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Through step-by-step color photographic sequences and expert text, this book gives in-depth information on the history, cultivation, and imaginative use of hundreds of strikingly handsome specimens of cacti and provides practical information for use in both house and garden. Over 600 full-color photos.
9) The planets
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
From the burning surface of Venus to the freezing darkness of Neptune, Gail Gibbons takes children on a tour of our solar system—which are very different from each other in size, shape, orbit, and even weather. The bodies in our solar system are named, described, and illustrated in clear, well-labeled spreads that give a strong sense of shape and scale to our skies. Each entry is full of intriguing details about their composition, behavior, and...
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Pub. Date
2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
In this colorful book about dinosaurs, you'll see amazing computer artwork that places the dinosaurs in a modern city environment with buildings, cars, trucks, bicycles, parks and construction sites. The dinosaur illustrations are accurate in relative size, shape and color. Readers will get a real sense of how enormous dinosaurs were --
11) Asteroids
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Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"We may not be able to see asteroids without a telescope, but there are thousands of these space rocks circling the sun. In this fact-filled, simple text, readers learn about asteroid formation, size, shape, and orbits. They are also introduced to the methods that scientists use to track asteroids. Fast facts and a hands-on activity expand the reader's learning experience, while full-color images enrich the text with additional details and examples....
12) Bark park
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Illustrations and rhyming text reveal dogs of every shape, size, and personality as they romp and frolic in a park.
13) Seeds
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Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Jack learns about seeds by size, shape, weight, color, and taste.
15) Ships
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Series
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Description
Explains how ships work, provides background on the history of sailing and steam power, and describes the size, shape, and unique capabilities and characteristics of several kinds of ships, including liners, warships, cargo vessels, ferries, icebreakers, and others.
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Pub. Date
c2019.
Description
"Each of us has a body that we live in every day. No body is the same size, shape, weight, color, or kind. This book takes the conversation around body image head-on, helping kids not only love their own bodies the way they are but others', too."--Publisher's description.
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"In 1935, 6.8 million farmers operated across the United States, having built barns to shelter their livestock and store their harvest. These types of barns were built based on the settlers' country of origin and varied in size, shape, style, and color. Today, American barns are a disappearing icon and a threatened part of our heritage, as the need for them has simply diminished. There are only approximately 650,000 barns remaining in America, most...
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Pub. Date
[2009]
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The Definitive Book of Handwriting Analysis begins with the history of the field and then teaches you how to analyze any handwriting, starting with objective criteria such as organization, speed, size, shape, slant, and symbolic features. Then you will learn how to combine these variables to create a full personality profile.
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Pub. Date
1978.
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Gnomes, fairies, and elves of every imaginable size, shape, and color spring to life in this marvelously illustrated guide to the fairy realm. Just one glance at the extensive table of contents reveals the scope and variety of fairy folklore explored here -- from Persian and Arabian romance to the mythology of Scandinavia, England, France, Germany, and Switzerland. Everything from Kelpies and Korrigans to Brownies, Bugaboos, and more is included....
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Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"Do plants have intelligence? Do they have memory? Are they better problem solvers than people? Plants make up 80 percent of the weight of all living things on earth, and yet it is easy to forget that these innocuous, beautiful organisms are responsible for not only the air we breathe, but for many of our modern comforts: our medicine, food, even our fossil fuels. Now, Stefano Mancuso, one of the world's foremost experts on plant neurobiology, reveals...