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"The animals of the South Sea are hungry. But who is hungrier than all of the rest? The kicking krill may swarm and the blue cod are out hunting for dinner, but neither is fierce enough to be tops in this habitat. Could it be the lurking sharks, pointy-tailed rays or the toothy barracuda? Dive into this rhythmic text to discover who is at the top of this food chain."--
6) Afghanistan
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Simple text and color photographs explore the land, animals, food, celebrations, transportation, and sights of Afghanistan. Includes facts about the country, a glossary, and further resources.
9) Hoarding
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Discusses the problem of compulsive hoarding where people keep almost everything and throw out next to nothing. In time, this behavior can lead to rooms or entire houses filled with unused things, leaving little usable living space.
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To test the limits of our ability to inhabit lives that are not our own, Charles Foster set out to know the ultimate other: the nonhumans. To do that, he chose five animals and lived alongside them, sleeping as they slept, eating what they ate, learning to sense the landscape through the senses they used. In this lyrical, intimate, and completely radical look at the lives of animals, Charles Foster mingles neuroscience and psychology, nature writing...
12) Curious Feeders
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The blue whale and the flamingo both have strange bodies determined by their diet. Blue whales grow enormous by feeding on tiny shrimplike creatures, while flamingos spend their lives eating with their heads upside down. Both are oddities in their own groups and yet both are curiously similar.
13) Worms for lunch?
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Easy-to-read text and die-cut illustrations allow various creatures to reveal what they like to eat.
14) A log's life
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A great oak tree, struck down by lightning, becomes home to a variety of creatures over the years, and eventually rots away into a rich mound of dirt that serves as host to an acorn that becomes another mighty oak.
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Africa and India host an incredible array of wild creatures that engage in a daily ballet of life and death. Among these species is an elite group of twelve mammals and reptiles equipped with a deadly arsenal of predatory skills. These creatures have honed their skills to ensure the survival of their species and have become experts in tracking down prey and gobbling it up. Witness first-hand their savagery and genius in their battles to survive.
16) Crunch munch
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A rhythmic description of the different ways in which various animals eat, from a frog eating flies to a cat lapping milk.
17) Gulp, gobble
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Illustrations and simple, rhyming text portray animals of all kinds enjoying a picnic.
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Surly Squirrel and the gang are back. They are once again in Oakton where the evil mayor has decided to bulldoze Liberty Park and build a dangerous amusement park in its place. Surly and his ragtag group of animal friends band together to save their home, defeat the mayor, and take back the park.