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  • My Body

    Patricia Carratello

    Paperback (Teacher Created Resources, June 1, 1999)
    Introduces primary school children to the amazing systems and organs that make up the human body. This classic resource for teachers and parents includes detailed illustrations and easy-to-understand descriptions of each body part's purpose and function. Use the included instructions and templates to create a life-sized, multilayered model of the human body and its systems. Young learners will love coloring the illustrations and placing each part in the correct location within a full-size tracing of their own body, all while learning the jobs each organ performs and the way the body systems work together as a whole. This resource is 40 pages in all.
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  • Jungles

    Illa Podendorf

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Oct. 1, 1982)
    Discusses the climate and locations of jungles and describes the plants of which jungles are made and the animals and people that live in jungles.
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  • The Constitution

    Warren Colman

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, May 1, 1987)
    A basic introduction to the Constitution of the United States discusses the origins, history, tenets, and impact of this significant document
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  • The Great Lakes

    Kathy Henderson

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Aug. 1, 1989)
    An introduction to the five fresh-water lakes that contain one-fifth of the earth's standing fresh water
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  • Voting and Elections

    Dennis B. Fradin

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, Dec. 1, 1985)
    A brief history of elections and voting and an explanation of how these procedures work in the United States today
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  • The Thirteen Colonies

    Dennis B. Fradin

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Jan. 1, 1989)
    Discusses events that led to the founding of the Thirteen Colonies
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  • Growing Crystals

    Ann O. Squire

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, Sept. 1, 2002)
    An introduction to growing crystals, discussing the different types of crystals and how they are made.
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  • Bats

    Susan Heinrichs Gray

    Paperback (Childrens Pr, March 1, 1995)
    Introduces the various kinds of bats, tells how they fly and sense the world around them, and discusses the bat's life cycle and vampire bats
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  • The Cayuga

    Jill D. Duvall

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Dec. 1, 1991)
    Describes the history, culture, and changing fortunes of the Cayuga Indians
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  • The Oneida

    Jill D. Duvall

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, Dec. 1, 1991)
    Describes the history, culture, and changing fortunes of the Oneida Indians
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  • The Delaware

    Jay Miller

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, July 1, 1994)
    Traces the history of the Delaware Indians, describes their homes, clans, beliefs, and customs, and recounts how white settlers drove them from the Delaware River to Canada and Oklahoma
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  • The Tlingit

    Alice Osinski

    Library Binding (Childrens Pr, April 1, 1990)
    Describes the traditional lifestyle, arts and crafts, changing land, and modern life of the Tlingit Indians
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