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1) Dem bones
Author
Language
English
Description
A rendition of a traditional African American spiritual.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In a big abandoned house, on a barren hill, lives a skull. A brave girl named Otilla has escaped from terrible danger and run away, and when she finds herself lost in the dark forest, the lonely house beckons. Her host, the skull, is afraid of something too, something that comes every night. Can brave Otilla save them both?"--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Bones come in all shapes and sizes. They grow. They support. They can even repair themselves when they break. Steve Jenkins explores the differences between human and animal bones, many of them shown at actual size. Take a close look at a human hand and those of a spider monkey, a mole and a bat. Compare the great weight of an elephant's leg with the feather-light femur of a stork.
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Bone is as embedded in our culture as it is in our bodies. Our species has made instruments and jewelry from bone, treated the dead like collectors' items, put our faith in skull bumps as guides to human behavior, and arranged skeletons into macabre tributes to the afterlife. Switek makes a compelling case for getting better acquainted with our skeletons, in all their surprising roles. Bridging the worlds of paleontology, anthropology, medicine, and...
6) El esqueleto
Author
Series
Baúl de los monstruos volume 8
Publisher
Algar Editorial
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Español
7) The child
Author
Series
Kate Waters novels (Fiona Barton) volume 2
Language
English
Description
"The author of the stunning New York Times bestseller The Widow returns with a brand-new novel of twisting psychological suspense. As an old house is demolished in a gentrifying section of London, a workman discovers a tiny skeleton, buried for years. For journalist Kate Waters, it's a story that deserves attention. She cobbles together a piece for her newspaper, but at a loss for answers, she can only pose a question: Who is the Building Site Baby?...
Author
Series
Gooney Bird volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gooney Bird's Great Uncle Walter lends her second grade class a skeleton while they study human anatomy, and at the end of the month the students use Gooney Bird's charm bracelet to present all they have learned.
Author
Language
English
Description
"A stormy night at sea has uncovered some long-buried secrets and surprises. Is that the mast of a shipwreck? A faded pirate hat? And what's that hiding in the sand? A mandible and a clavicle, phalanges and femurs, a tibia and a fibula -- could there be a set of bones scattered across the ocean floor? And who might they belong to? A jaunty rhyme takes readers on an underwater scavenger hunt as a comical skeleton tries to put itself back together piece...
11) Skeleton hiccups
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Ghost tries to help Skeleton get rid of the hiccups.
13) The soup bone
Author
Publisher
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
Description
Looking for a soup bone on Halloween, a little old lady finds a hungry skeleton instead.
Author
Series
Publisher
Oceano
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
Description
"Para hacerse un experto en huesos, este libro es un buen comienzo. Fotos increíbles de esqueletos animales que muestran al detalle cómo son las arquitecturas que sostienen los cuerpos de los seres vivos. Detalles sorprendentes de alas, pies, colas, cráneos- y una parte final donde se amplía información sobre el tema. El asunto no resulta nada siniestro, tiene un aire científico tratado con un lenguaje sencillo que facilita el acercamiento...
15) El sistema óseo
Author
Publisher
Abdo Kids Jumbo, an imprint of Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Español
17) Skelly and Femur
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Skelly the skeleton girl and her dog Femur search for the many things that have suddenly gone missing in Skelly Manor.
19) Body bones
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This book contains facts about bone growth, the varieties of bones, and how bones work with other body systems. It includes photographs of people and animals which are overlaid with diagrams of skeletons.
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In this title, early fluent readers meet Sasha, a girl who loves to play soccer, as she learns about her skeletal system. Read along as Sasha and her dad discuss how bones, joints, ligaments, and tendons work together to support the human body, how bones repair themselves, and what they are made of. Vibrant illustrations and carefully leveled text engage young readers in a supportive educational fiction reading experience. Children can learn more...
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