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Describes the life cycle of the sea turtle, from the mother depositing her eggs in the sand of the beach, to how the little hatchlings must fight numerous odds to make it to the ocean and survive obstacles to grow into adult turtles.
By Bruce Hiscock (illustrator) and Stephen R. Swinburne

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9781590780817 | Boyds Mills Pr, April 1, 2005, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Describes the life cycle of the sea turtle, from the mother depositing her eggs in the sand of the beach, to how the little hatchlings must fight numerous odds to make it to the ocean and survive obstacles to grow into adult turtles.

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Product Description: Where do storms come from? To answer this question, Bruce Hiscock examines one of the most powerful spring storms ever recorded. Illustrations and simple diagrams help explain how big storms originate and how this one traveled across the United States...read more

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9781590786000, titled "The Big Storm" | Reissue edition (Boyds Mills Pr, August 1, 2008), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Where do storms come from?
9780689832659, titled "The Big Storm" | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, March 1, 2000), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: While describing a particularly devastating storm that moved across the United States, creating havoc in March-April, 1982, the author presents information on basic weather phenomena

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9780689317705, titled "The Big Storm" | Atheneum, September 1, 1993, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: While describing a particularly devastating storm that moved across the United States, creating havoc in March-April, 1982, presents information on basic weather phenomena.

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9780606179126, titled "The Big Storm" | Demco Media, April 1, 2000, cover price $13.70 | About this edition: While describing a particularly devastating storm that moved across the United States, creating havoc in March-April, 1982, the author presents information on basic weather phenomena

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9780808580652 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $14.55 | About this edition: While describing a particularly devastating storm that moved across the United States, creating havoc in March-April, 1982, the author presents information on basic weather phenomena

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Product Description: One snowy owl's first year and its struggle to survive. Fed by his parents, Ookpik, which means "snowy owl" in the Inuit language, grows quickly in the short Arctic summer. By autumn he has learned to hunt on his own, but prey is scarce on the tundra that year...read more

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9781590784617 | Boyds Mills Pr, February 1, 2008, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: One snowy owl's first year and its struggle to survive.

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Accompanied by gorgeous watercolors, this fascinating book traces the journey of the yellow butterfly as it migrates from the Yucatan rain forest to the shores of North America--a perilous trek of more than two thousand miles.
By Bruce Hiscock (illustrator) and Stephen R. Swinburne

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9781590780824 | Boyds Mills Pr, March 3, 2006, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Traces the journey of the yellow butterfly as it migrates from the Yucatâan rain forest to the shores of North America, a perilous trek of more than two thousand miles.

Following the migration of the resilient caribou as they journey along harsh lands to reach their final destination, the wonders of an Alaskan refuge are captured through a guide of the diverse animals, plants, and landscapes seen along the way.

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9781590780107 | Boyds Mills Pr, March 1, 2003, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Introduces the landscape of Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, following a herd of migrating deer as they encounter creatures including wolves, grizzly bears, wolverines, lemmings, and snowy owls.

Follows the development of a large old maple tree from its growth from a seed during the American Revolution to its maturity in the late twentieth century

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9780689718038, titled "The Big Tree" | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, March 1, 1994), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Follows the development of a large old maple tree from its growth from a seed during the American Revolution to its maturity in the late twentieth century

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9780689315985, titled "The Big Tree" | Atheneum, March 1, 1991, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Follows the development of a large old maple tree from its growth from a seed during the American Revolution to its maturity in the late twentieth century

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9780606251907 | Demco Media, September 1, 2002, cover price $18.67 | About this edition: Follows the development of a large old maple tree from its growth from a seed during the American Revolution to its maturity in the late twentieth century

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9780613539630 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2002, cover price $22.05 | About this edition: Follows the development of a large old maple tree from its growth from a seed during the American Revolution to its maturity in the late twentieth century

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In 1815, the McClures sail their flatboat from Pittsburgh down the Ohio River and settle in what would later become Indiana

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9780613229845 | Turtleback Books, March 1, 2001, cover price $14.30 | About this edition: In 1815, the McClures sail their flatboat from Pittsburgh down the Ohio River and settle in what would later become Indiana

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Since the springtime rains have not come to New Mexico's Chaco Canyon, both Coyote and Badger have a hard time finding food, until they team up together, in a natural history story of desert predators and their struggle for survival.

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9781563978487 | 1 edition (Boyds Mills Pr, January 1, 2001), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: A drought in New Mexico's Chaco Canyon is the catalyst of an unlikely cooperation between a hungry coyote and a mother badger struggling to feed her pups.

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Young readers are introduced to the history of the planet through an illustrated presentation of how a prehistoric rock came to exist millions of years ago and the many stages of change it has gone through since that time. Reprint. SLJ.

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9780689829581 | Aladdin Paperbacks, December 1, 1999, cover price $7.99 | About this edition: Traces the origins of a granite rock located near the Adirondack Mountains and describes how it reveals information about the history of the earth

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Recounts the history of flooding along the mighty Midwest rivers and focuses on the 1993 flood along the upper Mississippi, explaining the causes of the disaster, the role of the river basin, and why the dams and levees failed.

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9780689808715 | Atheneum, June 1, 1997, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Describes the conditions that led up to the severe flooding in the Mississippi River Valley in 1993

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Explains how archaeologists and other researchers determine the ages of ancient things in an exciting, fact-filled science book discussing the various tests that can be performed and the meanings behind significant markings and natural clues, such as tree rings.

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9780689318481 | Atheneum, September 1, 1996, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Explains the tests archaeologists and other researchers use to determine the ages of ancient things

Longing to ride on his new sled, Robin wishes that it would snow and watches the small changes that take place around his North Country home, until one cold evening Mother Nature grants Robin his wish.

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9780689319372 | Atheneum, October 1, 1995, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A small boy impatiently awaits the first snowfall while the small animals of the woods prepare for winter

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Offering young readers a lesson in simple chemistry, this study describes the different types of sugar, their chemical names and structures, how the human body uses sugar, how we taste sugar, and the role of sugar in the human diet.
By Gail Kay Haines and Bruce Hiscock (illustrator)

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9780689317231 | Atheneum, September 1, 1992, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Looks at the reasons why sugar, sweeteners, and all sweet foods taste good, and explains the role all of them play in people's diets

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Examines the nature, sources, problems, and uses of radioactivity

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9780689313622 | Atheneum, March 1, 1989, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Examines the nature, sources, problems, and uses of radioactivity

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Describes the starkly beautiful but harsh land of the Arctic tundra, its plant, animal, and human inhabitants, and the impact of its valuable mineral deposits

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9780689312199 | Atheneum, May 1, 1986, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Describes the geography of the tundra and the animals, plants, birds, and people who have adapted to life on these arctic plains.

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