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Using a question-and answer format, this brightly illustrated look at the animal kingdom provides information about some of nature's champions, including the longest snake, the fastest bird, the smartest animal, and more.
By Annabelle Donati and Pamela G. Johnson (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780307113269 | Golden Pr, September 1, 1994, cover price $7.00 | About this edition: Answers such questions about animals as which is the fastest runner, has the longest lifespan, or is the slowest creeper.

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Library:

9781422234051 | Mason Crest, September 1, 2015, cover price $20.95

Describes the curious behavior of salmon, lemmings, whales, caribou, and insectivorous plants.

Paperback:

9780817221577 | Reprint edition (Not Applicable, October 1, 1983), cover price $9.27 | About this edition: Describes the curious behavior of salmon, lemmings, whales, caribou, and insectivorous plants.

Library:

9780817210632 | Heinemann/Raintree, December 1, 1977, cover price $24.26 | About this edition: Describes the curious behavior of salmon, lemmings, whales, caribou, and insectivorous plants.

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Describes the curious behavior of salmon, lemmings, whales, caribou, and insectivorous plants. (view table of contents)

Prebinding:

9780613094511 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $13.85 | About this edition: Describes the curious behavior of salmon, lemmings, whales, caribou, and insectivorous plants.

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Relates the story of life on Earth focusing on animals alive today. Based on the television series 'Life on Earth.'

Hardcover:

9780316057462 | Little Brown & Co, October 1, 1982, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A survey of some of the many plants and animals that inhabit the earth explains why there is such a variety of life forms

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Shows and describes the African elephant, giraffe, rhinoceros, ostrich, Goliath frog, giant anteater, polar bear, kangaroo, giant centipede, Siberian tiger, and Galapagos tortoise
By Lisa Bonforte (illustrator) and Q. L. Pearce

Hardcover:

9781562882068 | Checkerboard Pr, May 1, 1992, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Shows and describes the African elephant, giraffe, rhinoceros, ostrich, Goliath frog, giant anteater, polar bear, kangaroo, giant centipede, Siberian tiger, and Galapagos tortoise

Paperback:

9781565650411 | Reprint edition (Lowell House, March 1, 1993), cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Shows and describes the African elephant, giraffe, rhinoceros, ostrich, Goliath frog, giant anteater, polar bear, kangaroo, giant centipede, Siberian tiger, and Galapagos tortoise

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Provides information in question-and-answer format about some of nature's champions, including the longest snake, the fastest bird, the smartest animal, and other record holders
By Annabelle Donati and Pamela Johnson (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780307613264 | Goldencraft, October 1, 1993, cover price $15.93 | About this edition: Answers such questions about animals as which is the fastest runner, has the longest lifespan, or is the slowest creeper.

Describes the habits of unusual creatures around the world such as a tree climbing fish and five inch deer.

Hardcover:

9780805512915 | Hart Pub Co, December 1, 1984, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Describes the habits of unusual creatures around the world such as a tree climbing fish and five inch deer.

Paperback:

9780805501698 | Hart Pub Co, July 1, 1985, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Describes the habits of unusual creatures around the world such as a tree climbing fish and five inch deer.

Introduces some rather unique aspects of many different animals such as: an earthworm has both male and female reproductive organs, a camel's hump stores fat, and a snake has one lung.

Hardcover:

9780915391233 | Slawson Communications, March 1, 1987, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Introduces some rather unique aspects of many different animals such as: an earthworm has both male and female reproductive organs, a camel's hump stores fat, and a snake has one lung.

School and Library:

9780316156189 | Little Brown & Co, October 1, 1978, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Details the anatomy of a frog, a fish, a guinea pig, and a chicken and shows the workings of such animal organs as an elephant's trunk, a cow's udder, and a bee's stinger

Explains why people study animals.

Hardcover:

9780698204607 | Putnam Pub Group, February 1, 1980, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: An exploration of some of the fundamental relationships between people and animals, including our critical interdependence, features a striking collection of black-and-white photographs

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Shows that, long before man appeared on the earth, certain plants and animals were using electricity, had mastered flight, used jet propulsion and chemical warfare, and were cultivating crops

Hardcover:

9780396077886 | Dodd Mead, March 1, 1980, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: Discusses 'inventions' developed by plants and animals in response to their environment, including electricity, flight, jet propulsion, chemical warfare, and the cultivation of crops, that later became accomplishments of man.

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Discusses twenty-nine animals and plants that have unusual distinctions such as fastest runner, biggest eater, largest living thing, longest sleeper, keenest sense of smell, and oldest living thing.

