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Examines the life of the alligator, including their life history, their environment, their habits, how they live, and why they are so successful
By Patricia Lauber and Lou Silva (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780805019094 | Henry Holt & Co, January 1, 1994, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Examines the life cycle of the alligator from egg to adult and analyzes its significance in the ecological balance of nature.

Paperback:

9780805042580 | Henry Holt & Co, October 1, 1995, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Examines the life cycle of the alligator from egg to adult and analyzes its significance in the ecological balance of nature.

Reinforced:

9780606086875 | Demco Media, October 1, 1995, cover price $13.30 | About this edition: Examines the life cycle of the alligator from egg to adult and analyzes its significance in the ecological balance of nature.

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FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Studies the eruption of Mount St. Helens, its impact on scientific knowledge, and the gradual return of life to its barren slopes. (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780385223386 | Doubleday, June 1, 1986, cover price $7.00 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.

Paperback:

9780395732571 | Houghton Mifflin College Div, May 1, 1995, cover price $11.40

Describes instances of dolphin friendship with humans, dolphin anatomy and life in the sea, care of their young, dolphin sounds, and scientific experiments on their intelligence and capacity to communicate

Hardcover:

9780394801285 | Random House Childrens Books, April 1, 1963, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Describes instances of dolphin friendship with humans, dolphin anatomy and life in the sea, care of their young, dolphins as pets and performers, and scientific experiments on their capacity to hear and communicate with one another.

Paperback:

9780590481342, titled "The Friendly Dolphins" | Reprint edition (Scholastic, February 1, 1995), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Describes instances of dolphin friendship with humans, dolphin anatomy and life in the sea, care of their young, dolphin sounds, and scientific experiments on their intelligence and capacity to communicate

Reinforced:

9780606075428, titled "The Friendly Dolphins" | Demco Media, February 1, 1995, cover price $11.15 | About this edition: Describes instances of dolphin friendship with humans, dolphin anatomy and life in the sea, care of their young, dolphin sounds, and scientific experiments on their intelligence and capacity to communicate

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Explains the concept of a food chain and how plants, animals, and humans are ecologically linked.

Hardcover:

9780060229818 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, January 1, 1995, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Explains the concept of a food chain and how plants, animals, and humans are ecologically linked

Paperback:

9780064451307 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, January 1, 1995), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Examines the significance of food chains and food webs, and explains why each link in a chain is important because of the interdependence of living things for survival

Library:

9780060229825 | Harpercollins, January 1, 1995, cover price $15.89 | About this edition: Explains the concept of a food chain and how plants, animals, and humans are ecologically linked

Reinforced:

9780606083782 | Demco Media, January 1, 1995, cover price $13.59 | About this edition: Examines the significance of food chains and food webs, and explains why each link in a chain is important because of the interdependence of living things for survival

Prebinding:

9780785761013 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Examines the significance of food chains and food webs, and explains why each link in a chain is important because of the interdependence of living things for survival

Explains how light travels and how it is reflected and bent, how lenses and mirrors work, and how our eyes use light to see
By Patricia Lauber and Leonard Lessin (photographer)

Hardcover:

9780517593905 | Crown Pub, December 1, 1994, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: Explains how light travels and how it is reflected and bent, how lenses and mirrors work, and how our eyes use light to see

Library:

9780517593912, titled "What Do You See & How Do You See It?: Exploring Light, Color, and Vision" | Crown Pub, December 1, 1994, cover price $17.99 | About this edition: Explains how light travels and how it is reflected and bent, how lenses and mirrors work, and how our eyes use light to see

An exciting journey around the world helps young explorers discover how animals and their habitats fit together in all types of environments from oceans to deserts to forests to grasslands--complete with beautiful photographs and an index.

