Burton, LeVar

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Our big home

Presents the featured book, a poem which describes the water, air, soil, sky, sun, and other blessings shared by all living creatures on Earth, and includes a visit to the United Nations, a meeting with the teenage founder of the Kids Can Free the Children youth group, and reviews of related stories.

Imogene's antlers

Presents the title work in which Imogene wakes up one Thursday with a pair of antlers growing out of her head and causes a sensation wherever she goes, and includes visits to the Philadelphia Zoo and with band members in the Mummers Parade, and reviews of related books.

Digging up dinosaurs

Presents a reading of "Digging up Dinosaurs" which introduces various types of dinosaurs, and explains how scientists find, preserve, and reassemble giant dinosaur skeletons. Includes a fossil tour of Dinosaur Monument.

Desert giant

Presents the title work which documents the life cycle and ecosystem of the giant saguaro cactus and the desert animal sit helps to support, and includes a look at desert inhabitants, a discussion of cacti and rattlesnakes, an exploration of seasons in the desert, and reviews of related books.

Chickens aren't the only ones

Presents the title work, a pictorial introduction to animals that lay eggs, including chickens and other birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, insects, and even a few mammals; and includes discussion of the question of which came first--the chicken or the egg, a visit to an incubator room, an introduction to a turtle biologist, and reviews of related books.

Alistair in outer space

Presents the title work in which Alistair, kidnapped by a spaceship full of Goots from Gootula, is most concerned about his overdue library books, and includes a visit to the Library of Congress in Washington D.C., discussions of maps and globes, library cards, and book care and repair, and reviews of related books.

Imogene's antlers

One Thursday Imogene wakes up with a pair of antlers growing out of her head and causes a sensation wherever she goes.

Aftermath

1997
In a future world racked by natural disaster, civil war, and economic collapse, Dr. Rene Reynolds, who has been kidnapped because of her invention of a revolutionary medical device, has almost given up hope of rescue when three strangers, united by the same vision, set out through the shattered nation to save her.

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