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Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 6
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When Zookeeper Fred's green snake Vern gets loose in the zoo, the Questioneers need all their talents to help find him, but in the end, it is Aaron's art that leads the way. Includes facts about snakes.
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For millennia, humans have regarded snakes with an exceptional combination of fascination and revulsion. Some people recoil in fear at the very suggestion of these creatures, while others happily keep them as pets. Snakes can convey both beauty and menace in a single tongue flick and so these creatures have held a special place in our cultures. Yet, for as many meanings that we attribute to snakes-from fertility and birth to sin and death-the real-life...
3) Snakes
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"Some of the largest snakes in the world live in rain forests. They hang from trees and even swim in streams. The huge green anaconda - the largest snake in the world - is found in rain forest habitats in South America. Accessible text includes simple sentences and matching photographs to allow beginning readers to fully comprehend the topic. Readers will love learning about these slithering snakes!"--
4) Sidewinder
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"In this book, readers learn about the life and habits of sidewinders"--
5) Corn snakes
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Presents information about corn snakes, harmless snakes that often stand in for the dangerous copperhead in films and are popular pets, including information on their behavior, their habitat, and the outlook for their future.
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"Have you ever spied a slithering snake? Cold-blooded, covered in scales, often venomous, these creepy reptiles have thrilled and intrigued people for centuries. In this fun, fact-filled book, young readers will learn all about snakes! They'll find out about the many varieties of snake species that live around the world. They'll discover what snakes' unique adaptations are and how these adaptations have helped snakes survive. Readers will learn why...
9) My pet snake
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Introduces beginning readers to pet snakes through simple text and related photos.
10) A drop of venom
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Sixteen-year-old Manisha is no stranger to monsters--she's been running from them for years, from beasts who roam the jungle to the King's army, who forced her people, the naga, to scatter to the ends of the earth. You might think that the kingdom's famed holy temples atop the floating mountains, where Manisha is now a priestess, would be safe--but you would be wrong. Seventeen-year-old Pratyush is a famed slayer of monsters, one of the King's most...
13) Hair scare!
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Hattie finds brushing her hair an annoying problem because it gets tangled, but when her Hairy Godfather changes her hair to snakes she discovers that some things are much bigger problems then hair tangles.
14) The cobra's song
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When ten-year-old Indian American Geetanjali, part of a family of classical Hindustani music singers, believes her neighbor has become an ichchaadari naagin, a cobra that can turn human, she must overcome her fears and harness the power of her voice before the naagin changes the whole town into snakes.
15) American snakes
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125 million years ago on the floodplains of North America, a burrowing lizard started down the long evolutionary path of shedding its limbs. The 60-plus species of snakes found in Sean P. Graham's American Snakes have this ancestral journey to thank for their ubiquity, diversity, and beauty. Although many people fear them, snakes are as much a part of America's rich natural heritage as redwoods, bald eagles, and grizzly bears. Neither a typical field...
17) Anaconda
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This title is an introductory look at the world's largest snakes. Readers will learn about different anaconda species, their size, common habitats and habits, what they like to eat, and baby anacondas. Complete with big, colorful photographs and more facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
19) The drama noodle
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Naomi and her friends Emma and Taylor are signed up for drama camp, but Naomi would rather spend her time saving snakes--until she realizes that the two can be combined in the form of an interview with a local television station.
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