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Explains in simple language how the microcomputer used at school or home works and things it can be programmed to do.
By Anthony Kerins (illustrator) and Kate Petty

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9780531048108 | Olympic Marketing Corp, October 1, 1984, cover price $2.98 | About this edition: Explains in simple language how the microcomputer used at school or home works and things it can be programmed to do.

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Describes, using simple terms, a trip into orbit aboard the space shuttle.

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9780531048122 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1984, cover price $10.90 | About this edition: Describes, using simple terms, a trip into orbit aboard the space shuttle.

Describes what happens during an airplane flight, including the checking of bags, the serving of meals on board, the popping of ears, and the landing of the plane.

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9780531047163 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1984, cover price $10.90 | About this edition: Describes a young boy's experience of going to the airport and flying on an airplane with his parents

Explains how satellites reach their proper orbits, stay on course, generate power, relay television signals, telephone calls, and weather information, and take pictures of the earth's surface

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9780531048092 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1984, cover price $10.90 | About this edition: Discusses the operation and uses of various kinds of man-made satellites in orbit around the earth.

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Tells what we know about the sun and each of the planets from observation and the information sent back by space probes

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9780531047347 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1984, cover price $10.90 | About this edition: A brief introduction to the characteristics of each planet.

Describes the appearance and behavior of different types of dinosaurs and the world in which they flourished

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9780531171233 | Revised edition (Gloucester Pr, August 1, 1988), cover price $14.86 | About this edition: Describes the appearance and behavior of different types of dinosaurs and the world in which they flourished
9780531048115 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1984, cover price $10.90 | About this edition: Discusses the different types of dinosaurs, their habitats, food sources, and habits, and possible reasons for their extinction

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Describes various kinds of modern robots and their uses in industry, home life, underwater work, and space.

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9780531049006 | Franklin Watts, April 1, 1985, cover price $10.90 | About this edition: An extensively illustrated guide to robots explains what they are, how they are built, how they work, and the many things that they can do

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An introduction to the different types, life cycles, habitats, color, and behavior of snakes

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9780531151563 | Reprint edition (Franklin Watts, July 1, 1990), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: A brief introduction to the characteristics and habits of various kinds of snakes throughout the world.

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9780531049013 | Franklin Watts, April 1, 1985, cover price $10.90 | About this edition: A brief introduction to the characteristics and habits of various kinds of snakes throughout the world.

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This introduction to comets explains how big they are, where they come from, how many there are, and when we can see them in the sky, and includes a focus on Halley's Comet and its scheduled appearance in 1986
By Kate Petty and Mike Saunders (illustrator)

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9780531100240 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1985, cover price $3.98 | About this edition: An easy-to-read introduction to the origins, composition, and orbits of comets and what happens when comet debris falls to the Earth.

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Product Description: Provides programs for creating several games on an Apple IIe computer.

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9780531170083 | Olympic Marketing Corp, October 1, 1985, cover price $2.98 | About this edition: Provides programs for creating several games on an Apple IIe computer.

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Explains what the sun is and how it is essential to life, describes the solar system, examines the role of the sun in day and night and the changing seasons, and discusses heat, light, and energy derived from the sun

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9780531100271 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1985, cover price $10.90 | About this edition: A simplified presentation of facts about the sun.

Simple text and illustrations examine the characteristics, behavior, and various kinds of spiders.

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9780531151570 | Reprint edition (Franklin Watts, July 1, 1990), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Explains how spiders live, breed, find food, and spin webs, describes different kinds of spiders, and answers questions about their behavior

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9780531100264 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1985, cover price $10.90 | About this edition: Explains how spiders live, breed, find food, and spin webs, describes different kinds of spiders, and answers questions about their behavior

Product Description: Includes programs for creating number games on an Apple IIe computer.

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9780531170090 | Olympic Marketing Corp, October 1, 1985, cover price $2.98 | About this edition: Includes programs for creating number games on an Apple IIe computer.

