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Without bees our world would be dull and our diet mundane, virtually no flowers or fruit for starters. Love Bees introduces why bees matter and how we can all help them survive in the modern world of many pitfalls perpetrated by Homo sapiens. A great read with content for all the family.
BugLife
Bees need our love and attention! Bee colonies are fast declining and our buzzing buddies need our help urgently if they are to recover and thrive.
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26222) The Bedtime Battle
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There's Nothing to Fear at Bedtime! Alice and Adele are going to have a sleepover but Adele is a little bit nervous. As the friends get ready to go to sleep, common bedtime worries keep popping up. But there's nothing to fear! Alice is ready to do battle with anything that comes their way! This sweet story celebrates friendship and problem solving skills.
26223) Big Star Otto
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Big Star Otto is the final book in the Elephants Never Forget series chronicling the hilarious adventures of the tenacious pachyderm, Otto, and his wisecracking pal, Crackers. Using humor and lots of visual gags, this series is an action-packed celebration of friendship and perseverance.
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A young child adventures back in time to 153 million years ago to meet a Stegosaurus, learning about what this dinosaur ate, its size, and what its armored plates might be for. This illustrated narrative nonfiction title includes a map of fossil findings, glossary, and further resources.
26225) Parrots
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Parrots can do more than just mimic human speech. These colorful, sassy birds often mate for life, and some parrots can live 90 years or more. Learn more about these intelligent birds.
26226) Duck's Backyard
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A funny and philosophical story in which a duck with a limp and a blind chicken search for adventure and answers to some of life's big questions. By a bestselling author/illustrator pair.
With themes of friendship, difference, leadership and courage, this chapter book for independent readers includes full-color illustrations throughout. Thoughtful readers and listeners will enjoy both the bright, funny dialogue and pondering life's big questions,...
26227) Candy Canes and Cadavers
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Candy Canes and Cadavers is Book 4 of the Sapphire Beach Cozy Mystery Series. Palm trees wrapped in holiday lights. A Fair Trade jewelry shop owner. Murder at the local playhouse. Connie Petretta is thrilled that her family is spending Christmas with her in Sapphire Beach. They even come early to attend the opening of "A Christmas Carol," performed in memory of her beloved Aunt Concetta. It has all the makings of a perfect holiday until one of the...
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Bub, everyone's favorite pug, and his human, Bella, are back in their fourth Branches chapter book!
Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!Bub's human, Bella, is putting...
26229) 50 Quick Dinosaur Facts
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Do you love Dinosaurs? These 50 Quick Dinosaur facts are idela for younger readers, or people wanting to know more about Dinosaurs!
26230) Trail of Spells
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Bad scores can close doors in life. In this case. It closed a life. In the middle of a whirlwind lesson, Mimi and Baxter are interrupted by Rob at the door with an evidence bag containing her bloodied antique Irish iron arrowhead – a suspected murder weapon involved in the killing of a snarky professor, Cyrus Frisk. Mimi is stupefied against Rob's demand for an alibi – the antique had been under lock and key. Someone has violated her privacy....
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Newly revised and updated with additional photographs and up-to-date names, this full-colour field guide to the marine life of coastal British Columbia, Alaska, Washington, Oregon and northern California is perfect for divers, boaters and beachcombers. It is a ready reference to more than 400 of the most common species: the fascinating local sponges, jellyfish, crabs, shrimp, barnacles, clams, snails, seals, fish, whales, sea algae and hundreds of...
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The follow-up to Slow Down: 50 Mindful Moments in Nature invites you to enjoy the present moment with everyday nature that makes you stop, watch, and be amazed by the tiniest things
The Slow Down series encourages kids (and their grown-ups!) to take the time to stop and experience mindful moments in nature. Zoom in to observe a hummingbird drinking nectar or a pea shoot appear. Delight in a little snail as he comes come out to drink. Charming text...
26233) Hip, Hip . . . Beret!
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A playful and humorous picture book about what happens to Bella's beret when the wind sweeps it away.
Granpère gifts Bella the hat she'd always wanted-a beret! But just as she places it on her head, a gust of wind whisks it away. When the beret accidentally lands in a chef's pan...hip, hip, souflée! When it mistakenly lands on the head of a dancer...hip, hip, ballet! The wind continues to sweep the hat farther and farther away. Will Bella ever...
26234) The Ice Diamond
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Princess Maya is delighted to welcome the Rescue Princesses to the Kingdom of Lepari. It's a beautiful land, where the King has sworn to protect the rare snow leopards that live in the mountains.
Maya and her new friends are devastated to learn about a secret plan that will harm the leopards. The girls want to save them, but first they must convince the Lepari royalty that the leopards are really at risk!
26235) Rumble at the Zoo
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Ethan and Matt receive a call for help from Lisa Moser, whose mom runs the "Skywalk Zoo". Recently, the animals at the Zoo have been taking turns in behaving weirdly and aggressively, scaring visitors away. The police are no help and if Lisa doesn't figure out why it's happening, the Zoo will be shut down and the animals put to sleep... As Ethan and Matt are local celebrities after solving the mystery of the legendary missing diamond Heart of the...
26236) Die Zwoelf Weihnachtstage
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Die zwoelf weihnachtstage ist weltbekannt für Kinder Autor Suzy-Jane Tanner Interpretation des bekannten Liedes. Schön mit 12 farbigen Zeichnungen und neue "Geschenke" für kleine Kinder geeignet dargestellt, ist diese wunderbare eBook sicher, eine Weihnachts-Favorit. Dieses Buch ist auch in einer Reihe von anderen Sprachen verfügbar.
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You asked for it, and here they are! The culmination of Jackie "The Joke Man" Martling's sixty-nine years of traveling the globe trading jokes with countless incredibly eclectic folks. The only thing more fun than reading Jackie Jokes will be telling these jokes to your friends. You'll find the wildest, filthiest, and funniest jokes anywhere, handpicked and printed exactly as they're told on stage … and everywhere else … by the world's best joke...
26239) Elephant vs. Rhino
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It's fight time for the elephant and the rhino! One animal is The Tusked Titan, and the other animal is The Horned Heavyweight. Both fighters have size on their side. But, which one will be crowned champion of the Clash of the Titans?
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One-woman shares her quest, to document a stunning variety of birds found in Brooklyn Bridge Park in this wonderful guide for birders everywhere.
The Brooklyn Bridge once overshadowed a decaying industrial waterfront, but today it points the way to a new green oasis: Brooklyn Bridge Park. When avid birder Heather Wolf moved from tropical Florida to a nearby apartment, she wondered how many species she might see there, and soon came to a surprising...
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