School and Library:

9780590450713 | Scholastic, November 1, 1994, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Introduces animal habitats, describes six different areas, from the oceans surrounding Antarctica to the desert of the American Southwest, and how animals have adapted to living there, and discusses the effect of humans on natural habitats

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The author reveals the latest scientific discoveries and theories about the habitat, behavior, anatomy, characteristics, and other important aspects of the dinosaurs

Paperback:

9780689718700 | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, September 1, 1994), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: The author reveals the latest scientific discoveries and theories about the habitat, behavior, anatomy, characteristics, and other important aspects of the dinosaurs

School and Library:

9780027545203 | Simon & Schuster, March 1, 1989, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: The author reveals the latest scientific discoveries and theories about the habitat, behavior, anatomy, characteristics, and other important aspects of the dinosaurs

Reinforced:

9780606066204 | Demco Media, September 1, 1994, cover price $16.50 | About this edition: The author reveals the latest scientific discoveries and theories about the habitat, behavior, anatomy, characteristics, and other important aspects of the dinosaurs

Prebinding:

9780785755500 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $16.65 | About this edition: The author reveals the latest scientific discoveries and theories about the habitat, behavior, anatomy, characteristics, and other important aspects of the dinosaurs

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Text and photographs taken from space depict the nature, evolution, and future of Earth

Hardcover:

9780531059029 | Orchard Books, August 1, 1990, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Text and photographs taken from space depict the nature, evolution, and future of Earth

Paperback:

9780531070574 | Orchard Books, September 1, 1994, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Text and photographs taken from space depict the nature, evolution, and future of Earth

School and Library:

9780531085028 | Orchard Books, August 1, 1990, cover price $22.99 | About this edition: Text and photographs taken from space depict the nature, evolution, and future of Earth

Reinforced:

9780606125109 | Demco Media, September 1, 1994, cover price $17.94 | About this edition: Text and photographs taken from space depict the nature, evolution, and future of Earth

Prebinding:

9780785753964 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.75 | About this edition: Text and photographs taken from space depict the nature, evolution, and future of Earth

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In an updated edition, simple prose, sidebars, line drawings, and full-color photographs help explore the world of the earthworm, discussing the impact of these underground tunnelers on the earth. (view table of contents)
By Patricia Lauber and Todd Telander (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780805019100 | Subsequent edition (Henry Holt & Co, April 1, 1994), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Describes the physiology of the earthworm and the useful services it performs for man

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Discusses the importance of trees as sources of food, oxygen, and other essential things
By Holly Keller (illustrator) and Patricia Lauber

Hardcover:

9780060215286 | Revised edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, January 1, 1994), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Discusses the importance of trees as sources of food, oxygen, and other essential things

Paperback:

9780694700479 | Pap/cas edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, April 1, 1996), cover price $8.99 | About this edition: Discusses the importance of trees as sources of food, oxygen, and other essential things.
9780064451208 | Revised edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, January 1, 1994), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Discusses the importance of trees as sources of food, oxygen, and other essential things

Library:

9780060215293 | Harpercollins, January 1, 1994, cover price $15.89 | About this edition: Discusses the importance of trees as sources of food, oxygen, and other essential things

Reinforced:

9780606062220 | Demco Media, January 1, 1994, cover price $13.59 | About this edition: Discusses the importance of trees as sources of food, oxygen, and other essential things

Prebinding:

9780785733393 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Discusses the importance of trees as sources of food, oxygen, and other essential things

Updated with recent photographs, a new edition of the classic study of the solar system provides a guided tour of each of the nine planets and their moons, examining their composition, history and characteristics and comparing them to one another.

Hardcover:

9780517590294 | 4 sub edition (Crown Pub, February 1, 1993), cover price $20.00 | About this edition: Explores the planets of our solar system, highlighting the prominent features of each, and includes new photographs and information gathered by the Voyager and Magellan explorations.
9780517581216 | 3rd edition (Crown Pub, June 1, 1990), cover price $15.95 | also contains Think Tank | About this edition: Explores the planets of our solar system, highlighting the prominent features of each.
9780517565483 | Revised edition (Random House Childrens Books, June 1, 1987), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Explores the planets of our solar system, highlighting the prominent features of each.

Library:

9780517581254 | 3 edition (Crown Pub, November 1, 1990), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: Explores the planets of our solar system, highlighting the prominent features of each.

