Seymour Simon
41) Guts
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Join award-winning science writer Seymour Simon as he explores one of the most important systems of the human body: the digestive system!
Ever wonder how food like pizza or spaghetti moves through our body? It all happens in our digestive system, otherwise known as our guts. Working twenty-four hours a day, it makes sure the food we eat turns into energy, nutrients, and waste.
In this revised edition, featuring clear text and stunning full-color...
42) Big Cats
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In this completely updated edition of Big Cats, award-winning writer Seymour Simon celebrates the grace and power of lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, cheetahs, pumas, and snow leopards. Readers will learn all about how they hunt, care for their young, and rest in their varied natural habitats. This updated edition includes:
Author's note
Stunning full-color photographs
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Supports the Common Core Learning...
43) Baby Animals
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Learn how several baby animals are the same in many ways, yet also different. Interesting facts and colorful photographs help the reader to compare and contrast.
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In 26 giant photographs-of a roaring grizzly, a piranhas razor-sharp teeth, a rattlesnakes poisonous fangs-Seymour Simon reveals the truth about natures most misunderstood animals and lets the reader decide what to really think about natures grossest, fiercest, and most fascinating survivors.
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Learn all about volcanoes - from powerful explosions to flowing rivers of hot, fiery lava. With fascinating facts about the power and peril of volcanoes, this audiobook presents an irresistible invitation to question, explore, and discover the exciting world around us!
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Life in sixth grade is full of challenges and goofy jokes for Adam "Einstein" Anderson. His friends, family members, and enemies love to test his scientific knowledge. Can anyone outsmart him? Einstein's friend Stanley believes he can raise gigantic ants to help people work, but is it possible? Margaret, Einstein's best friend, wonders if a block of ice can be sliced through without making two pieces. When a professor claims his invention can stop...
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Welcome to the world of fifth-grader Adam "Einstein" Anderson, Science Detective. Einstein enjoys some of the same things many kids do, such as baseball. He also tells jokes that make people groan. But his favorite thing to do is solve mysteries using what he knows about science. People always challenge Einstein with riddles and puzzles. Pat, the class bully, bets Einstein 10 arm punches that he can lift a heavier weight. Mr. Janus claims that space...
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Adam "Einstein" Anderson, Science Detective, is always ready for a challenge. He uses science to explain mysteries. He also tells lots of bad jokes. Some people need his help. Others just want to trick him. People in town are seeing strange lights in the sky. Einstein must figure out if the lights are spaceships or something else. Pat and Herman are the two meanest kids in class. They try to blame Einstein for starting a fire in the garbage can, but...
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Sixth-grader Adam "Einstein" Anderson is a true science detective. He can solve just about any mystery, even when everybody else is fooled. He also tries to make people laugh by telling bad jokes-but they usually groan instead. All sorts of people test Einstein's scientific knowledge. A man working on a horror movie claims he's seen a real vampire, but Einstein isn't so sure. Margaret, Einstein's best friend, has a photograph of an anti-gravity machine....
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People are happy to share puzzles and riddles with Adam "Einstein" Anderson. Sometimes they need his help and sometimes they are trying to outsmart him. In any case, he enjoys the challenge-and is always ready with some awful jokes that make people groan. Margaret, Einstein's best friend, tries harder than anyone to fool him. She shows Einstein some footprints in the mud and says a big, growling creature scared her the other night. Could Margaret...
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Twelve-year-old Adam "Einstein" Anderson is not your average kid. He enjoys baseball, telling bad jokes and puns, and-more than anything else-mysteries. With his amazing scientific knowledge, he solves all kinds of problems. Einstein's friends and family members love to challenge him with puzzling situations. Using basic scientific principles, he quickly disproves the mystery behind an alien sighting and a monster living in the town pond. And, he...
53) Ghosts
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English
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Whether or not you believe in ghosts, you'll be spellbound by these nine supposedly true tales from the spirit world!
Captivating creatures include the Horror of Berkeley Square, a demon that literally scares people to death, and White House specters of former presidents and first ladies.
54) Butterflies
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[2011]
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English
Appears on these lists
Bee City USA, Pollinators & Wildflowers - Children
Plant Wildflowers Campaign: Nonfiction for Kids ages 0 - 8
Plant Wildflowers Campaign: Nonfiction for Kids ages 0 - 8
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"Award-winning science writer Seymour Simon invites readers to explore the world of butterflies and moths with fascinating facts and stunning full-color photographs. Learn where to find butterflies and moths, how to observe them in nature, and how to plant your very own butterfly garden!"--Amazon.com.
55) Whales
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2006.
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English
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Describes, in text and illustrations, the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of various species of whales.
59) Horses
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2017.
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English
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"All about their strength and speed, their foals, breeds, and more!"--Cover.
From stallions and mares, to Clydesdales and Palominos, this is sure to be a hit with horse-lovers and animal-lovers everywhere!