Rosemary Mosco
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First Second
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2018.
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Get up close and personal with Earth's nearest neighbors--Venus with its acid rainstorms, Saturn and its rings of ice, and the heart of it all, the Sun. Humans have always been fascinated by outer space and we're learning more about our solar system every day. Did you know that our Solar System was born from a cloud of cosmic dust? That Jupiter's red spot is really a raging storm? Join Sara, Jill, and their space-faring pets on a quest to learn more...
3) Critter chat
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"Explores what animals from all over the planet might share with their friends through social media, including their unique characteristics, habits, and behaviors."--
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Tundra
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English
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"Flowers are beautiful. They have bright colors, soft petals and sweet nectar...But that's not the whole truth...and one bee is here to let everyone know! Talking directly to the reader, a bee reveals how flowers are so much stranger than what we think. Did you know that there are some flowers that only bloom in the nighttime? Some flowers are spooky, and look like ghosts, or bats, or a monster's mouth"--
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"Amusing science cartoons about the natural world including animal dating profiles, wildlife wine pairings, threat displays of completely non-threatening animals, why hammerhead sharks have hammer heads, and much more. Birding is My Favorite Video Game is a collection of fun, quasi-educational comics combining weird science, cute visuals, sweet wit, and a strong environmental message. Based on the popular webcomic Bird and Moon, this collection brings...
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Part field guide, part history, part ornithology primer, and altogether fun.
Fact: Pigeons are amazing, and until recently, humans adored them. We've kept them as pets, held pigeon beauty contests, raced them, used them to carry messages over battlefields, harvested their poop to fertilize our crops-and cooked them in gourmet dishes. Now, with A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching, listeners can rediscover the wonder. Equal parts field guide and quirky...
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Workman Publishing Co., Inc
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[2021]
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"Pigeons coo, peck and nest all over the world, yet most of us treat them with indifference or disdain. So Rosemary Mosco, a bird-lover, science communicator, writer, and cartoonist (and co-author of The Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid) is here to give the pigeon's image a makeover, and to help every town- and city-dweller get closer to nature by discovering the joys of birding through pigeon-watching. Fact: Pigeons...
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Workman Publishing
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English
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"For all curious kids, here is an invitation to embark on the adventure of a lifetime-a thrilling expedition to 100 of the most surprising, mysterious, and weird-but-true places on earth. Hopscotchfrom country to country in a chain of connecting attractions. Explore Mexico's glittering cave of crystals, then visit the world's largest cave in Vietnam. Or peer over a 355-foot waterfall in Zambia, then learn how Antarctica's Blood Falls got their mysterious...
