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Turtles outlived the dinosaurs, but today they are one of the most threatened species of vertebrae on Earth. How can we help?In simple yet engaging language, acclaimed science writer Melissa Stewart showcases twelve types of North American turtles, from the familiar box turtle to the majestic loggerhead turtle. Her clear narrative shows the threats these turtles face, and informative sidebars describe a wide variety of efforts to save them. Fe...

Turtles outlived the dinosaurs, but today they are one of the most threatened species of vertebrae on Earth. How can we help?In simple yet engaging language, acclaimed science writer Melissa Stewart showcases twelve types of North American turtles, from the familiar box turtle to the majestic loggerhead turtle. Her clear narrative shows the threats these turtles face, and informative sidebars describe a wide variety of efforts to save them. Fe...

JUVENILE NONFICTION / Readers / Intermediate

Prolific, award-winning nonfiction author Melissa Stewart reveals the surprising ways seashells provide more than shelter to the mollusks that inhabit them.Young naturalists discover thirteen seashells in this elegant introduction to the remarkable versatility of shells. Dual-layered text highlights how shells provide more than a protective home in this expository nonfiction exploration. The informative secondary text underscores characteristi...

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Written with a lively, playful voice, this humorous and informative book introduces young readers to a variety of "animal underdogs" and explains how characteristics that might seem like weaknesses are critical for finding food and staying safe in an eat-or-be-eaten world. Full color.

¡AHORA EN ESPAÑOL! Las hormigas se encuentran en todas partes. Y ya que los niños están siempre cerca de la tierra, muchas veces son ellas el primer animal que observan y estudian - ¡a veces con la intensidad de científicos profesionales! Con este libro, los niños las conocerán de cerca.Las hormigas pueden ser de diferentes tamaños y colores, y tienen distintas maneras de prosperar en los lugares donde viven. Y sí que prosperan, y a veces con ...

¡AHORA EN ESPAÑOL! Las hormigas se encuentran en todas partes. Y ya que los niños están siempre cerca de la tierra, muchas veces son ellas el primer animal que observan y estudian - ¡a veces con la intensidad de científicos profesionales! Con este libro, los niños las conocerán de cerca.Las hormigas pueden ser de diferentes tamaños y colores, y tienen distintas maneras de prosperar en los lugares donde viven. Y sí que prosperan, y a veces con ...

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Superhero and comic book force? Sure, but also a real-life animal! Find out in this Level 3 Reader how fierce wolverines, who are expert survivors, can be even more fantastic than those in movies and graphic novels.Journey through harsh cold and rugged mountain ranges to see how wolverines take down prey, raise their young, and live in one of the world's harshest environments. Learn about how their bodies adapt for survival, and about the anim...

Superhero and comic book force? Sure, but also a real-life animal! Find out in this Level 3 Reader how fierce wolverines, who are expert survivors, can be even more fantastic than those in movies and graphic novels.Journey through harsh cold and rugged mountain ranges to see how wolverines take down prey, raise their young, and live in one of the world's harshest environments. Learn about how their bodies adapt for survival, and about the anim...

Everyone loves chocolate, right? But how many people actually know where chocolate comes from? How it's made? Or that monkeys do their part to help this delicious sweet exist?This delectable dessert comes from cocoa beans, which grow on cocoa trees in tropical rain forests. But those trees couldn't survive without the help of a menagerie of rain forest critters: a pollen-sucking midge, an aphid-munching anole lizard, brain-eating coffin fly ma...

For nature lovers, environmentalists, and fans of fresh- and salt-water creatures.Scientists have discovered more than 25, 000 species of fish on Earth and estimate there are thousands more to be identified, but the fish population has been steadily declining for decades. Human actions often contribute to the decline. How can we help ensure that there will be a safe place for fish?In simple yet compelling language, veteran science writer Melis...

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National Geographic Primary Readers is a high-interest series of beginning reading books that have been developed in consultation with education experts. The books pair magnificent National Geographic photographs with lively text by skilled children's book authors across four reading levels.

JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / General

JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / General

Ferguson's Career Biographies tell the stories of some of the world's most influential and admired people. This book focuses on Rachel Carson, looking at her early education and training, the challenges she faced on the job, important mentors and her career achievement.