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Books in Introducing Living Things series

  • Homes of Living Things

    Bobbie Kalman

    Paperback (Crabtree Publishing Company, Oct. 1, 2007)
    This book is suitable for ages 6 to 9 years. This colourful book looks at how different kinds of animals make homes in their habitats. Children will discover why animals and plants are suited to the places in which they live. Amazing photographs show animals that live in hot or cold temperatures, as well as animals that live high up in the trees, on the ground, or underneath the earth.
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  • I Am a Living Thing

    Bobbie Kalman, Reagan Miller, Robin Johnson

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 15, 2007)
    Describes the characteristics that make humans living things, including being made of cells; needing water, air, sunlight, and energy; and growing and changing.
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  • Animal Families

    Bobbie Kalman

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 15, 2007)
    Describes how different kinds of animals give birth to, feed, groom, and protect their young, and how they gather together in small or large groups.
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  • Animals Grow and Change

    Bobbie Kalman

    Paperback (Crabtree Publishing Company, Oct. 1, 2007)
    This book is suitable for ages 6 to 9 years. This delightful book shows the exciting changes some animals go through as they grow up. Children will learn how some animals are born live, and others hatch from eggs. Then, as living things, all animals grow and change. Close up images show how some animals grow bigger and look the same while some go through metamorphosis and change into something different.
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  • I Am a Living Thing

    Bobbie Kalman

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 15, 2007)
    Describes the characteristics that make humans living things, including being made of cells; needing water, air, sunlight, and energy; and growing and changing.
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  • Is It a Living Thing?

    Bobbie Kalman

    Paperback (Crabtree Publishing Company, Oct. 1, 2007)
    This book is suitable for ages 6 to 9 years. How can children tell when something is living or non-living? In large photographs and easy text, this captivating book highlights the characteristics of living things and shows how they are all dependent on non-living things to stay alive.
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  • Living Things in My Back Yard

    Bobbie Kalman

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 15, 2007)
    Describes the kinds of living things likely to live near humans, including squirrels, raccoons, cardinals, bees, and snakes.
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  • Frog

    Rebecca Stefoff

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, June 1, 1997)
    Examines the physical characteristics and behavior of frogs and presents many different kinds.
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  • Living Things Need Water

    Bobbie Kalman

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 15, 2007)
    Describes the states of water and how such living things as plants, land animals, ocean animals, and humans get the water that they need.
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  • How Do Living Things Find Food?

    Bobbie Kalman

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Aug. 15, 2010)
    Describes how organisms obtain food, discussing animals that are herbivores, carnivores, or omnivores, how food chains work, the function of scavengers in nature, and the food habits of humans.
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  • Plants Are Living Things

    Bobbie Kalman

    Paperback (Crabtree Publishing Company, Oct. 1, 2007)
    This book is suitable for ages 6 to 9 years. Most plants have roots, stems, and leaves. Whether they live in oceans, forests, or marshes, plants use these parts to make their own food. This easy-to-understand book introduces children to the basics of photosynthesis and food chains. It also looks at the different ways in which plants grow.
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  • Is It a Living Thing?

    Bobbie Kalman

    Library Binding (Crabtree Pub Co, Oct. 15, 2007)
    Describes the characteristics that define living things, including cells, the need for energy, the need for a place to live, and growth and change.
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