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"What has 4 teeth, spines all over its body, and is one of the most poisonous animals in the world? The puffer fish! Avid and reluctant readers alike will quickly devour the fascinating facts about the habitat, life cycle, evolution, and more of this strange family of fish. Each spread is filled with lively, full-color photography of this incredibly diverse family of bizarre fish. Fact boxes add to the exciting learning experience by providing quick,...
22) Fish is Our Life
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This unusual documentary provides a fascinating profile of an important segment of the Japanese population rarely seen or studied in the West. It focuses on the small businessmen-proprietors who work the 1,100 family-owned businesses at Tsukiji Market, Tokyo's largest wholesale fish market.
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Rainbow Fish (Picture books) volume 9
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"When Rainbow Fish meets a new friend, Humbert, he isn't sure what to think. Humbert tells all kinds of strange stories: Somewhere at the bottom of the ocean there's a plug! There's a blue whale living near here . . . and he's going to eat up all of our food. But before Rainbow Fish and his friends panic, they realize that Humbert just likes to make up tall tales. Rainbow Fish and his friends soon come up with an idea that might make them all happy--even...
26) Salmonera
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Salmon isn't what it used to be. Ninety percent of salmon eaten in the U.S. is factory farmed, not caught. The fish are raised by the millions in giant floating netpens, all over the globe. The southern coast of Chile is one frontier being transformed from a string of remote fishing villages into fish farm row. Now, the booming industry is also putting fishermen half a world away out of business.
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Part biography, part political thriller, part scholarly detective story that draws on letters, diary entries, notes smuggled out of a Berlin prison, and other documents, this true story chronicles the life and brutal death of Mildred Harnack, the American leader of one of the largest underground resistance groups in Germany.
29) Amphibians
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Updated for 2020, Introduces the physical characteristics and habits of various types of amphibians, including frogs, toads, and salamanders.
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"Acclaimed chef Pete Evans takes a whole new approach to making gluten-free, grain-free, and dairy-free meals that are worthy of a restaurant but effortless to prepare. The Paleo diet has taken America by storm as more and more people discover the health benefits of cutting out processed, sugary foods and instead eating quality proteins and fats, fresh vegetables and fruits, and nuts and seeds. However, following this way of eating doesn't mean sacrificing...
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Humanity's last major source of food from the wild, and how it enabled and shaped the growth of civilization. In this history of fishing--not as sport but as sustenance--archaeologist and best-selling author Brian Fagan argues that fishing was an indispensable and often overlooked element in the growth of civilization. It sustainably provided enough food to allow cities, nations, and empires to grow, but it did so with a different emphasis. Where...
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Dive into this book to learn all about bull sharks. Readers will take in information about a bull shark's preferred habitat, what it likes to eat, and more alongside amazing underwater photographs. Translated by native Spanish speakers--and immersion school educators. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
37) Fish
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Readers will learn what fish are, some of the different kinds, and all about their shared characteristics. Title is filled with cool, full-bleed photographs of the animals and simple sentences. This title is written at a Level 1, specifically for beginning readers. Aligned to Common Core standards & correlated to state standards. Dash! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.
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"Los caracoles y las babosas marinas utilizan la "mucosa" marina. Pero, Åsabâias que tambiâen el coral y el pez payaso la necesitan? La cientâifica marina Ellen Prager nos lleva a las profundidades del ocâeano para presentarnos a unos animales fascinantes y extraänos que utilizan la mucosa para atrapar su alimento, protegerse de sufrir cualquier daäno e incluso, desplazarse de un lugar a otro bajo el agua"--
40) Aquarium
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In this wordless picture book, a little girl learns about love, nature, and the transformative power of letting go when a little fish leaps into her life.
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