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1) Animal tails
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"An exploration of different types of animals' tails in an easy-to-understand format that helps little kids learn to read"--
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"From dolphins with tails that spin to a viper whose tail looks like a spider, animals from around the world describe how their tails help them survive. Covering adaptations to desert, ocean, forest, and artic habitats, this narrative nonfiction picture book highlights the diversity of the animal world"--
4) Animal tails
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Readers will be fascinated by the many ways animals use their tails: to move on land, swim, warn others, steer, hold onto things, keep warm, balance, fly, attract a mate, and even to defend themselves! Apparently tails are not just for wagging when happy. Following Animal Eyes, Animal Mouths (NSTA/CBC Outstanding Trade Science Award), and Animal Legs, Mary Holland continues her photographic Animal Anatomy and Adaptations series by exploring the many...
5) Love tails
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Introduces different dog breeds, dog tails, and how a dog shows love.
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"Fluffy, short, long, curly-animal tails can look quite different. In this entertaining volume, readers use their knowledge of animals to guess which animals' tails are shown in the close-up photographs throughout the text. They'll turn the page to see the whole creature and find out if they know their tails! The low-ATOS text meets emerging readers at their level and gives more facts about each animal, while the question-answer format allows readers...
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"Readers will learn about the different tails of animals and how they help animals survive. The title will look at several animals with tails and the tail's use, such as balance, protection, transportation, and more. Title is complete with glossary, index, and a picture list of more animals with special tails. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO"--Publisher's...
9) Spotted Tail
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This biography of Spotted Tail traces the life of the famous Lakota leader who expertly guided his people through a pivotal and tumultuous time in their nation's history as they fought and then negotiated with the U.S. government. Spotted Tail is remembered for his unique leadership style and deep love for his people. Today, a university is named in his honor.
10) Save the duck!
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Across three humorous short stories, Sniff and Scratch have fun with toilet paper, chasing each other's tails, and snuggling with Sniff's stuffed duck.
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Includes three humorous stories in verse; Yertle the Turtle, the story about King Yertle who wanted to rule over all he could see; Gertrude McFuzz, the bird who wanted to grow a better tail; and The Big Brag, where a rabbit and bear compete over which of them could do things better.
14) Tom's tail
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Tom admires the tails of other barnyard animals, but after finally straightening out his tail, he discovers that he liked it better the way it was.
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"What if you woke up one morning and you had sprouted a tail overnight? What If You Had An Animal Tail? -- the next imaginative book in the What If You Had series -- explores what would happen if you looked in the mirror and saw that you had an animal tail! From a peacock's showstopping tail to a scorpion's dangerous stinger, discover what it would be like if you had one of these special tails -- and find out why your own tailbone is just the right...
17) Tails
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Using simple rhyming words, various types of animal tails are described.
18) Animal tails
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Explores the morphology and behavior of animal tails. Includes a range of taxa, including mammals, fish, reptiles, birds, insects, and bacteria.
"There are almost as many types of tails as there are animals--scaled tails, talking tails, rattling tails, upside-down tails, swatting tails, swimming tails, spraying tails, warning tails, wagging tails, venomous tails, cooling tails, balancing tails, and so many more. You'll never look at animal tails...
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While Little Skink hunts for breakfast, she is attacked by a crow. To escape, she snaps off her tail. Little Skink's tail follows her as she daydreams of having the tails of other animals in the forest. Includes "For Creative Minds" section with information on tail adaptations and communications and a mix-and-match tail activity.
20) Whose tail?
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Babies can spot the differences between animals and people in this pure fun book with a built-in guessing game and underlying educational aspect.