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Explore Your Senses

By Laurence P. Pringle

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9780761407331 | Benchmark Books, September 1, 1999, cover price $128.21

One Room School

With illustrations presented in the style of snapshots in a photo album, a picture book captures the look and feel of a World War II era schoolhouse in rural New York State, where all the students studied in one room.

By Barbara Garrison (illustrator) and Laurence P. Pringle

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9781563975837 | 1 edition (Boyds Mills Pr, February 1, 1998), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A look back at events and the changing of the seasons at a one-room school in rural New York during the last year of the Second World War.

Elephant Woman: Cynthia Moss Explores the World of Elephants

Describes the work of naturalist Cynthia Moss, who, through her studies of elephant families in Kenya's Amboseli National Park, has shown the world the beauty and intelligence of elephants' lives and demonstrated the unique character of each individual elephant family. Jr Lib Guild.

By Cynthia Moss (illustrator) and Laurence P. Pringle

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9780689801426 | Atheneum, November 1, 1997, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A biography of Cynthia Moss, world-renowned elephant researcher in Kenya's Amboseli National Park, illustrated with her own photographs.

Drinking: A Risky Business

Teaches young readers about alcohol and its effects on the human body, while also providing information on how it is sold, the strategies used to sell it, and more.

By Laurence P. Pringle

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9780688150440 | William Morrow & Co, September 1, 1997, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Describes the history of alcohol, its effects on the body and personality, how to deal with peer pressure to drink, and how to get help for alcoholism

Everybody Has a Bellybutton: Your Life Before You Were Born

Detailed illustrations accompany a warm, simple explanation of the development of human life from a single cell to birth, a time we are reminded of by our bellybuttons, through which we once drew nutrients, water, and oxygen.

By Laurence P. Pringle and Clare Wood (illustrator)

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9781563970092 | Boyds Mills Pr, September 1, 1997, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Describes how human beings develop, floating in the womb attached to their mothers by the umbilical cord, and how, after they are born, the navel remains as a reminder

Animal Monsters: The Truth About Scary Creatures

Describes a variety of scary animals, including the alligator, black widow spider, and mountain lion

By Laurence P. Pringle

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9780761450030 | Marshall Cavendish Corp/Ccb, August 1, 1997, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Describes a variety of scary animals, including the alligator, black widow spider, and mountain lion

Nature! Wild and Wonderful

A prominent children's books author shares his life, his daily activities, and his creative process, showing how all are intertwined

By Tim Holmstrom (photographer) and Laurence P. Pringle

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9781572740716 | Richard C Owen Pub, May 1, 1997, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A prominent children's books author shares his life, his daily activities, and his creative process, showing how all are intertwined

Dinosaurs!: Strange and Wonderful

Thrilling facts and frightening illustrations bring to life the remarkable prehistoric world of the dinosaurs, capturing the way they lived millions of years ago. Reprint. K.

By Carol Heyer (illustrator) and Laurence P. Pringle

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Paperback:

9780140559675 | Reprint edition (Puffin, October 1, 1996), cover price $5.99 | About this edition: Describes different kinds of dinosaurs, and how paleontologists study them.

School and Library:

9781878093165 | Boyds Mills Pr, February 1, 1995, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Introduces various types of dinosaurs and tells how they lived and how paleontologists find out about them

Reinforced:

9780606112598 | Reprint edition (Demco Media, October 1, 1996), cover price $14.70 | also contains Dinosaurs!: Strange and Wonderful | About this edition: Describes different kinds of dinosaurs, and how paleontologists study them.

Fire in the Forest

Depicts, in text and illustrations, the stages of fire and regrowth in a Western lodgepole pine forest over a period of three hundred years. Also discusses the fire cycle and the role of fire in forest ecology.

By Bob Marstall and Laurence P. Pringle

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Hardcover:

9780027752151 | Atheneum, September 1, 1996, cover price $15.95 | also contains Bartolomeo Scala Fourteen Thirty to Fourteen Ninety Seven Chancellor of Florence: The Humanist As Bureaucrat | About this edition: Depicts the stages of fire and regrowth in a lodgepole pine forest and discusses the role of fire in forest ecology

Smoking: A Risky Business

An informative look at smoking covers the various issues surrounding the tobacco industry today, presents regulations on tobacco, and discusses the effects of smoking and its overall addictive qualities.

