Jen Green
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Provides teen readers with realistic and practical advice on how they can live an eco-conscious life, including growing things in small spaces and making eco-friendly food. Provides step-by-step instructions for projects, and features full-color photographs, a quiz, a glossary, and further reading sources.
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Living busily on Planet Earth, we rarely remember that we inhabit only a miniscule part of the universe. In The Planets and The Solar System, Jen Green paints the wider picture, and takes us on a journey across billions of kilometres in our galaxy, from our Sun to near and distant planets. Some, like Mercury, have a molten core surrounded with crust and spin quickly; Jupiter, on the other hand, is a big ball of gas. For 2,500 years, mathematicians...
4) Dinosaurs
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Journey back in time to the age of the dinosaurs, the biggest, scariest creatures the world has ever known. Which dinosaurs hunted in packs like wolves? What was the deadliest dinosaur of them all? Which were the very largest species? Not all dinosaurs were bloodthirsty meat-eaters, but all were armed and dangerous. You are advised to keep well clear as we tour the world of the dinosaurs, taking a detailed look at all the most amazing species.
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Which king liked to bathe while the band played Rule Britannia? Which queen was so fat she needed a hoist to get on the throne? Who was the blood-thirstiest monarch of them all? This is a no-holds-barred account of the British monarchy with the gossip and gore left in, and nothing left out! It leaves no stone unturned in its mission to portray kings and queens as they really were, warts and all.
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From the icy poles to the evergreen rainforests, life has found a way to flourish in nearly every environment on Earth. This book explores the startling discoveries of new life forms in extreme environments, such as the strange worlds of the ocean depths. Whilst marvelling the world around us, it also confronts the human impact on the environment. The mounting evidence for global warming is explored and challenges us to work towards a more sustainable...
11) Mammal
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Explores the world of mammals, including their anatomy, where they live, what they eat, and how they communicate.
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"Which Viking god ruled over the oceans and lived on the seabed? Why were horses slaughtered to be buried with dead Viking warriors? How did the Vikings believe the world would end? Find out how the gods and goddesses of the Vikings shaped the lives and the history of ordinary Viking men and women"--Back cover.
14) Sea otter
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"In this book, young readers will learn about the diet, life cycle, behavior and habitat of sea otters."--
15) Moray eel
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"In this book, young readers will learn about the diet, life cycle, behavior and habitat of moray eels."--