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• Animals

  a Children's Encyclopedia

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  See the animal kingdom up close and personal in this stunning visual encyclopedia.

• One Day This Tree Will Fall

  Barnard Booth, Leslie

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  Discover how a tree's wounds and decay bring new life to the forest ecosystem in this lyrical nonfiction picture book.

• Tasting With Your Feet

  the Amazing Ways Animals Make Sense of the World

  Barraud, Ned

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  A fascinating insight into the ways that animals use sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch and other sensory abilities to make sense of the world.

• Wildlife Crossings

  Protecting Animal Pathways Around the World

  Barr, Catherine, 1965-

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  An important and unique information book based on the latest scientific research, showing how people across the world are creating 'wildlife corridors' to help animals move safely between wildlife areas.

• The Art of Rewilding

  Belhadj, Nadja

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  This dazzing accordion book recounts the tale of rewilding of Yellowstone National Park.

• Buzzz!

  Donovan Bixley's Native Bugs of Aotearoa

  Bixley, Donovan, 1971-

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  Tiny bugs, tasty bugs, deadly bugs, glowing bugs and New Zealand's giant growing bugs.

• The Bees of Notre-Dame

  Browne, Meghan P., 1985-

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  This lyrical, poignant nonfiction picture book tells the fascinating story of the honeybee colonies that lived on the roof of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris and survived the devastating 2019 fire.

• Before the Seed

  Buhrman-Deever, Susannah, 1978-

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  A vibrant and engaging fact-packed non-fiction picture book all about pollination.

• Clever Crow

  Butterworth, Christine

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  A gorgeously designed nonfiction picture book with fascinating text and dynamic illustrations, effortlessly conveying corvid charisma. -- Imogen Russell Williams; The Guardian

• Can't Get Enough Horse Stuff

  Fun Facts, Awesome Info, Cool Games, Silly Jokes, and More!

  Cavanaugh, Neil

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  Horses are popular all over the world, as pets, participants in competitions, farm animals, and more. In fact, they're one of humankind's oldest animal companions.

• Play Wild

  Nature Craft Projects for Tamariki

  Clare, Rachel

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  Play Wild is packed full of inspiring ideas to make, grow and wear that will connect you with nature.

• Like No Other

  Earth's Coolest One-of-a-kind Creatures

  Collard, Sneed B.

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  These fascinating and mysterious species belong to an exclusive club of living things- those with no close living relatives, making them monotypic species. Meet more than a dozen of these creatures (including humans!), learn what makes…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Flamingos Are Pretty Funky

  a (not So) Serious Guide

  Cushman, Abi

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  Flamingos Are Pretty Funky introduces young readers to flamingos and their fantastic and (truly) fabulous traits.

• Life in the Wild

  Daly, E. (Elizabeth)

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  What can 10 real-life and uniquely jaw-dropping animal journeys teach us about our world, and the ways in which it is changing?

• Green

  the Story of Plant Life on Our Planet

  Davies, Nicola, 1958-

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  A magnificent look at the science of plants.

• Have You Seen An Elephant?

  Ellis, Elina

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  A girl's hilariously unsuccessful search for elephants serves as a clever allegory for the disappearance of these iconic animals.

• Explanatorium of Nature

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  Eye-poppingly awesome nature! Get closer to nature than you've ever been before with this jaw-dropping guide to our wonderful world.

• The Superpets and Me!

  Fitzpatrick, Noel, 1967-

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  Discover amazing stories of the Supervet's most incredible animals, from bionic cats and dogs to hero hedgehogs and courageous chameleons!

• Narwhal

  Unicorn of the Arctic

  Fleming, Candace

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  Venture to the Arctic Ocean and discover real life underwater unicorns--narwhals--in this stunningly illustrated nonfiction picture book.

• 1,000 Facts About Sharks

  Flynn, Sarah Wassner

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  Dive into 1,000 sensational facts about these fierce and fascinating predators, from great whites to whale sharks, reef sharks, goblin sharks, and more.