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Science and technology, General non-fiction, Dinosaurs
Human-narrated audio
Discusses what scientists have learned from the 2007 discovery in Siberia of a frozen baby woolly mammoth given the name…
Lyuba. Explains how research on fossil tusks, teeth, and droppings reveals differences between mammoths, mastodons, and modern elephants. For grades 4-7. 2010
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Science and technology, General non-fiction
Human-narrated audio
Scientist examines fear and explains supernatural phenomena using facts. Uses examples from books and movies to discuss ghosts, haunted houses,…
decapitated heads, giant monsters, UFOs, vampires, werewolves, and more. For grades 4-7. 2009
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Animals and wildlife, Science and technology, Ancient history, Dinosaurs
Human-narrated audio
Discusses the unusual features--giant beak, musical head, or wide muzzle--of eleven different dinosaurs and provides scientists' interpretations of the uses…
of these characteristics. Covers the 2006 discovery of a spiky skull that looked so nasty it was named Dracorex hogwartsia, meaning dragon king of Hogwarts. For grades K-3. 2008
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Animals and wildlife, General non-fiction, Science and technology
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
A fascinating compendium featuring over 70 unusual animal species. What's in a name? This lively, illustrated celebration is jam-packed with creatures…
notable for their bizarre, baffling, and just-plain-funny names. Meet the White-Bellied Go-Away Bird, whose cry sounds like someone screaming, "Go away!" Or the Aye-Aye, whose name means "I don't know" in Malagasy because no one wants anything to do with this bad-luck creature. Some are obvious, if still weird––guess what the Fried Egg Jellyfish looks like. Others sound like an inside joke: It's easy to figure out what was on the taxonomist's mind when he christened a fly he discovered Pieza Pie. Along the way you'll learn all about these curiously named animals' just-as-curious habits, appearances, and abilities.