Using readily available materials, this step-by-step guide shows young children how to create their own farmyard by making cows, pigs, sheep, barns, tractors, and other farm animals and equipment

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9780531100295 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1985, cover price $11.90 | About this edition: Using readily available materials, this step-by-step guide shows young children how to create their own farmyard by making cows, pigs, sheep, barns, tractors, and other farm animals and equipment

Amy and Jack learn about numbers by observing a pair of slippers, a tricycle, the cat's four legs, five pieces of laundry on the line, six people in the park, seven ducks, an eight-legged spider, nine buttons, and ten stair steps

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9780843118025, titled "What's That Number?" | Clark Boardman Callaghan, March 1, 1987, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Amy and Jack learn about numbers by observing a pair of slippers, a tricycle, the cat's four legs, five pieces of laundry on the line, six people in the park, seven ducks, an eight-legged spider, nine buttons, and ten stair steps

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9780531101766 | Franklin Watts, March 1, 1986, cover price $10.40 | About this edition: Young children learn to count from one to ten, in a counting book featuring full-color illustrations of familiar objects

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Young children are introduced to a range of familiar sounds, including dogs barking, bells ringing, and balloons popping

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9780843118032, titled "What's That Noise?" | Clark Boardman Callaghan, March 1, 1987, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Young children are introduced to a range of familiar sounds, including dogs barking, bells ringing, and balloons popping

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9780531101759 | Franklin Watts, March 1, 1986, cover price $10.40 | About this edition: Amy hears the sounds in her house throughout the day, from the brring of the alarm clock, to the swoosh, hummm of the washing machine, to the splash in the nightly bath.

Provides programs for drawing a variety of pictures on an Apple IIe computer.
By Tessa Barwick (illustrator), Robin Betts, Cooper-West (illustrator) and Kate Petty

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9780531170182 | Olympic Marketing Corp, April 1, 1986, cover price $2.98 | About this edition: Provides programs for drawing a variety of pictures on an Apple IIe computer.

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Includes programs for creating ten puzzles on an Apple IIe computer.
By Tessa Barwick (illustrator), Cooper-West (illustrator) and Kate Petty

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9780531170199 | Olympic Marketing Corp, April 1, 1986, cover price $2.98 | About this edition: Includes programs for creating ten puzzles on an Apple IIe computer.

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Looks at a variety of airplanes from the Lear jet to the Concorde, describes the parts of an airliner, and suggests possible airliners of the future

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9780531102558 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1986, cover price $15.57 | About this edition: Looks at a variety of airplanes from the Lear jet to the Concorde, describes the parts of an airliner, and suggests possible airliners of the future

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Describes the basic principles of riding a motorbike and shows a variety of motorbike makes, models, and international racing events

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9780531102022 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1986, cover price $10.90 | About this edition: A brief introduction to motorbikes, both heavy and lightweight, for racing and for pleasure riding.

As a child and her family go through the day we are introduced to the colors of the rainbow--plus pink and black.

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9780531102572 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1986, cover price $10.40 | About this edition: Amy and Jack learn about the colors red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, and black by looking at everyday objects

Traces the history of the submarine since it first went to war in 1914, analyzes the technology of modern nuclear-powered and diesel-electric submarines, and discusses the strategic and tactical roles of submarines in today's navies
By Christopher Forsey (illustrator), Kate Petty and Mike Saunders (illustrator)

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9780531102565 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1986, cover price $10.90 | About this edition: Brief text introduces the uses and features of nuclear-powered and diesel-electric submarines.

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Describes each part of a race car, looks at different types of races, including formula, kart, rally, off-road, stock car, and drag races, and briefly traces the history of racing

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9780531102039 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1986, cover price $10.90 | About this edition: Describes a variety of racing cars and the kinds of races in which they are used.

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Amy and Jack encounter things that taste spicy, tangy, sour, sweet, salty, bitter, and minty

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9780843118018 | Clark Boardman Callaghan, March 1, 1987, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Amy and Jack encounter things that taste spicy, tangy, sour, sweet, salty, bitter, and minty

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9780531102589 | Franklin Watts, October 1, 1986, cover price $10.40 | About this edition: Describes the taste of various things, from fresh orange juice and crisp juicy apples to minty toothpaste and tasteless water.

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The reader is invited to join the other guests in spotting a variety of shapes at Sarah's birthday party.

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9780531102817 | Franklin Watts, April 1, 1987, cover price $10.40 | About this edition: At a birthday party Amy and Jack see squares, rectangles, cubes, triangles, and circles

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