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Presents information about South America’s spectacled bears, their forest habitats, and their distinctive fur patterns.

This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells how mosquitoes find food and briefly describes their life cycle. Includes picture glossary.

This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells about the different nests built by wasps. Includes picture glossary.

Describes the life cycle and behavior of ponies, and how they are raised on a farm.

The fleece from one sheep can be spun into a strand of wool 124 miles (200 kilometers) long. Full-grown sheep can weigh up to 400 pounds (180 kilograms). These engaging facts and more are waiting to be discovered in Sheep, an Animals on the Farm book.

Describes the characteristics, habitat, behavior, life cycle, and threats to California condors.

Describes the characteristics, habitat, behavior, life cycle, and threats to golden eagles.

Working at a zoo is a great career path for someone who loves animals and isn’t afraid of hands-on work. Through engaging text and fun fact boxes, readers discover what zoo workers do and how a person can prepare for a career in this field. Additional information is provided in a clear graphic organizer. Colorful photographs of zoo animals and the workers who care for them keep readers entertained with each turn of the page. It takes special skills to be a successful zoo worker, and readers discover what those skills are as they learn about this exciting career.

Introduces students to the diversity of animal life on Earth. Discussed the different animal, their habitats to the food they eat and more.

From the Publisher: Whether kids love or hate the food served there, the American school lunchroom is the stage for one of the most popular yet flawed social welfare programs in our nation's history. School Lunch Politics covers this complex and fascinating part of American culture, from its origins in early twentieth-century nutrition science, through the establishment of the National School Lunch Program in 1946, to the transformation of school meals into a poverty program during the 1970s and 1980s.