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A look at fossils presents photographs of dozens of fossils and a text that explains what kind of creature each fossil once was. Reprint. K.

Paperback:

9780689716034 | Reprint edition (Aladdin Paperbacks, October 1, 1992), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Discusses how fossilized remains of plants and animals reveal the characteristics of the prehistoric world

School and Library:

9780027545104 | Simon & Schuster, August 1, 1987, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Discusses how fossilized remains of plants and animals reveal the characteristics of the prehistoric world

Reinforced:

9780606020046 | Demco Media, October 1, 1992, cover price $12.20 | About this edition: Discusses how fossilized remains of plants and animals reveal the characteristics of the prehistoric world

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Explains how teeth are clues to what animals eat and how they get their food

Library:

9780690045079 | Reissue edition (Harpercollins, October 1, 1992), cover price $13.89 | About this edition: Explains how teeth are clues to what animals eat and how they get their food

A reexamination of the 'discovery' of America discusses the people who reached the New World before Columbus did, from the Ice Age Siberian hunters who crossed the Bering bridge to the Vikings.
By Mike Eagle (illustrator) and Patricia Lauber

Library:

9780060237295 | New sub edition (Harpercollins, August 1, 1992), cover price $15.89 | About this edition: Discusses how information on the settling and exploration of America before Columbus has been compiled from archaeological discoveries

Product Description: Sand in their bread caused serious tooth problems for the ancient Egyptians, peasants and pharaohs alike.Skull surgery was commonly performed by the Inca Indians of Peru. A thick soup made of grain and seeds was a typical winter meal in Denmark during the Iron Age...read more

Paperback:

9780590464086 | Scholastic Educational, August 1, 1992, cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Sand in their bread caused serious tooth problems for the ancient Egyptians, peasants and pharaohs alike.

Library:

9780690043891 | Harpercollins, May 1, 1985, cover price $17.89 | About this edition: Examines the tools and techniques used by scientists to study natural and man-made mummies and surveys the knowledge of ancient civilizations and people acquired from such study

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Product Description: "Lauber explains how perceptions of the earth's shape have changed since early times, describes the methods of reasoning that led the early Greeks to conclude the earth is spherically shaped, and shows children how to re-create this logic for themselves...read more

Hardcover:

9780060001742 | Harpercollins Childrens Books, June 30, 2005, cover price $17.89 | About this edition: "Lauber explains how perceptions of the earth's shape have changed since early times, describes the methods of reasoning that led the early Greeks to conclude the earth is spherically shaped, and shows children how to re-create this logic for themselves.
9780690048605 | 1 edition (Ty Crowell Co, September 1, 1990), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Explains various changes in humanity's beliefs about the shape of the earth, from the flat earth theories of the ancients to the round earth theories which were proven true by the voyages of Columbus and Magellan.

Paperback:

9780064451093 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, June 1, 1992), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Explains various changes in humanity's beliefs about the shape of the earth, from the flat earth theories of the ancients to the round earth theories which were proven true by the voyages of Columbus and Magellan.

Library:

9780690048629 | 1 edition (Harpercollins, September 1, 1990), cover price $15.89 | About this edition: Explains various changes in humanity's beliefs about the shape of the earth, from the flat earth theories of the ancients to the round earth theories which were proven true by the voyages of Columbus and Magellan.

Reinforced:

9780606010528 | Demco Media, June 1, 1992, cover price $11.15 | About this edition: Explains various changes in humanity's beliefs about the shape of the earth, from the flat earth theories of the ancients to the round earth theories which were proven true by the voyages of Columbus and Magellan.

