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1) Animals
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
DK's Pocket Genius: Animals highlights the lives of nearly 200 animals—what they eat, what eats them, where they live, and how big they are. From tiny bees to the mighty elephant, the animal kingdom is celebrated with fun facts and images of the tallest, fastest, heaviest, and largest domestic and wild animals on the planet.
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...2) Animals
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Introduces animals, describing the physical characteristics and behavior of different animal groups, including how they hunt, defend themselves, and attract a mate.--
Which animal sleeps the most? Who is the highest on the food chain? What is the difference between a mammal and an amphibian? Learn the answers to these questions and more! DK findout! Animals takes readers on a tour of different habitats and homes of animals, showing how each one...
3) Animals
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that seals supposedly have the stinkiest farts in the world? Or that some creepy-crawlies use their poop as a shield so that they don't get eaten? Learn about all the gross things animals do, with this fantastically gruesome factbook! Focusing on a range of animals, from creepy critters to foul fish, and what makes them so truly terrible, Gross and Ghastly: Animals is a stomach churning journey that delves into the despicable animal...
4) Animals
Publisher
Freestyle
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
Laura and Tyler have been flatmates and best friends for ten years, marauding around the streets of Dublin, rejecting the expectations that bombard modern women and acting purely on desire. For Tyler, this is the best version of life, even with the inevitable hangovers, but when Laura's younger sister Jean gets pregnant on purpose Laura panics. Should she still be partying into her mid-thirties? And where has her supposed talent as an aspiring writer...
5) Animals
Series
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
This unique search-and-find adventure lets kids explore and learn about the objects and creatures they find and their habitats with fun facts and awesome photographs. This fact-filled search-and-find adventure activity book takes kids around the world in search of more than 250 hidden pictures of animals. Kids will crisscross the planet to explore some of Earth's most unique animal habitats, from the Amazon rainforest to the African savanna to the...
6) Animals
Author
Series
Publisher
Abbeville Kids, a division of Abbeville Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"The first two volumes in a relaunch of the best-selling series that encourages children to learn about the world by looking at art, and about art by looking at the world How Artists See is a series of interactive, inquiry-based books designed to teach children the art of observation and increase their visual literacy. Each volume presents eighteen diverse works of art, all devoted to a subject that kids know from personal experience. Author Colleen...
7) Animals
Author
Series
Publisher
National Geographic Kids
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Sometimes big nerdiness comes in a small package--and this little book is an animal nerd's dream! Meet animals of all kinds--from sharks and moles to orangutans and okapis-- in this quirky, jam-packed original from National Geographic Kids. If you thought you were brainy, take a look at the incredible critters in this book. Inside, you'll find a spider that spends its whole life in a bubble and birds that build nests so big, they're like avian apartment...
8) Animals
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This acclaimed drama tells the story of a young couple that exist somewhere between homelessness and the fantasy life they imagine for themselves. Though they masterfully con and steal in an attempt to stay one step ahead of their addiction, they are ultimately forced to face the reality of their situation. Winner of a Special Jury Award for Narrative Feature and nominated for the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature at **SXSW Film Festival**....
9) Animals
Publisher
Kanopy Production
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Discover a captivating array of animal-themed storybook videos, where tales of pond life, animal transformations, and remarkable creatures await. With each tale, this collection sparks curiosity and celebrates the richness of the natural world.
10) Animals
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This very unconventional coming-of-age tale is an intoxicating blend of fantasy and cold reality as it follows shy teenager's perilous period when exciting but troubling sexuality enters into his formerly innocent world. Seventeen-year-old high-schooler Pol has stubbornly extended his childhood, aided in no small measure by his opinionated, drums-playing, English-speaking pet teddy bear Deerhoof. But when he meets alluring new student Ikari, the safety...
11) Animals
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
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Description
"When rhino poachers kill two of his fellow rangers in Kruger Park, South African Defense Force veteran Cobus Venter reaches his breaking point. Quitting his job, he embarks on a vigilante mission to take down the animal-trafficking syndicate from the inside. Meanwhile, in Florida, insurance investigator Randall Knight is called to a private roadside zoo, where a new tiger cub of suspect lineage brought a virus that wiped out all the zoo's tigers....
12) Animals
Author
Series
Publisher
Handprint Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
On board pages. The book has raised and depressed surfaces.
"Hands-on learning in literally a new dimension. Now with entire words that are raised, TouchWords boldly extends the groundbreaking TouchThinkLearn range. The unique sensory experience of these books allows readers to associate the tactile shapes of letters with their respective objects, creating meaningful understanding of core vocabulary. Whether it's a bird perched in a nest or a frog...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
There is more than one way for animals to prepare for winter. Some, such as mice, foxes, and moose, simply tolerate the cold. Of course black bears hibernate, but chipmunks, wood frogs, and garter snakes do too. And then there are the creatures that migrate, including hummingbirds, blue whales, and even earthworms! This rhyming nonfiction picture book by Laura Purdie Salas tells you all about how animals survive chilly weather. --from Amazon.
14) Unlikely animals
Author
Language
English
Description
"A lost young woman returns to small-town New Hampshire under the strangest of circumstances in this one-of-a-kind novel of life, death, and whatever comes after from the acclaimed author of Rabbit Cake. The Starlings live in Everton, an ordinary enough New Hampshire town. It's notable only for Corbin Park, an enormous hunting park, and for Maple Street Cemetery-home to many former residents of Everton. There's also the town legend that Emma Starling...
15) On animals
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
'How we interact with animals has preoccupied philosophers, poets and naturalists for ages,' writes Susan Orlean. Since the age of six, when Orlean wrote and illustrated a book called Herbert the Near-Sighted Pigeon, she's been drawn to stories about how we live with animals and how they abide by us. Now, in On Animals, she examines animal-human relationships through the compelling tales she has written over the course of her celebrated career. These...
16) Eating animals
Author
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Part memoir and part investigative report, Eating Animals is the groundbreaking moral examination of vegetarianism, farming, and the food we eat every day that inspired the documentary of the same name.
Bestselling author Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his life oscillating between enthusiastic carnivore and occasional vegetarian. For years he was content to live with uncertainty about his own dietary choices but once he started...
Bestselling author Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his life oscillating between enthusiastic carnivore and occasional vegetarian. For years he was content to live with uncertainty about his own dietary choices but once he started...
17) Filthy animals
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In the series of linked stories at the heart of Filthy Animals, set among young creatives in the American midwest, a young man treads delicate emotional waters as he navigates a series of sexually fraught encounters with two dancers in an open relationship, forcing him to weigh his vulnerabilities against his loneliness. In other stories, a young woman battles with the cancers draining her body and her family; menacing undercurrents among a group...
Author
Series
Publisher
Pebble, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Whales whistle, fireflies glow, and skunks spray--that's how they communicate! Find out how mammals, reptiles, birds, and other animals send messages and signals to stay safe, make friends, and care for their young."--
Author
Series
Publisher
Pebble, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Animals are busy! Sea dragon fathers care for babies. Eagle parents build giant nests. Sea lions stand guard for one another. In every animal community, animals have jobs to do, just like people! Accessible and fun K-3 level information reveals the animal world to young readers and researchers in this Pebble Explore title from the Animal Societies series"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Owlkids Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The first in a new series, this book showcases ten species from three continents, each engaged in different forms of play. Stunning, intimate, full-color photographs by Suzi Eszterhas are each paired with a short sentence highlighting information about the animal. Designed both as a read-aloud and for young children to explore independently, this book will encourage readers to make connections between themselves and the animals. Back matter gives...
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