Bradley, Doug
Summary: "This vibrant volume shows numerous animal groups that migrate for various lengths of time and for various reasons. Most readers know that a V-shaped flock of geese flying overhead on a fall or winter's day is migrating to a better climate. Colorful photographs allow readers to follow birds, zebras, whales, turtles, and more as they migrate to find food, shelter, breeding grounds, or more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Britannica Educational Publishing 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.56 BRABradley, Doug
Summary: "The vivid, full-color photographs in this book show how animals trick the eye by hiding in plain sight. Some animals can change their skin texture and color, cover themselves up, or even mimic other plants and animals. Readers will meet sharks that hide using light and shadow, and even some fish that use light to trick their food into swimming nearby. The book is packed with information that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Britannica Educational Publishing 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.47 BRABradley, Doug
Summary: "This easy-to-follow book introduces readers to how and why animals behave in the many peculiar ways they do. The straightforward text explains behaviors such as mating rituals, raising young, methods of hunting, which animals hibernate, which are nocturnal, and the social patterns of different species, among other things. The images perfectly illustrate the text, showing that animals and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Britannica Educational Publishing 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.5 BRABradley, Doug
Summary: "This colorful guide will Introduce young readers to the numerous ways in which members of the animal kingdom communicate. The means of animal communication turn out to be as intriguing and varied as the content that is being communicated, from mating signals and announcements regarding location and food availability to warning alarms and simple tokens of affection and protectiveness....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Britannica Educational Publishing 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.59 BRABradley, Doug
Summary: "In this intriguing and engaging narrative, readers learn that living organisms must adapt to survive as their surroundings change. Scientists believe that all forms of life developed from earlier types of living things through a process called evolution. By studying the developmental history of everything from single cell organisms to complex vertebrates, readers are presented with the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Britannica Educational Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 576.8 BRABradley, Doug
Summary: "Inside this colorful and fact-filled book, readers will learn all about how different animal groups forage for food, creating various food chains that allow diverse creatures to thrive. From very good eyesight or hearing to sharp claws and steel-trap jaws, carnivores are made to hunt. Herbivores have special teeth and even extra stomachs to help them feed on plant life. Each animal is built in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Britannica Educational Publishing 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.5 BRABarker, Clive
Summary: This bone-chilling novel, in which a medieval devil speaks directly to his reader is a never-before-published memoir allegedly penned in the year 1438. The demon has embedded himself in the very words of this tale of terror, turning the book itself into a dangerous object, laced with menace ready to break free and exert its power.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2007
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BARSummary: Hellraiser III : Hell on Earth : A TV reporter discovers the Lament Configuration Box which opens the door to the Cenobites' demonic world of pleasure and pain. Now, Pinhead walks the Earth again.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020