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What's Under the Sea (Starting Point Science)
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By Stuart Trotter. Usborne Pub Ltd.

24 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

Help! I'm A Prisoner In The Library
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By Eth Clifford. Scholastic Paperbacks.

"Clifford's extraordinary talents as a writer who keeps the action and surprises coming underpin her new antic adventure, its many moods ably depicted in Hughes's 15 drawings." Publishers Weekly --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Greedy Apostrophe: A Cautionary Tale
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By Jan Carr. Holiday House.

A picture book about punctuation may not sound comical, but this one has a breezy narrative, fresh illustrations, and some laugh-aloud moments. All the punctuation marks stumble into the Hiring Hall one morning, sipping cocoa and discussing their job prospects. Each receives an important assignment, even Greedy Apostrophe, who has a well-deserved reputation for his bad attitude. Maniacal Greedy isn't content with doing his job (creating a possessive in a sign); he insists on confusing matters by inserting himself into words where he's not wanted. Greedy slips into a school classroom, altering signs such as "Pencils and Rulers" into "Pencil's" and Ruler's," until the students give chase. Since they can't catch him, he's still on the loose! Students are asked to be vigilant and to take Greedy away from all the places where he inserts himself but doesn't really belong.

Then and Now (Usborne Talkabout Books)
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By Heather Amery. Usborne Pub Ltd; Revised edition.

24 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.

Is a Blue Whale the Biggest Thing There Is? (Robert E. Wells Science)
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By Robert E. Wells. Albert Whitman & Company.

This raffish primer on the meaning of "big" delivers a healthy, age-appropriate jolt to common assumptions about proportion and numbers. Beginning with a blue whale's flukes ("the 'flipper' parts of the tail, all by themselves bigger than most of Earth's creatures"), Wells projects the relative sizes of Mount Everest (20 giant jars filled with 100 blue whales each), the earth, the un, the Milky Way, right out to the universe itself. Child-friendly watercolors show a bag of 100 planet earths dwarfed by the sun, and a crate of 100 "sun-sized oranges" inconsequential atop Antares, "a red supergiant star." Somewhat understandably, Wells's pictures and analogies wither as he tackles the magnitude of galaxies and the universe. To prevent readers from choking on these perceptual mouthfuls, valuable introductory and final notes suggest a relatively concrete scale: for instance, counting to a thousand takes about 12 minutes, counting to a million takes 3 weeks at 10 hours per day, but counting to a billion takes a lifetime.

Amazing Magnetism (Magic School Bus Chapter Book)
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By Rebecca Carmi. Scholastic Paperbacks.

Ms. Frizzle's class challenges Mr. O'Neatley's class to a science contest with amazing - and magnetic - results.

Seed, Soil, Sun
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By Cris Peterson. Boyds Mills Press.

In this clearly written and beautifully photographed book, Peterson describes the seemingly miraculous process by which air and water combine with seed, soil, and sun to create nearly all the food we eat. Using the corn plant as an example, she takes the reader through the story of germination and growth of a tiny corn seed into a giant plant reaching high into the air with roots extending over six feet into the ground. The book also discusses the make-up of soil and the amazing creatures who live there - from microscopic one-celled bacteria to moles, amoebas, and earthworms. Once again, Cris Peterson brings both wonder and clarity to the subject of agriculture, celebrating the cycle of growth, harvest, and renewal.

Amos & Boris
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By William Steig. Square Fish; Reissue edition.

Amos the mouse and Boris the whale: a devoted pair of friends with nothing at all in common, except good hearts and a willingness to help their fellow mammal. They meet after Amos sets out to sail the sea and finds himself in extreme need of rescue. And there will come a day, long after Boris has gone back to a life at sea and Amos has gone back to life on dry land, when the tiny mouse must find a way to rescue the great whale. Amos & Boris is a 1971 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year, Notable Children's Book of the Year, and Outstanding Book of the Year.

Do You Have a Dog?
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By Eileen Spinelli. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers.

This follow-up to Do You Have a Cat? introduces readers to a whole new collection of historical figures—Admiral Richard Byrd, Jackson Pollack, Annie Oakley. Eileen Spinelli's whimsical, rhyming text and the colorful and energetic paintings of Geraldo Val rio help bring these dog owners to life.