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"In Emu or Ostrich?, beginning readers will learn to spot the differences between these large birds. Carefully leveled text relays what the birds look like and how they behave. Each page then asks readers to name which one is shown in the photo. Answers appear upside down on the bottom of each page, making reading for learning interactive and fun. A See and Compare spread shows and labels each bird side by side, while a Quick Facts feature lists even...
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The ostrich, the emu, and the rhea, together with the kiwi and the cassowary, are the court jesters of the avian world, because they can't do the one thing that birds are famous for doing. They can't fly. But exactly how and why did these birds abandon flight? It's been one of the natural world's great mysteries. And now DNA is promising to give us the answer.
7) Emu chicks
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"In Emu Chicks, emergent readers learn what baby emu birds look like and how they live and grow up in the outback. Carefully crafted text, high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references support emergent readers. Emu Chicks includes tools for caregivers as well as introductory nonfiction features such as labels, a table of contents, words to know, an index, and a Let's Review image and question. Emu Chicks is part...
8) Emu
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An emu father in Australia's eucalyptus forest watches over his growing hatchlings as they outmaneuver regional dangers, in this illustrated introduction to the emu life cycle.
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Animal antics A to Z volume 5
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Eddie Elephant loves to tell stories, which keeps him from getting bored when he is asked to help egg-sit for his neighbors, Elmer and Ernestine Emu.
11) Edward the emu
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Tired of being an emu, Edward decides to try being like other animals at the zoo, but he soon discovers that being himself is the best after all.
12) Emus
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Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, life cycle, and habitat of this large flightless bird.
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Rhyming text and energetic illustrations complete this hilarious adaptation of Aesop's "The Goose that Laid the Golden Egg" A hungry emu eats what she thinks is some corn, and ends up laying a golden egg! Next, two scoundrels lock her up and try to make her lay some more. Soon something strange happens, and everyone involved learns that it doesn't pay to be greedy.
15) Enoch, the emu
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As emus really do, Enoch sits on the nest for weeks till the nine eggs laid by his wife hatch, and then he proudly shows his babies off to his friends at the Emu Club.
16) El emú
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This title covers basic information about emus, Australia's largest birds! Information in the title includes an emu's habitat, diet, habits, and more.