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Art, Henry Warren. Woodswalk: Peepers, Porcupines & Exploding Puff Balls: What You'll See, Hear & Smell When Exploring the Woods. Describes the different animals and plants one can see on a walk through the woods during the four seasons. (j574.5264 Art) |
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Bardoe, Cheryl. Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas. Regarded as the world's first geneticist, Mendel overcame poverty and obscurity to discover that animals, plants, and people all inherit and pass down traits through the same process. ( j921 M522b) |
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Bjork, Christina. Linnea's Almanac. Linnea shares her almanac with the reader, teaching such things as how to dry flowers, build a kite, weave a crown of autumn leaves, and other activities geared for the different seasons. (j508 Bjork) |
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Bottone, Frank G. The Science of Life: Projects and Principles for Beginning Biologists. Explores bacteria, fungi, and protozoans as well as plants and animals through 25 engaging projects, all using materials commonly found around the house, yard, and classroom. (j574 Bottone) |
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Brown, Don. Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and her Remarkable Discoveries. The life of the English girl whose discovery of an Ichthyosaurus fossil led to a lasting interest in other prehistoric animals. (j560.9 Brown) |
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Burnie, David. Nature Explorer. Explore nature with more than 100 fun activities. (j508 Burnie) |
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Burns, Loree Griffin. Citizen Scientists: Be a Part of Scientific Discovery from Your Own Backyard. Text, tips, and photographs explain how to observe and gather data about backyard insects and animals. (j591.5268 Burns) |
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Carson, Rachel. The Sense of Wonder. Words and pictures to help you keep alive your inborn sense of wonder, and renew your delight in the mysteries of earth, sea and sky. (j508 Carson) |
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Davies, Jacqueline. The Boy Who Drew Birds: A Story of John James Audubon. A brief biography of naturalist and artist John James Audobon, focusing on his first visit to America, his love of birds, and his discoveries about bird migrations. (j921 Au29d) |
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Fiction
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Anderson, Margaret Jean. Children of Summer. Ten-year-old Paul describes how he and his sisters learned about insects from the observations and writings of their father, the nineteenth-century French entomologist Jean-Henri Fabre. (Juv Fic Anderson) |
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Balliett, Blue. The Danger Box. In small-town Michigan, twelve-year-old Zoomy and his new friend Lorrol investigate the journal found inside a mysterious box and find family secrets and a more valuable treasure, while a dangerous stranger watches and waits. (Juv Fic M Balliett) |
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Brande, Robin. Evolution, Me, and Other Feaks of Nature. Following her conscience leads high school freshman Mena to clash with her parents and former friends from their conservative Christian church, but might result in better things when she stands up for a teacher who refuses to include "Intelligent Design" in lessons on evolution. (YA Fic Brande) |
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Bryant, Jennifer. Ringside, 1925: Views From the Scopes Trial. Visitors, spectators, and residents of Dayton, Tennessee, in 1925 describe, in a series of free-verse poems, the Scopes "monkey trial" and its effects on that small town and its citizens. (YA Fic Bryant) |
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Conrad, Pam. My Daniel. Ellie and Stevie learn about a family legacy when their grandmother tells them stories of her brother's historical quest for dinosaur bones on their Nebraska farm. (Juv Fic Conrad) |
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Couloumbis, Audrey. The Misadventures of Maude March, or, Trouble Rides a Fast Horse. After the death of the stern aunt who raised them since they were orphaned, eleven-year-old Sallie and her fifteen-year-old sister escape their self-serving guardians and begin an adventure resembling those in the dime novels Sallie loves to read. (Juv Fic Couloumbis) |
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Dickinson, Peter. A Bone From a Dry Sea. In two parallel stories, an intelligent female member of a prehistoric tribe becomes instrumental in advancing the lot of her people, and the daughter of a paleontologist is visiting him on a dig in Africa when important fossil remains are discovered. (YA Fic Dickinson) |
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George, Jean Craighead. Charlie's Raven. Charlie Carlisle's grandfather is ill. Charlie's friend, Singing Bird, a Teton Sioux, tells him that ravens have curing powers, so Charlie steals a baby bird from its nest. Granddad, a retired naturalist, encourages Charlie to record his observations of the bird and study the effect it has on humans. Charlie just hopes that the raven will make Granddad well. (Juv Fic George) |
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Klages, Ellen. The Green Glass Sea. It is 1943, and 11-year-old Dewey Kerrigan is traveling west on a train to live with her scientist father--but no one will tell her exactly where he is. When she reaches Los Alamos, New Mexico, she learns why: he's working on a top secret government program. (Juv Fic Klages) |
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