Rish, Jocelyn
Summary: "Butts are used for breathing, eating, swimming, talking, and even killing in the animal kingdom. Focusing on ten different animals and their derrières, and offering fun facts about their origin, habitat, and "posterior power," this hilarious book captures the wonder of our ecosystem. Which animal has the coolest butt power? That's up to you to decide!" -- Amazon.com.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.3 RISCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE RISLevine, Sara
Summary: A playful picture book that will keep readers guessing as they find out how human teeth are like and unlike those of other animals.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 599.943 LEVKrieger, Paul A.
Summary: The book uses visual analogies to assist the student in learning details of human anatomy and physiology. By using these analogies, the student can take things they already know from experiences in everyday life and use them to clarify concepts with which they are unfamiliar. The book offers a variety of learning activities. Students can label diagrams, create their own drawings or color...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Morton Publishing 2013
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Summary: "Move over, Jeopardy, Family Feud, and The Price Is Right - this book will be your new favorite laugh-until-your-stomach-hurts family game! In Butt or Face, weird animals are introduced with a close-up photo. Kids must guess: are they seeing seeing...um...err... the bottom or the top? Readers will learn about animals like Cuban Dwarf Frogs, whose backsides look like a pair of eyes, and the Mary...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks eXplore, an imprint of Sourcebooks Kids 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 571.3 LAVKates, Bobbi Jane
Summary: Illustrations and simple rhyming text show that while the body parts of various human and Muppet characters may look different, they have similar uses.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KATRotner, Shelley
Summary: Photos show how different types of skeletons work. Full-color photographs of people and animals are overlaid with illustrations of bones to show these supporting frameworks. Readers will learn that bones come in all shapes and sizes to serve a myriad of functions and will be able to compare human skeletons to those of other vertebrates. Index, glossary of scientific terms.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2014
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Summary: Shares information on one of the most complicated organs in human and animal bodies, including how the eye communicates with the brain, how to keep eyes safe and healthy, and what happens when you visit an eye doctor.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Seagrass 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 573.8 DEPRothman, Julia
Summary: "In Wildlife Anatomy, the latest entry in Julia Rothman's series of Anatomy books, Rothman captures the excitement and distinctive attributes of wild animals around the world. The book is packed with hundreds of her charming, original illustrations, detailing the unique features of animals of the rainforest, desert, grasslands, oceans, and much more. From lions, bears, and zebras to monkeys,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2023
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Chicago Press 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 596.04 HYMKates, Bobbi Jane
Summary: Illustrations and simple rhyming text show that while the body parts of various human and Muppet characters may look different, they have similar uses.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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Summary: "Animals come in many shapes and sizes-some have large ears, others have distinctive noses, and still others have far too many eyes! They express emotions in different ways, too, but one thing remains the same: love"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Creative Editions 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction BonillaPallotta, Jerry
Summary: Ten fierce animals battle it out in this exciting bind-up featuring five books in this action-packed animal series! Which dangerous animals would win in a fight? Find out in this awesome bind-up of five books in the popular Who Would Win? series. The collection features a range of mammals, sea creatures, reptiles, and birds to satisfy all kinds of animal fans, including Falcon vs. Hawk, Hyena...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic, Inc. 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 590 PALCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 590 PALCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in New Youth Materials, Call number: J 590 PALSummary: Acclaimed filmmaker Errol Morris weaves fascinating interviews with wild animal trainer Dave Hoover, topiary gardener George Mendon=ca, robot designer Rodney Brooks, and an expert on the naked mole rat, Ray Mendez, together with old movies, cartoons and stock footage. Morris's inspired juxtapositions show how each specialist studies nature in his own way. Their discussions range from the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia TriStar Home Video 1998
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FASSummary: UC Berkeley biologist Robert Full is fascinated with cockroach legs that allow them to scuttle at full speed across loose mesh and gecko feet that have billions of nano-bristles to run straight up walls. In this TEDTalk, Full discusses his research on the biomechanics of animal locomotion and his efforts to design the perfect robotic "distributed foot." "Dr Full cheerfully admits that some of...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Schwartz, David M.
Summary: Introduces the concept of ratio by comparing what humans would be able to do if they had bodies like different animals.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 1999