Melissa Stewart

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An introduction to animals that estivate -- like hibernate but in the summer.

2) Titanic

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Live Oak Media eReadalong
National Geographic kids readers. Level 3

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Discusses the Titanic, including its design, how the ship sank, the passengers onboard, and why the ship's legacy lives on.

3) Feathers: Not Just for Flying

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Young naturalists explore sixteen birds in this elegant introduction to the many, remarkable uses of feathers. A concise main text highlights how feathers are not just for flying. More curious readers are invited to dig deeper with informative sidebars that underscore how feathers of all shapes and sizes help birds with warming or cooling, protect them from the sun, help them swim, glide or even dig. With a range of common and exotic species readers...

4) Dolphins

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National Geographic kids readers. Level 2
National Geographic readers. Level 2

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Describes the different types of dolphins, where they live, what they eat, etc.

5) National Geographic Readers: Ants

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National Geographic Kids Readers Level 1

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Ants are everywhere. They creep, they crawl, they climb, and they fall. But they get up and they keep on working. Ants come in all different shapes, different sizes, and different colors. And they do a lot of different jobs. These hard-working little creatures thrive wherever they go, making whatever adaptations necessary in their ever-changing world. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit natgeoed.org/commoncore for

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6) National Geographic Readers: Deadly Predators

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National Geographic kids readers. Level 2
National Geographic Kids Readers Level 2

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Come face-to-face with sharks, wolves, tigers, and many more predators in this gripping new addition to the National Geographic Kids Reader series. Amazing animal photos will wow kids as they discover how predators hunt, raise their young, and contribute to the food chain. This Level 2 reader is written in easy-to-grasp text and will help kids understand who rules in the wild!

7) No Monkeys, No Chocolate

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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 maggots-they...

8) Robots

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eAudiobook, eBook, Playaway Wonderbook

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National Geographic kids

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Discover the coolest robots of today and tomorrow in this colorful, photo-packed book. In this inviting and entertaining format, kids will learn about the science behind these amazing machines. This Level 3 reader is written in an easy-to-grasp style to encourage the scientists of tomorrow!

9) Do people really have tiny insects living in their eyelashes?: and other questions about the microscopic world

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Your mouth contains more bacteria than a dog's. Money is covered with germs that can make you sick. The germs in a sneeze travel only an arm's length. You may have heard these common sayings or beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven through research? Let's investigate seventeen statements about the microscopic world and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones stump even the experts! Find out whether...

10) Terrific tongues up close

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Animal Bodies Up Close

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"Discover how different animal use their tongues to clean themselves, capture food, and more"--Provided by publisher.

11) Creepy, crawly jokes about spiders and other bugs: laugh and learn about science

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Super Silly Science Jokes

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"Learn about a variety of bugs including true bugs, beetles, moths, and bees. Read jokes about them, and learn how to write your own"--Provided by publisher.

12) Dino-mite jokes about prehistoric life: laugh and learn about science

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Super Silly Science Jokes

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"Learn about everything from early arthropods to dinosaurs and early humans. Read jokes about all of these topics, and learn how to write your own"--Provided by publisher.

13) Incredible ears up close

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Animal Bodies Up Close

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"Discover how different animals use their ears to hear the world around them, hide from predators, and know where they are"--

14) Cell biology

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Book, eBook, Online Content

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Great Ideas of Science

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What are cells made of? Biologists have been studying cells since the mid-1600s, when Robert Hooke viewed a slice of cork through a microscope and coined the word "cell" to describe the walled-in spaces he saw. Most cells are invisible to the naked eye. Yet they carry out the many complex processes that make life possible. As microscopes have improved, scientists have learned more and more about cells and their organelles-the structures within cells....

15) Meteors

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eAudiobook, eBook, Playaway Wonderbook

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National Geographic kids
National Geographic kids readers volume Level 3

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Blast off on a trip to discover the fascinating world of meteors. In this image-packed book, kids will learn all about these objects hurtling through space and into our atmosphere. Written in an easy-to-grasp style to encourage the scientists and explorers of tomorrow!

16) Zoom in on Grasshoppers

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Author Melissa Stewart lets readers take a close look at grasshoppers in this title in the Zoom In on Insects! series. Use the 'Zoom In' bubbles to get an up close look at a grasshopper's eyes, wings, antennae, and more!

17) Zoom in on Butterflies

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Another title in the Zoom In on Insects! series, ZOOM IN ON BUTTERFLIES takes an up close look at these beautiful insects. The 'Zoom Bubbles' offer a closer look at different butterfly body parts including the eyes, antennae, and wings. Lots of color photographs make it easy to understand exactly what the text is discussing.

18) Zoom in on Bees

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Have your readers ever seen a bee up close? What does it look like? How does it eat? What is its life cycle? When readers check out the 'Zoom Bubbles' on every spread of this book, readers will get an up close peek at this insect's body, eyes, antennae, wings, and more.

19) Zoom in on Ladybugs

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Explore the world of the ladybug with author Melissa Stewart. Find out what ladybugs look like, what they eat, and what their life-cycle stages are. Use the 'Zoom In' bubbles in the book for an up close look at different parts of a ladybug's body, including its wings and antennae!

20) Zoom in on Dragonflies

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