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  • City Fish Country Fish: How Fish Adapt to Tropical Seas and Cold Oceans

    Mary M. Cerullo, Jeffrey L. Rotman

    Second Edition

    Hardback

    Through color, shape,size, and other adaptations, city fish and country fish have evolved to survive in their particular habitats.In City Fish,...

  • A Story of Ambition in 50 Hoaxes: From the Trojan Horse to Fake Tech Support

    Gale Eaton, Phillip Hoose

    Paperback

    Starred Youth Services Book Review

     What do the Trojan Horse, Piltdown Man, Keely Motor Company, and Ponzi Scheme have in common? They were all famous hoaxes, carefully designed and bolstered with false evidence.

  • The Secret Pool

    Kimberly Ridley, Rebekah Raye

    Paperback

    *John Burroughs Association Riverby Award*

    *Maine Lupine Award*

    *Skipping Stones Honor Book*

    You might walk right by a vernal pool and not notice it. Often mistaken for mere puddles in the woods, vernal pools are the source of life for many interesting creatures.

  • Extreme Survivors: Animals That Time Forgot

    Kimberly Ridley

    Hardback

    More than 99 percent of all life forms have gone extinct during the 3.6-billion-year history of life on Earth. Other organisms have changed...

  • Masterpiece Robot: And the Ferocious Valerie Knick-Knack

    Frank Tra, Rebecca Evans

    Hardback

    When Laura—a.k.a. Masterpiece Robot—heads into the backyard with her little sister Molly—a.k.a. Sidekick—her active imagination places them instead...