spiral-bound (Moonlight Publishing, June 1, 2012)
    Spend a day with the Sun King, Louis XIV, in his magnificent palace. Afterwards take a walk in the huge palace gardens adorned with splendid statues and magnificent fountains. A center gatefold highlights the Hall of Mirrors.
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