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1906 San Francisco Earthquake

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A huge earthquake rocked the West Coast on April 18, 1906. Worst hit was the city of San Francisco, where buildings collapsed and fires raged for days. Thousands of people died, and many more were left homeless. The disaster was just one of a long series of earthquakes triggered by the San Andreas Fault. It taught scientists valuable lessons about preparing for earthquakes.

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Dinosaurs

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THIS BOOK IS PART OF THE DINOSAURS CURRICULUM KIT

Meet all your favorite dinosaurs. Find out what Tyrannosaurus Rex ate for dinner, why Apatosaurus had such a long neck, how a baby dinosaur was born, and much more. There's something to discover on every page of this exciting new series of entertaining, fact-filled books. Puzzles. Jokes. Cartoons. Amazing Facts. Learning has never been so much fun!

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Curious George and the Dinosaur

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Curious George visits a museum with a class of schoolchildren and causes much excitement by climbing up onto a dinosaur skeleton.

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340L
Curious George and the Dinosaur

The Big Book of Dinosaurs: A First Book for Young Children

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Dinosaurs fascinate young children and this colorful catalog of those mysterious creatures from the past will keep even toddlers entertained for hours. Children will love spotting and learning to name all the different dinosaurs - from the fierce, meat-eating Tyrannosaurus and the long-necked, plant-eating Diplodocus to the armor-plated Stegosaurus and the tiny, hen-sized Compsognathus.

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The Big Book of Dinosaurs: A First Book for Young Children

Dinosaurs

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A collection of eighteen poems about dinosaurs, by authors including Lee Bennett Hopkins, Lilian Moore, and Myra Cohn Livingston.

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Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast

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A collection of humorous poems about dinosaurs.

Tyrannosaurus Was a Beast

Dinosaurs! Strange and Wonderful

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Describes different kinds of dinosaurs, and how paleontologists study them.

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710L
Dinosaurs! Strange and Wonderful

Dinosaurs

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Young readers can learn simple facts about dinosaurs in this Hello Reader! Science book. Find out which dinosaurs were the smallest, the tallest, the strongest, and many other facts. This nonfiction book has rhyming text and realistic colorful illustrations of these extinct creatures.

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Dinosaur Questions

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Some might think there aren't any questions left to ask about dinosaurs, but there's still so much we don't know about these mysterious creatures. In a colorful, easy-to read format, dinosaur afficionado Bernard Most asks and answers questions such as: Did dinosaurs have whiskers? How old did they grow to be? Fascinating questions and simple drawings make scientific inquiry fun!

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Dinosaur Questions

Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs

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In prehistoric days there were many different kinds of dinosaurs, big and small, those with spikes and those with long sharp teeth.

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AD720L
Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs

Caldecott Connections to Science 1996-2000

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Take advantage of the appeal and power of Caldecott award literature to extend and promote learning across the curriculum. In these three volumes the author demonstrates how to use award-winning books as springboards to science, social studies learning, and language arts in the library and classroom-and to expand student awareness and appreciation of illustration techniques. For each Caldecott title there is background information on the illustrations, curriculum connections, lesson plans, and support materials for teaching.

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Caldecott Connections to Science 2001-2006

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Take advantage of the appeal and power of Caldecott award literature to extend and promote learning across the curriculum. In these three volumes the author demonstrates how to use award-winning books as springboards to science, social studies learning, and language arts in the library and classroom-and to expand student awareness and appreciation of illustration techniques. For each Caldecott title there is background information on the illustrations, curriculum connections, lesson plans, and support materials for teaching.

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Caldecott Connections to Science 2007-2010

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Take advantage of the appeal and power of Caldecott award literature to extend and promote learning across the curriculum. In these three volumes the author demonstrates how to use award-winning books as springboards to science, social studies learning, and language arts in the library and classroom-and to expand student awareness and appreciation of illustration techniques. For each Caldecott title there is background information on the illustrations, curriculum connections, lesson plans, and support materials for teaching.

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Flotsam

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A science-minded boy goes to the beach equipped to collect and examine flotsam — anything floating that has been washed ashore. Bottles, lost toys, small objects of every description are among his usual finds.

But there's no way he could have prepared for one particular discovery: a barnacle-encrusted underwater camera, with its own secrets to share ... and to keep.

2007 Caldecott Medal Winner

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What Happens to a Hamburger?

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What happens to food after you eat it?
In this newly illustrated book, complete with photos, Paul Showers and Edward Miller take you on a journey through the human digestive system into the mouth, down the gullet, into the stomach, and finally into the small and large intestines. You will learn what each of these body parts does to help transform the food you eat. And you will also find out what happens to the food your body cannot use.

Everything that happens inside your body whenever you swallow a bite of food will amaze you!

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520L
What Happens to a Hamburger?

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