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Discusses how information on the settling and exploration of America before Columbus has been compiled from archaeological discoveries
By Mike Eagle (illustrator) and Patricia Lauber

Hardcover:

9780060237288 | New edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, June 1, 1992), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Discusses how information on the settling and exploration of America before Columbus has been compiled from archaeological discoveries

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Describes the season of fire that struck Yellowstone in 1988, and examines the complex ecology that returns plant and animal life to a seemingly barren, ash-covered expanse

Hardcover:

9780531059432 | Orchard Books, August 1, 1991, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Describes the season of fire that struck Yellowstone in 1988, and examines the complex ecology that returns plant and animal life to a seemingly barren, ash-covered expanse

School and Library:

9780531085431 | Orchard Books, August 1, 1991, cover price $19.99 | About this edition: Describes the season of fire that struck Yellowstone in 1988, and examines the complex ecology that returns plant and animal life to a seemingly barren, ash-covered expanse

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Text and illustrations introduce a variety of eggs and the animals that hatch out of them. Includes ostrich, python, bullfrog, and monarch butterfly eggs among others.

Hardcover:

9780517585535, titled "What's Hatching Out of That Egg" | Random House Value Pub, August 1, 1991, cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Presented in the form of a guessing game, photographs and text introduce children to the ways in which eleven animals are born

Paperback:

9780517563496 | Reprint edition (Random House Childrens Books, February 1, 1987), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Presented in the form of a guessing game, photographs and text introduce children to the ways in which eleven animals are born

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Text and photographs describe the many different ways that seeds travel and disperse.
By Patricia Lauber and Jerome Wexler (photographer)

Library:

9780517585542 | Reprint edition (Crown Pub, July 1, 1991), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Describes and photographs the many fascinating ways flowering plants dispense their seeds, pointing out that burdock seeds are released from hooks and cages, thistle seeds from parachutes and collars, and violet seeds from popping devices

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Describes the physical characteristics of a variety of snakes and how they hunt, catch, and eat their prey

Hardcover:

9780690046281 | Ty Crowell Co, May 1, 1988, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Describes the physical characteristics of a variety of snakes and how they hunt, catch, and eat their prey

Paperback:

9780064450911 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins Childrens Books, October 1, 1989), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Describes the physical characteristics of a variety of snakes and how they hunt, catch, and eat their prey

Library:

9780690046304 | Ty Crowell Co, February 1, 1988, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: Describes the physical characteristics of a variety of snakes and how they hunt, catch, and eat their prey

Reinforced:

9780606043274 | Demco Media, October 1, 1989, cover price $13.60 | About this edition: Describes the physical characteristics of a variety of snakes and how they hunt, catch, and eat their prey

Prebinding:

9780833539786 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Describes the physical characteristics of a variety of snakes and how they hunt, catch, and eat their prey

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Explores the world of shooting stars, fireballs, and asteroids--how they affected life in the past and their impact on life today--and answers many questions about these fascinating voyagers

Library:

9780690046342 | Harpercollins, April 1, 1989, cover price $15.89 | About this edition: Discusses asteroids, comets, and meteorites, explaining where they come from, how they were formed, and what effect these voyagers from space have when they streak past the Earth or plummet to its surface.

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An introduction to robots describing the many tasks they can perform at home and in industry and the things they might do in the future
By True Kelley (illustrator) and Patricia Lauber

Paperback:

9780064450805 | Reprint edition (Trophy Pr, August 1, 1988), cover price $4.50 | About this edition: An introduction to robots describing the many tasks they can perform at home and in industry and the things they might do in the future

Library:

9780690045789, titled "Get Ready for Robots!" | Ty Crowell Co, March 1, 1987, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: An introduction to robots describing the many tasks they can perform at home and in industry and the things they might do in the future

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Explains the geological causes of earthquakes and volcanoes and how they affect our lives

Paperback:

9780590425926 | Reissue edition (Scholastic Paperbacks, June 1, 1988), cover price $2.95 | About this edition: Explains the geological causes of earthquakes and volcanoes and how they affect our lives

Reinforced:

9780606044172 | Demco Media, June 1, 1988, cover price $9.00 | About this edition: Explains the geological causes of earthquakes and volcanoes and how they affect our lives

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Text and illustrations describe the many ways that flowers are pollinated with emphasis on the role of bees in this important process.

Hardcover:

9780517555392 | Random House Childrens Books, December 1, 1986, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Examines the closely linked relationships at work in the pollination process from the flowers that make the food to the bees and other animals who carry the pollen, and explains what happens when the cycle is interrupted

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