By Laurence P. Pringle

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9780688130398 | William Morrow & Co, September 1, 1996, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Provides a history of tobacco products and smoking, with a discussion of harmful effects and changing social attitudes

Octopus Hug

When their mother goes out for the evening, Jesse and Becky start to bicker, but an 'octopus hug' and a bit of horseplay from their father makes the whole family burst out in laughter

By Kate Salley Palmer (illustrator) and Laurence P. Pringle

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9781563975592 | Reissue edition (Boyds Mills Pr, February 1, 1996), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: When their mother goes out for the evening, Jesse and Becky start to bicker, but an 'octopus hug' and a bit of horseplay from their father makes the whole family burst out in laughter

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9781563970344 | 1 edition (Boyds Mills Pr, October 1, 1993), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: When their mother goes out for the evening, Jesse and Becky start to bicker, but an 'octopus hug' and a bit of horseplay from their father makes the whole family burst out in laughter

Taking Care of the Earth: Kids in Action

Highlighting the efforts of young people to protect the environment, a study of environmental awareness describes a wide range of projects in which youngsters are involved, offers practical tips on how to clean up the planet, and lists resource organizations. (view table of contents)

By Bobbie Moore (illustrator) and Laurence P. Pringle

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9781563973260 | Boyds Mills Pr, January 1, 1996, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A look at the ways in which kids care for the earth through environmental projects and actions.

Fire in the Forest: A Cycle of Growth and Renewal

Revealing the role of fire in the growth and maintenance of a forest, an introduction to this type of organic recycling explains how fire provides new food sources for wildlife while clearing the way for new generations of trees.

By Bob Marstall (illustrator) and Laurence P. Pringle

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9780689803949 | Atheneum, October 1, 1995, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Depicts the stages of fire and regrowth in a lodgepole pine forest and discusses the role of fire in forest ecology

Coral Reefs: Earth's Undersea Treasures

An introduction to coral reefs cites their important role as home to a variety of fish and other ocean life, notes their special vulnerability to pollutants, and offers solutions to prevent their demise.

By Laurence P. Pringle

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9780689802867 | Simon & Schuster, October 1, 1995, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Explains coral reef systems and their relationship to fish and other ocean life

The Earth Is Flat and Other Great Mistakes

A collection of civilization's funniest foul-ups features tragic errors and big blunders throughout history including the ship that was supposed to be unsinkable, the football star who ran the wrong way, and the invasion that did not happen. Reprint.

By Laurence P. Pringle

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Paperback:

9780380723195, titled ""The Earth Is Flat" and Other Great Mistakes" | Reprint edition (Avon Books, June 1, 1995), cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Discusses human nature and human error, from the failed scheme of the gypsy moth to George Custer's miscalculations

Library:

9780688024673 | William Morrow & Co, October 1, 1983, cover price $15.88 | About this edition: Discusses human nature and human error, from the failed scheme of the gypsy moth to George Custer's miscalculations

Vanishing Ozone: Protecting Earth from Ultraviolet Radiation

Discusses why the earth's protective ozone layer is shrinking, the impact of the additional ultraviolet radiation coming through the atmosphere, and what steps being taken to alleviate the problem

By Laurence P. Pringle

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Hardcover:

9780688041571 | William Morrow & Co, May 1, 1995, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Discusses why the earth's protective ozone layer is shrinking, the impact of the additional ultraviolet radiation coming through the atmosphere, and what steps being taken to alleviate the problem

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9780688041588 | William Morrow & Co, May 1, 1995, cover price $15.89 | About this edition: Discusses why the earth's protective ozone layer is shrinking, the impact of the additional ultraviolet radiation coming through the atmosphere, and what steps being taken to alleviate the problem

Batman: Exploring the World of Bats

Describes Merlin Tuttle's interest in bats, his study of them in their natural habitat, and his work to protect them through such efforts as the organization he founded, Bat Conservation International

By Laurence P. Pringle

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Paperback:

9780590461283 | Reprint edition (Scholastic, October 1, 1993), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Describes Merlin Tuttle's interest in bats, his study of them in their natural habitat, and his work to protect them through such efforts as the organization he founded, Bat Conservation International

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9780684192321 | Atheneum, April 1, 1991, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Describes Merlin Tuttle's interest in bats, his study of them in their natural habitat, and his work to protect them through such efforts as the organization he founded, Bat Conservation International

Jackal Woman: Exploring the World of Jackals

A study based on the work of wildlife biologist Patricia Moehlman provides a close-up look at the world of the African jackal, exploring the habitat, behavior, life cycle, and characteristics of this misunderstood canine.

