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2) Ostriches
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Simple text and photographs describe ostriches that live in deserts.
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What bird has a large body and a long neck, but cannot fly? It is an emu! Or is it an ostrich? These birds may seem similar, but they are unique in many ways. Lively images, simple text, and a side-by-side comparison feature help young readers learn how emus and ostriches have different appearances and behaviors. Readers will soon identify these flightless birds with ease!
4) Baby ostrich
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"On a hot, dry grassland, a little chick has just hatched from his egg. The baby bird is a little wobbly, but he's soon following his huge mom and dad as they search for food. Explore the world of a baby ostrich!"--OCLC.
5) Big egg
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A mother hen wakes up one morning to find a gigantic egg among the others in her nest and goes in search of the egg's origin.
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When Tallulah Jones was thirteen, her grandmother plucked her from the dank Oakland apartment she shared with her unreliable mom and brought her to the family ostrich ranch in the Mojave Desert. After eleven years caring for the curious, graceful birds, Tallulah accepts a job in Montana and prepares to leave home. But when Grandma Helen dies under strange circumstances, Tallulah inherits everything--just days before the birds inexplicably stop laying...
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Twelve-year-old Suzy Bowles dreams of life outside the small town of Burr Oak, Michigan, but when she stumbles on the opportunity to learn ostrich-riding with the infamous Madame Marantette, her obligations to her family on the farm threaten to derail her dreams of a bigger life. Includes photographs and information on Madame Marantette.
8) Ostriches
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A captiviating look at the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and life cycle of ostriches, as well as numerous interesting factoids on everything from feathers to eggs.
10) Hide and peek
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"Every time Bird hears a noise, she says eek! and hides her head in the sand. And every time, the noise turns out to be one of her friends playing nearby. Can Elephant convince her that there's nothing to be scared of?"--Amazon.
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The ostrich, the emu, and the rhea, together with the kiwi and the cassowary, are the court jesters of the avian world, because they can't do the one thing that birds are famous for doing. They can't fly. But exactly how and why did these birds abandon flight? It's been one of the natural world's great mysteries. And now DNA is promising to give us the answer.