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Series

Publisher

National Geographic

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

Description

Explains where light can come from, describes its properties--including that of creating color and shadows--and presents simple experiments to show them.

2) Amazon journey: cruising the rain forest

Author

Thompson, Gare

Series

Publisher

National Geographic

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

Description

Takes the reader on a trip up the Amazon into the rain forest, introducing the plants, animals, and people encountered along the way.

3) Devouring flames: the story of forest fires

Author

Costain, Meredith

Series

Publisher

National Geographic Society

Pub. Date

2006.

Language

English

Description

Discusses forest fires and how they are prevented, how they start, how they are fought, and why they can sometimes be good for a forest.

4) More than man's best friend: the story of working dogs

Author

O'Sullivan, Robyn

Series

Publisher

National Geographic

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

Description

Provides information on guide, service, customs, herding, search-and-rescue, and other types of working dogs.

5) Mysteries of the fossil dig: how paleontologists learn about dinosaurs

Author

Rushby, Pamela

Series

Publisher

National Geographic

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

Description

Describes how paleontologists work to free fossils from the earth in order to discover what dinosaurs were like.

6) Mysteries of the sea: how divers explore the ocean depths

Author

Morrison, Marianne

Series

Publisher

National Geographic

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

Description

Describes the history of underwater exploration, from early divers in 1869 to the use of submersibles to discover the Titanic in 1986.

7) Rivers of fire: the story of volcanoes

Author

Series

Publisher

National Geographic

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

Description

Explains what volcanoes are and why they erupt, shows where they are located around the world, and describes some of the significant eruptions that have occurred.

8) Serengeti journey: on safari in Africa

Author

Thompson, Gare

Series

Book - Regular Print, Child - Beginning Reader

Publisher

National Geographic

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

Formats

Description

Introduces three animals that live on the Serengeti Plain in Africa: the giraffe, the elephant, and the cheetah.

9) Venus flytraps, bladderworts, and other wild and amazing plants

Author

Series

Publisher

National Geographic

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

Description

Introduces plants with unique or unusual features, such as those that eat meat and those that produce poisons.

10) Violent weather: thunderstorms, tornadoes, and hurricanes

Author

Collins, Andrew

Series

Publisher

National Geographic

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

11) Weedy sea dragons, spitting cobras, and other wild and amazing animals

Author

O'Sullivan, Robyn

Series

Book - Regular Print, Child - Beginning Reader

Publisher

National Geographic

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

Formats

12) Your 206 bones, 32 teeth, and other body math: And Other Body Math

Author

O'Sullivan, Robyn

Series

Publisher

National Geographic

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

Description

Describes the human body in terms of the amount of things it has, such as 206 bones, more than 230 joints, and nine pounds of skin.

13) All about tide pools

Author

Series

Publisher

National Geographic

Pub. Date

[2007]

Language

English

Description

Explains how tide pools form, what types of plants and animals are found within them, and how they can be safely explored.

14) Underground towns, treetops, and other animal hiding places

Author

Series

Publisher

National Geographic

Pub. Date

[2007]

Language

English

Description