By Patricia Des Roses Moehlman (photographer) and Laurence P. Pringle

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9780684194356 | Atheneum, September 1, 1993, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A photographic account of the work of Patricia Moehlman, a wildlife biologist who specializes in the study of jackals

Oil Spills: Damage, Recovery, and Prevention

Describes petroleum and its uses, examines the harmful effects of oil spills, and discusses how such environmental disasters can be cleaned up or prevented

By Laurence P. Pringle

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9780688098605 | William Morrow & Co, May 1, 1993, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Describes petroleum and its uses, examines the harmful effects of oil spills, and discusses how such environmental disasters can be cleaned up or prevented

Oil Spills

Examines the worldwide problem of oil spills, including the amount of oil spilled every day, its short- and long-term effects on the environment, cleanup and prevention efforts, and more. By the author of Killer Bees.

By Laurence P. Pringle

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9780688098612 | William Morrow & Co, May 1, 1993, cover price $14.89 | About this edition: Describes petroleum and its uses, examines the harmful effects of oil spills, and discusses how such environmental disasters can be cleaned up or prevented

Antarctica: The Last Unspoiled Continent

A noted children's science writer offers a handsomely illustrated, concise examination of the history, climate, and wildlife of the White Continent, highlights Antarctica's value as a unique scientific laboratory, and discusses its future in a world hungry for resources.

By Laurence P. Pringle

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9780671738501 | Simon & Schuster, September 1, 1992, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Surveys the plant and animal life, impact on global ecology, history, and politics of the White Continent

The Golden Book of Volcanoes, Earthquakes, and Powerful Storms

A look at volcanoes, earthquakes, and storms discusses what lies below the earth's crust, what is the 'eye' of a hurricane, and other facts and includes full-color illustrations.

By Tom Lapadula (illustrator) and Laurence P. Pringle

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Hardcover:

9780307159526 | Golden Pr, April 1, 1992, cover price $7.96 | About this edition: A look at volcanoes, earthquakes, and storms discusses what lies below the earth's crust, what is the 'eye' of a hurricane, and other facts

9780307659521 | Goldencraft, March 1, 1992, cover price $18.60 | About this edition: A look at volcanoes, earthquakes, and storms discusses what lies below the earth's crust, what is the 'eye' of a hurricane, and other facts

Living Treasure: Saving Earth's Threatened Biodiversity

Examines how the destruction of the environment threatens our future and discusses why this destruction must end and what we can do about it

By Irene Brady and Laurence P. Pringle

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Hardcover:

9780688077099 | William Morrow & Co, May 1, 1991, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Discusses the rich variety of life on earth, the origins of such diversity, its rapid loss, and how to save organisms from extinction.

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9780688077105 | William Morrow & Co, May 1, 1991, cover price $13.88 | About this edition: Discusses the rich variety of life on earth, the origins of such diversity, its rapid loss, and how to save organisms from extinction.

Death Is Natural

A simple discussion of death as it applies to the plant and animal kingdom

By Laurence P. Pringle

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Paperback:

9780688105280 | Reissue edition (Beech Tree Books, May 1, 1991), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A simple discussion of death as it applies to the plant and animal kingdom

School and Library:

9780027754407 | Simon & Schuster, March 1, 1977, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: A clearly written text, complemented by photographs, explains the process and effects of death and its place in the life of the individual and in nature

Library:

9780688104672 | William Morrow & Co, May 1, 1991, cover price $12.88 | About this edition: A simple discussion of death as it applies to the plant and animal kingdom

Golden Book of Insects and Spiders

Observes how insects and spiders are creatures of great value, beauty, and mystery.

By Laurence P. Pringle and James Spence (illustrator)

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Hardcover:

9780307658548 | Goldencraft, January 1, 1991, cover price $18.60 | About this edition: Introduces the worlds of insects and of spiders, what their bodies are like, and how they live, and describes some of the various kinds of insects and spiders

9780307158543 | Golden Pr, August 1, 1990, cover price $7.96 | About this edition: Introduces the worlds of insects and of spiders, what their bodies are like, and how they live, and describes some of the various kinds of insects and spiders

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