Hardcover:

9780394841915 | Random House Childrens Books, September 1, 1980, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A record book on the biggest and fastest in the the plant and animal world is also full of information on fish, birds, insects, reptiles, and other creatures

Library:

9780394941912 | Random House Childrens Books, September 1, 1980, cover price $5.99 | About this edition: A record book on the biggest and fastest in the the plant and animal world is also full of information on fish, birds, insects, reptiles, and other creatures

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Discusses twenty-nine animals and plants that have unusual distinctions such as fastest runner, biggest eater, largest living thing, longest sleeper, keenest sense of smell, and oldest living thing.

Paperback:

9780486428888 | Dover Pubns, August 5, 2003, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Discusses twenty-nine animals and plants that have unusual distinctions such as fastest runner, biggest eater, largest living thing, longest sleeper, keenest sense of smell, and oldest living thing.

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Briefly introduces some superlatives in nature such as the largest living thing, the smallest flowering plant, and the fastest flying bird

Paperback:

9780070526587 | McGraw-Hill, December 1, 1997, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Briefly introduces some superlatives in nature such as the largest living thing, the smallest flowering plant, and the fastest flying bird

Library:

9780802762900 | Walker & Co, November 1, 1977, cover price $9.85 | About this edition: Black-and-white line drawings and descriptions answer children's questions about the largest, smallest, fastest, and slowest living things in the world and about other curiosities of nature

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Examines some of the wonders of nature, under such headings as 'Strange Habitats,' 'Strange Families,' and 'Staying Alive'
By Adam Hook, Joyce Pope and Helen Ward (illustrator)

Library:

9780811431576 | Heinemann/Raintree, June 1, 1992, cover price $24.26 | About this edition: Examines some of the wonders of nature, under such headings as 'Strange Habitats,' 'Strange Families,' and 'Staying Alive'

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Attempts to enable us to view the world of ticks, flies, birds, jelly fish, and other animals through their senses, rather than our own. (view table of contents)

Hardcover:

9780316501378, titled "The View from the Oak: The Private Worlds of Other Creatures" | Reissue edition (Sierra Club Books, October 1, 1988), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Attempts to enable us to view the world of ticks, flies, birds, jelly fish, and other animals through their senses, not our own

Paperback:

9781565846364 | New Pr, October 1, 2000, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Attempts to enable us to view the world of ticks, flies, birds, jelly fish, and other animals through their senses, rather than our own.
9781565846364 | New Pr, October 1, 2000, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Attempts to enable us to view the world of ticks, flies, birds, jelly fish, and other animals through their senses, rather than our own.
9780684150178, titled "The View from the Oak: The Private Worlds of Other Creatures" | Atheneum, May 1, 1977, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Attempts to enable us to view the world of ticks, flies, birds, jelly fish, and other animals through their senses, not our own.

School and Library:

9780684150161, titled "The View from the Oak: The Private Worlds of Other Creatures" | Atheneum, May 1, 1977, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Attempts to enable us to view the world of ticks, flies, birds, jelly fish, and other animals through their senses, not our own.

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By Roger Bayless (illustrator)

Paperback:

9780065024470, titled "Supershell" | Prentice Hall, January 1, 1995, cover price $28.20 | also contains Supershell

Prebinding:

9781439545140 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, August 11, 2008), cover price $23.95

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Paperback:

9780778711315 | Crabtree Pub Co, January 30, 2013, cover price $9.95

Library:

9780778711278 | Crabtree Pub Co, January 30, 2013, cover price $27.60

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Answers questions children have about the natural world and the creatures that inhabit it, from 'What makes cats' eyes shine in the dark?' to 'Why is grass green?' and 'Why do snakes shed their skin?'
By Andrew Langley and Stuart Trotter (illustrator)

Hardcover:

9780517058947 | Derrydale, November 1, 1991, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Answers questions children have about the natural world and the creatures that inhabit it, from 'What makes cats' eyes shine in the dark?

Presents unusual facts about a number of different animals, including the metamporphosis of a butterfly, the unusual nests some birds build, and unique defense mechanisms.

Paperback:

9780394840918 | Random House Childrens Books, January 1, 1980, cover price $1.95 | About this edition: Geared to beginning readers, this early science book presents remarkable facts about animal habits and behavior with full-color illustrations

Library:

9780394940915 | Random House Childrens Books, February 1, 1980, cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Geared to beginning readers, this early science book presents remarkable facts about animal habits and behavior with full-color illustrations

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