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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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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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Adventure and exploration, Animals and wildlife, Science and technology
Human-narrated audio
With three hearts and blue blood, its gelatinous body unconstrained by jointed limbs or gravity, the octopus seems to be…
an alien, an inhabitant of another world. It's baggy, boneless body sprouts eight arms covered with thousands of suckers—suckers that can taste as well as feel. The octopus also has the powers of a superhero: it can shape-shift, change color, squirt ink, pour itself through the tiniest of openings, or jet away through the sea faster than a swimmer can follow. But most intriguing of all, octopuses—classed as mollusks, like clams—are remarkably intelligent with quirky personalities. This book, an inquiry into the mind of an intelligent invertebrate, is also a foray into our own unexplored planet. These thinking, feeling creatures can help readers experience and understand our world (and perhaps even life itself) in a new way
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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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Nature, Travel and geography, Animals and wildlife, Arts and entertainment, Science and technology, Adventure and exploration
Human-narrated audio
Discusses the plight of the nearly extinct New Zealand kakapo--a large, flightless parrot. Explains the recovery-team scientists' work of moving…
the remaining kakapo population to a safe environment and ensuring the birds' protection during the hatching season. For grades 5-8. 2010
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Science and technology
Synthetic audio, Automated braille
From the persevering emperor penguins of the South Pole to the brave bacteria inside bubbling volcanoes, from the hardy reptiles…
of the driest deserts to the squash-proof creatures of the deepest seabeds, animals have adapted to survive in conditions that would kill a human faster than you can say "coffin." Discover how they do it in this amazing natural history book from a celebrated team -- and find out who wins the title of the toughest animal of them all. Back matter includes an index and a glossary.