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1) Storks
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Kids might not know much about storks in the wild. Storks fly in large groups to migrate. They winter in Africa and spend the summer in breeding grounds in Europe, crossing vast distances between the two locations. This book will teach kids more about these large birds through colorful photographs and straightforward language, enrapturing readers as they learn the secrets of the stork's migrations.
2) A Lion's Den
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Despite the common phrase, most lions don't live in dens; they instead roam the grasslands of Africa. Lions do have dens for a specific purpose: to give birth to cubs and then raise them. Kids will be excited to learn more about an iconic African animal as this book describes how cubs are raised and why they grow up in dens.
3) Temperature
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Kids know the difference between a hot day and a cold one, and have felt the difference between ice cream and hot soup. But what makes an object a certain temperature? This book clearly explains how all matter is made of atoms and molecules, while showing that the movement of those elementary particles accounts for temperature and defines the three states of matter; solid, liquid, and gas.
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Kids might think it's amusing to hear that gorillas sleep in the same type of home as a bird, yet that's exactly what gorillas do: they make nests in trees or on the ground out of available vegetation. Unlike birds, though, most gorillas make a new nest every night. This book illustrates this fascinating and surprising behavior for young readers.
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Kids may have seen strange, dense webs in trees, but they may have not been able to identify what they saw. This book explores the life cycle of both the caterpillars and the tents they create. Kids will be surprised to learn that the tent is built to achieve different temperatures inside its rooms. They'll also learn how these seemingly small animals can defoliate an entire tree as they maintain their home.
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Length and width seem like inherent properties of an object to an adult, and kids have an innate sense of the approximate size of something. Yet specifically defining these terms can be tricky. In simple language, the text of this book explains length and width through common objects. It also discusses how we can measure length and width with a ruler.
7) Texture
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Texture is one of the most readily experienced properties of an object for kids, and that's because we can perceive it through two senses: touch and sight. With close-up photographs revealing the details of different textures, this book describes basic distinctions, such as rough versus smooth. It also explains the qualities of matter that make up certain textures, like fur.
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How can two things that are about the same size, such as a bowling ball and a teddy bear, have such different weights? How can something smaller weigh more than something larger, such as a marble and a cotton ball? This book explains how mass and weight are separate properties by clearly introducing the concepts of gravity and atoms.
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Kids love looking at themselves in mirrors, but how can some surfaces produce such clear reflections, when many others offer no reflection at all? In this book, early readers will be introduced to the concept that light is comprised of waves and that colors are the result of certain wavelengths being absorbed or reflected.
11) A Bear's Den
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Bears need a place for shelter and warmth during the winter. Although most people assume bears make their dens in caves, the dens can actually be quite small and built in a number of places, including in hillsides or trees. Come spring, there might be cubs inside a den. In this book, kids will learn facts about how bears spend their winters.
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Size and shape are fundamental properties kids use to identify objects. Many objects are made from basic shapes, like triangles or squares, that are extended to three dimensions. In this book, colorful photographs show familiar objects and define their shapes, such as how a ball is a sphere. Further, kids might be surprised to learn that we can quantify how much space any object takes up, regardless of its shape.
13) Sharks
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Kids have long been fascinated by these sleek, mysterious animals. Sharks migrate, some thousands of miles, for food supply, water temperature, and reproduction. In easily understood language complemented by compelling pictures, this book will show kids more about sharks' surprising lives.
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Hermit crabs do not grow their own shells, but instead use discarded shells from other animals such as snails. Of course, as the hermit crab grows, the shell does not. A hermit crab's life, then, is a succession of finding bigger and bigger shells to use as its home. This book will show kids that process through simple language and intriguing photographs.
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It's surprising that insects as small as termites can create such huge earthen structures. Yet the hundreds of thousands of termites that can exist in a colony have a clearly defined biological order that allows them to be successful. Kids will learn about how termites live, the different roles termites fulfill, and how their colonies can become colossal.
16) Dolphins
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Children might already know about dolphins' playful personalities, but they might not know as much about dolphins' daily efforts for survival. Dolphins migrate to find food and water temperatures suitable for them. This book will show kids things they didn't know about these intelligent and engaging mammals.
17) Flexibility
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Kids like playing with things that bend, rubber bands, for instance, but they often wonder what makes something bend rather than break. This book looks at properties of objects that make them flexible, including shape and material. It also describes how our bodies are flexible, and why that's important.
18) Reindeer
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Kids know reindeer have been mythologized for the holidays, but this book will show how real reindeer live. Reindeer can walk great distances through harsh environments to arrive at wintering grounds where grass and water are more abundant. Kids will love learning about real reindeer and how they travel through the tundra to find food and water and to have calves.
19) A Fox's Den
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Foxes dig their dens, sometimes using burrows already made by other animals. The dens provide the foxes safety and also a place to birth and raise their cubs. Kids will be intrigued by these beautiful animals and encouraged to understand the text by strong photographs, including some of adorable fox cubs.
20) American Bison
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Bison live in herds scattered across the Great Plains. Some children will be amazed that these huge animals roam free in the United States. Some herds live in mountainous regions and come to lower valleys for the winter, seeking grass and water. This book will show kids the annual movement patterns of these large animals, using simple language and strong supporting photographs.
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