Recent Outstanding Titles

* * * The Planet Hunter
by Elizabeth Rusch
ISBN-10: 0873589262
ISBN-13: 978-0873589260

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* * * Will It Blow? Become a Volcano Detective at Mount St. Helens
by Elizabeth Rusch
ISBN-10: 1570615098
ISBN-13: 978-1570615092

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* * * A Day With No Crayons
by Elizabeth Rusch
ISBN-10: 0873589106
ISBN-13: 978-0873589109

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* * * Could you? Would you?
by Trudy White
ISBN-10: 1933605456
ISBN-13: 978-1933605456

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* * * Sea Monsters - A Prehistoric Adventure
by Marfe Ferguson Delano
ISBN-10: 1426301197
ISBN-13: 978-1426301193

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* * * Joan of Arc - The Teenager Who Saved Her Nation
by Philip Wilkinson
ISBN-10: 1426301162
ISBN-13: 978-1426301162

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* * * Witness To Disaster - Hurricanes
by Judy & Dennis Fradin
ISBN-10: 1426201117
ISBN-13: 978-1426201110

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* * * Witness To disaster - Volcanoes
by Judy & Dennis Fradin
ISBN-10: 0792253760
ISBN-13: 978-0792253761

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* * * Bugs Up Close
by Diane Swanson
ISBN-10: 1554531381
ISBN-13: 978-1554531387

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* * * The Trailblazing Life of Daniel Boone
by Cheryl Harness
ISBN-10: 1426301456
ISBN-13: 978-1426301452

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* * * Isaac Newton - The Scientist Who Changed Everything
by Philip Steele
ISBN-10: 1426301146
ISBN-13: 978-1426301148

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* * * Planets, Stars & Galaxies
by David Aguilar
ISBN-10: 1426301707
ISBN-13: 978-1426301704

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* * * Shape Me A Rhyme
by Jane Yolan
ISBN-10: 1590784502
ISBN-13: 978-1590784501

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* * * Smart-opedia
ISBN-10: 1897349033
ISBN-13: 978-1897349038

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* * * Let's Go! The Story of Getting From Here To There
by Lizann Flatt
ISBN-10: 1897349025
ISBN-13: 978-1897349021

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* * * This is My Planet
by Jan Thornhill
ISBN-10: 1897349076
ISBN-13: 978-1897349076

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* * * Painted Circus
by Wallace Edwards
ISBN-10: 1553377206
ISBN-13: 978-1553377207

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* * * Out Came The Sun
by Heather Collins
ISBN-10: 1553378814
ISBN-13: 978-1553378815

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* * * Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose
by Hugh Brewster
ISBN-10: 1554531373
ISBN-13: 978-1554531370

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* * * Chester
by Melanie Watt
ISBN-10: 1554531403
ISBN-13: 978-1554531400

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* * * The Magic Horse of Han Gan
by Chen Jiang Hong
ISBN-10: 1592700632
ISBN-13: 978-1592700639

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* * * Mouse Guard
by David Petersen

ISBN-10: 1932386572
ISBN-13: 978-1932386578

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* * * The Tragic Tale of Narcissa Whitman and a Faithful History of the Oregon Trail
by Cheryl Harness

ISBN-10: 0792259203
ISBN-13: 978-0792259206

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* * * Crispin At The Edge of The World s
by Avi

ISBN-10: 078685152X
ISBN-13: 978-0786851522

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* * * The Strictest School In The World
by Howard Whitehouse

ISBN-10: 1553378830
ISBN-13: 978-1553378839

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* * * Crazy Cars
by Mark David

ISBN-10: 1933605057
ISBN-13: 978-1933605050

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* * * Singing Shijimi Clams
by Naomi Kojima

ISBN-10: 193360512X
ISBN-13: 978-1933605128

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* * * The Raven
by Edgar Allan Poe
Ray Price (Illustrator)

ISBN-10: 1553374738
ISBN-13: 978-1553374732

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* * * New Clothes For New Year's Day
by Hyun-Joo Bae

ISBN: 1933605294

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* * * The American Story
100 True Tales From American History
by Jennifer Armstrong
Illustrated by Roger Roth

ISBN: 0375812563

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* * * Augustine
by Melanie Watt

ISBN: 1553378857

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Saturday, February 02, 2008

Bugs Up Close (Ages 9-12)

* * * Bugs Up Close
Author: Diane Swanson
Photography: Paul Davidson
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover: 40 pages
Publisher: Kids Can Press (September 1, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1554531381
ISBN-13: 978-1554531387

Review: Awesome! If you want to see bugs up close, this is the book for you. Stunning photography captures every detail that the naked eye just can't see. Filled with facts, your backyard explorer will love this gem of a book. Caution: This book may lead to some serious bug catching.

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Labels: * * * Outstanding titles, Ages 9-12, Author last name S, Bugs, Insects, Science, Title B