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The Story of the Indians of the Western Plains - Frank Humphris.
This book teaches about the different tribes of Plains Indians and the way they lived. It informs the reader about
their clothing, weapons, homes, leaders, fights, and customs such as dances.
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(Animal Lives) The Life of a Cat - Jan Feder (Illustrator - Tilman Michalski).
This book chronicles part of the life of a tabby cat that lives on a farm. It shows how the tabby cat hunts and
raises her kittens. After this selection, this book teaches about the anatomy, senses, reproduction, territory,
language, body language, and relatives of the domestic cat. It also includes many pieces of trivia about cats. It
even includes illustrations of different breeds of cat.
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Jean Kemper (Illustrator - June Goldsborough).
This is a very educational and heart-warming selection about many different breeds of dogs. It describes 29 breeds
out of the more than 120 recognized by the American Kennel Club. I like that at the end of the book, the author
gives recognition to the merits of mixed breed dogs.
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Joanna Cole (Illustrator - Bruce Degen).
This book teaches children about how the human body detects and fights against infection by bacteria and viruses
when Mrs. Frizzle and her students enter Ralph's body in the magic school bus. The book is humorous and
entertaining and educational.
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Joanna Cole (Illustrator - Bruce Degen).
This book introduces children to the concept of decomposition, or rot. Mrs. Frizzle and her students travel into a
rotting log on the magic school bus. They see all kinds of insects and plants that help in the process of
decomposition. They also discover that decomposition is a necessary component of the life cycle and learn that
using recyclable materials is important.
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Ann McGovern (Illustrator - George Ulrich).
This book makes children imagine what it would be like to grow up when Abraham Lincoln was growing up. It teaches
about the clothing, houses, food, jobs, schools, subjects, and transportation of the frontier regions of Kentucky
and Indiana - where President Lincoln grew up.
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Norman Bridwell.
In this selection, Clifford and Emily Elizabeth go to visit a firehouse and Clifford's brother, Nero, that is a
firedog there. Through this book, children learn what to do in case of a fire, they learn to have a fire plan, to
not play with matches or the stove, to have their parents check the fire alarms and to stop, drop and roll if they
catch on fire.
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Mary Stetten.
This book teaches how to conduct many various kinds of science projects. It teaches how to grow things, how to use
one's senses; how to use light shadows, and air; how to make small machines & how to use magnets and water, as well
as how to care for pets.
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Nelson W. Hyler, Felix Sutton, Martin L. Keen, Irving Robbin (Illustrators - Kenyon Shannon, John Hull, Darrell Sweet, Robert Doremus, Goerge Zaffo).
This book teaches information about the classification of rocks, mineral, gems, crystals, and metals. It also gives
tips on how to create a rock & mineral collection, as well as on how to grow salt crystals.
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Flowering Plants - Amy Elizabeth Jensen, Grace F. Ferguson, Geoffrey Coe (Illustrators - Cynthia Iliff Koehler, Alvin Koehler).
This book teaches about the family tree of the plant kingdom, the functions of different plant parts, the value of
flowers, how to recognize and "tame" wild flowers, and about different types of trees.
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Stars, Moons, and Planets - Norman Hoss, Esther Harris Highland, Harold Joseph Highland, Jean Bethell, Gene Liberty, Felix Sutton & Martin L. Keen (Illustrators - James Ponter, Walter Ferguson, Denny McMains, Joe Kotulla & Raul Mina Mora).
This book teaches about astronomy, the solar system, famous astronomers, the sun, the planets, the earth, the moon,
the tides, eclipses, lunar probes, meteors, comets, stars, the Milky Way, the galaxies, the universe and
"other worlds."
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Ronald N. Rood.
This book teaches about early insects and fossils, helpful insects, eggs, insect babies, caterpillars, grasshoppers,
dragonflies, flies, beetles, true bugs, moths, butterflies, ants, bees, wasps, and termites. It also teaches about
the relationship between insects and plants and how to create an insect collection.
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Janet Shaw (Illustrator - Renee Graef).
These stories are about Kirsten Larson, a pioneer girl from Sweden who lives on a farm in Minnesota with her family.
The book titles include: Meet Kirsten, Kirsten Saves the Day, Kirsten Learns a Lesson, Kirsten's Surprise, Changes
for Kirsten, and Happy Birthday Kirsten. These books are entertaining but they also educate the reader about
Swedish traditions and what life as a pioneer was like.
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Judith St. George (Illustrator - David Small).
This selection describes what it is like to be president, as well as what many of our Presidents were like. It
discusses the perks and downsides to the job, and compares and contrasts the background, character, and doings of
all of the U.S. presidents - from George Washington to Bill Clinton.
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Margaret Musgrave (Illustrators - Leo and Diane Dillon).
This book gives insights about 26 of the African tribes, from the Ashanti to the Zulu. It describes ceremonies,
celebrations, and day to day customs of the peoples. Some of the customs are shared by many people and others are
unique, but one thing that is for sure is that tradition is important to all of these peoples. The illustrators
have included at least one man, one woman, one child, their living quarters, an artifact, and a local animal in each
of the illustrations.
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