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Series
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Only a select few animals are able to glide long distances through air, but they include an amazing variety-- even a few species of frogs and snakes. Catching Air takes us around the planet to meet these animals and explore why this gravity-defying talent has evolved in animals, amphibians, and reptiles.
Author
Publisher
Formac Publishing Company Limited
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Since the early days of flight, animals have helped researchers learn how to survive in the sky, and their role continues as humanity voyages into outer space. In 1783 a rooster, a duck and a sheep were placed in a basket attached to the first hot-air balloon. In the age of rockets and space travel, many more animals have travelled into orbit, and most have returned safely to earth. This book tells the stories of 50 trips into space, with details...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Why do airplanes look the way they do? Why can't birds fly when they're first born? And why do some paper planes fly farther than others? Discover everything there is to know about flight from Ada Twist, Scientist--from information about creatures that fly, to the history of aircrafts, to modern technology that allows us to soar through the air faster than ever!"--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Language
English
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"In captivating, lyrical verse, award-winning children's author Susan Vande Griek explores the fascinating movements of twelve birds. Hawks kettle, riding warm air currents like bubbles rising in a pot of boiling water. Puffins wheel, circling over the sea and island colonies. And eagles cartwheel, locking talons high in the air and then tumbling toward earth. Alongside each poem is an informational sidebar explaining why the bird moves in its own...
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Series
Publisher
Beascoa, una divisi�on de Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
"�C�omo vuelan las cosas? �Es un misterio! �Una adivinanza� �Un rompecabezas! �Un desaf�io �Es hora de descubrir todo sobre el vuelo! �Incluye dos experimentos para hacer en casa!"--
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
World records book of animal flight. Meet ten flyers through a series of superlatives - and guess who's who while learning about airborne animals. From the fastest (white-throated needletail) to the most acrobatic (flying fox bat), and from the best glider (colugo) to the best backward flyer (hummingbird), each master of flight is depicted in a blueprint-inspired diagram, accompanied by text.
A stunning world-records book of animal flight, by the...
13) Exploring space
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about space exploration. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Rhyming text and bright color photographs introduce preschoolers to many kinds of machines that fly. On each spread, a repeating verse is designed to encourage recitation and prediction, while a concluding line names the featured flying machine and introduces a preposition ("The water bomber swoops through the smoke.") A closing spread provides enrichment activities to further a child's engagement with the book and with language skills."--
17) Space explorers
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Educational Media
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"A fact and photo-filled introduction to space flight's famous first, near misses, and disasters. Discover the daring and dangerous world of space exploration from lift-off to landing"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"A kid-friendly, accessible, and humorous text that describes the sometimes complicated task of eating while in space. This fact-filled look at the sometimes complicated task of eating while away from Earth will show young readers what it's really like to live on the space station, with engaging back matter that takes a deep dive into the topic and features photos of real NASA astronauts!"--
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