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A collection of ten stories explores how scientists throughout the years have discovered and found cures for various medical diseases and issues, including the cure for yellow fever and the development of the first heart catheter, enhanced with photos and illustrations.

School and Library:

9780805073164 | Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, June 1, 2005, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: A collection of ten stories explores how scientists throughout the years have discovered and found cures for various medical diseases and issues, including the cure for yellow fever and the development of the first heart catheter.

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Product Description: It was August 27, 1885. In a hospital in Lima, Peru, a student named Daniel Carrión was preparing to infect himself with a dreaded disease . . . He had a small, sharp lancet ready . . . Carrión's friends and teacher from the medical school thought it was a bad idea...read more
By Mel Boring, Leslie Dendy and C. B. Mordan (illustrator)

Paperback:

9781250050656 | Square Fish, December 2, 2014, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: It was August 27, 1885.

Product Description: An introduction to the world of insects, caterpillars, and butterflies including identification information, educational activities, and fun facts.Invites young naturalists to spot wildlife. Safety tips are provided and interesting activities are sugested...read more

Hardcover:

9781559714792, titled "Caterpillars, Bugs & Butterflies" | Northword Pr, April 1, 1996, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: An introduction to the world of insects, caterpillars, and butterflies includes identification information and educational activities.

Paperback:

9781559716741, titled "Caterpillars, Bugs & Butterflies" | Northword Pr, January 1, 1999, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: An introduction to the world of insects, caterpillars, and butterflies includes identification information and educational activities.

Library:

9780836820409, titled "Caterpillars, Bugs, and Butterflies" | Gareth Stevens Pub, January 1, 1998, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: An introduction to the world of caterpillars, butterflies, and other insects, including identification information, educational activities, and fun facts

Reinforced:

9780606180757 | Demco Media, April 1, 1999, cover price $16.16 | About this edition: An introduction to the world of insects, caterpillars, and butterflies includes identification information and educational activities.

Prebinding:

9781439543962 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: An introduction to the world of insects, caterpillars, and butterflies including identification information, educational activities, and fun facts.
9780613245036 | Turtleback Books, September 1, 1996, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: An introduction to the world of insects, caterpillars, and butterflies includes identification information and educational activities.

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Describes the physical characteristics and habitats of a variety of different flamingos, loons, and pelicans, and includes related activities and scrapbook pages.
By Mel Boring and Andrew Recher (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9781559719421 | Northword Pr, May 1, 2006, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: Describes the physical characteristics and habitats of a variety of different flamingos, loons, and pelicans, and includes related activities and scrapbook pages.

Paperback:

9781559719438 | Northword Pr, May 1, 2006, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Describes the physical characteristics and habitats of a variety of different flamingos, loons, and pelicans, and includes related activities and scrapbook pages.

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Complete with eighteen fun activities, a follow-up to the best-selling Fun with Nature combines five popular titles from the Take-Along Guide series--Berries, Nuts and Seeds; Birds, Nests and Eggs; Rocks, Fossils and Arrowheads; Seashells, Crabs and Sea Stars; and Wildflowers, Blooms and Blossoms.

Hardcover:

9781559717953 | Northword Pr, February 1, 2002, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Provides detailed descriptions and illustrations for a variety of nature-related topics, including plants, animals, rocks, fossils, and seashells.

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Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and diet of twenty-nine kinds of rabbits, squirrels, and chipmunks.

Paperback:

9781559715799 | Northword Pr, September 1, 1996, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Describes the physical characteristics and habits of a variety of rabbits, squirrels, and chipmunks

Library:

9780836821468, titled "Rabbits, Squirrels, and Chipmunks" | Gareth Stevens Pub, January 1, 2000, cover price $24.67 | About this edition: Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and diet of twenty-nine kinds of rabbits, squirrels, and chipmunks.

Prebinding:

9780613266932 | Turtleback Books, September 1, 1996, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: Describes the physical characteristics and habits of a variety of rabbits, squirrels, and chipmunks

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Provides detailed descriptions and illustrations of more than 150 different animals and plants

Paperback:

9781559716840 | Northword Pr, December 1, 1998, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Provides detailed descriptions and illustrations of more than 150 different animals and plants

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Provides detailed descriptions and illustrations of more than 150 different animals and plants

Hardcover:

9781559717021 | Northword Pr, December 1, 1998, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Provides detailed descriptions and illustrations of more than 150 different animals and plants

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Groups birds according to whether they are found in city and town, farm country, field and meadow, or woodland and then describes the birds, their nests, and their eggs (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9781559714808, titled "Birds, Nests, and Eggs" | Northword Pr, April 1, 1996, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Groups birds according to whether they are found in city and town, farm country, field and meadow, or woodland and then describes the birds, their nests, and their eggs

Paperback:

9781559716246, titled "Birds, Nests, & Eggs" | Northword Pr, January 1, 1998, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Groups birds according to whether they are found in city and town, farm country, field and meadow, or woodland and then describes the birds, their nests, and their eggs

Library:

9780836820393, titled "Birds, Nests, and Eggs" | Gareth Stevens Pub, January 1, 1998, cover price $23.93 | About this edition: A guide to identifying fifteen different birds, providing information about the physical characteristics and habits of each, as well as about the nests they build and the eggs they lay.

Reinforced:

9780606241441 | Demco Media, April 1, 2002, cover price $16.90 | About this edition: Groups birds according to whether they are found in city and town, farm country, field and meadow, or woodland and then describes the birds, their nests, and their eggs

Prebinding:

9780613243728 | Turtleback Books, September 1, 1996, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: Groups birds according to whether they are found in city and town, farm country, field and meadow, or woodland and then describes the birds, their nests, and their eggs

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Describes the building of ten constructions spanning 500 years of American history. Includes the Mesa Verde cliff dwellings, the Washington Monument, the Holland Tunnel, the Mount Rushmore carvings, and the Mackinac Bridge.
By Mel Boring and Sharon Farricker (illustrator)

Library:

9780802765604 | Walker & Co, January 1, 1985, cover price $13.85 | About this edition: Accounts of ten different construction projects and the individuals and cultures that built them range from the thirteenth-century cliff dwellings of the American Southwest to the Watts tower in contemporary Los Angeles

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Recounts the life of the Paiute Indian whose visions of an end to white expansion led to the Ghost Dance movement

Library:

9780875181790 | Dillon Pr, July 1, 1981, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: A biography of the Paiute messiah whose vision of a land free from white domination led to the Ghost Dance religion and was ultimately shattered by the Wounded Knee Massacre.

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Accounts of past and present clowns--men, women, and children--accompany information on becoming a clown, tips on costumes and makeup, and a visit to Ringling Brothers Clown College

Library:

9780671330590 | Julian Messner, September 1, 1980, cover price $8.79 | About this edition: A history of clowns and clowning down through the ages, describing many of today's clowns and their acts.

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Offers a life history of the Suquamish chief who struggled to retain the Puget Sound homeland of his people and for whom the city of Seattle was named

Library:

9780875181554 | Dillon Pr, February 1, 1979, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: A biography of the Indian chief, leader of the tribes of the Puget Sound area in the first half of the nineteenth century.

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