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"Swing" into place value as you learn about the fascinating spider monkey! This nonfiction math book combines math and reading skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject-area content. The dynamic images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning place value easy and fun. Text features include a table of contents, a glossary, an index, and captions to build vocabulary and increase understanding...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Why do orangutans have such long arms? Where do they spend most of their days and nights? What is the orangutan's "long call?" Look inside All About Asian Orangutans to find the answers. You'll also discover beautiful, close-up photos of these strong and smart great apes. Orangutans is one of 18 books in our Animals Around the World series. Be sure to check out all 18!
5) Gorillas
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The way a gorilla moves is called knuckle-walking. This is because the animal puts pressure on its knuckles when it moves. Beginning readers will learn how gorillas "walk," why they beat their chests, and more in this informative title.
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In this book, early readers are introduced to monkeys! Using engaging and colorful photographs, simple text to build confidence, and exciting sight words, young readers will enjoy learning about wild and playful monkeys while practicing their reading skills. Each book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Español
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A Spanish translation of the original Curious George story. Curious George, a favorite of millions of children all over the world, became Jorge el curioso when translated into Spanish more than fifteen years ago. Curious George, el personaje favorito de millones de niños de todo el mundo, tomó el nombre de Jorge el curioso hace más de quince años, cuando sus cuentos se empezaron a traducir al español.
8) Aye-aye
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This book introduces early readers to the long-tailed, yellow-eyed aye-aye. Simple text and vibrant images help engage children and grow a love of reading! Downloadable Teacher Notes available.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Gorillas are not fierce unless threatened. Gorillas are the shy, gentle giants of African jungles. Discover more about how they live in All About African Gorillas, one of 18 books in our Animals Around the World series. Each title is beautifully illustrated with large, close-up photos. Be sure to check out all 18!
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Tarzan volume 6
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English
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This collection of interconnected short stories takes Tarzan back to his early years and tells of the exciting and formative events of his youth. These twelve tales show the ape-man before he learned of civilization or truly understood his human heritage. Tarzan finds an unlikely first love and first heartbreak, befriends an elephant, and tries to adopt a child with predictably mixed results. Gentle humor tempers tales of ferocious and violent action...
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Tarzan volume 5
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Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar is the fifth adventure in the saga of the jungle lord and features both one of the series most celebrated locations, the lost city of Opar, as well as one of its most celebrated characters, the ruthless, obsessed and fatally beautiful La of Opar.
Seeking to make off with some of the lost city of Opar's treasures, Tarzan survives an earthquake only to take a blow to the head and be stricken with partial amnesia, leaving...
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This fun book proves that monkeys, poetry, and learning can go together quite naturally. From howler monkeys to squirrel monkeys, readers will learn about the tropical rain forests that are filled with a variety of marvelous primates. Engaging poems and colorful images reinforce important life science lessons. Whether your readers love poetry or monkeys, this book will become a favorite.
13) Mandrill
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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The flash of color in an African rain forest might not be what you expect. Mandrills have bright faces with long, red noses and blue and cheeks (not to mention the colorful cheeks on their rears). Whether they are tiny babies clinging to the mothers or adult monkeys yawning at threats, mandrills are awesome! Learn all about the largest member of the monkey family. Glossary of key words Index Table of contents In this series, readers will learn about...
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Monkeys are fascinating creatures in the sense that they have several familiar characteristics. The theory of evolution even states that we evolved from them. Learning about monkeys will help a child better understand Darwin's theory, and decide whether he/she would believe in it or not. Colorful and well-formatted, this educational book is definitely a must-have!
15) Hungry Monkey
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Illustrated children's book about an adorable little monkey named Stanley who won't stop eating until he demolishes the jungle and all the other monkey homes. He learns to share as the other monkeys learn to forgive.
16) Gorillas
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Learn all about gorillas in this fun and informational text. Like all books in the My Favorite Animal Series, Gorillas offers engaging facts and checks the reader's knowledge and comprehension throughout the book.
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'Banna and Bree Blown to Borneo,' is a story set in a rainforest reserve in Borneo. Banna and Bree, two young baboons from the Okavango Delta in Botswana, visit this paradise and witness firsthand how palm oil plantation owners dangerously encroach on the last remnants of primary rainforest areas, putting the lives of endangered animals at risk. When a fire in the rainforest threatens a lost orang-utan baby, the animals of the forest unite, implement...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Aye-ayes belong to the animal group known as primates, which includes not only humans, but, apes and monkeys. Aye-ayes lack the majesty of a gorilla or the cuteness of a monkey. Aye-ayes are so strange looking they were originally classified as rodents. Readers of this absorbing volume will discover fascinating facts about these odd animals, who have big eyes, enormous ears, and elongated fingers, and who use echolocation to find food. Accessible...
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Curious George original adventures volume 1
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English
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"He was a good little monkey and always very curious." This is how H. A. Rey and his wife, Margret, first introduced their now beloved troublemaker-hero to young readers in 1941. In this hefty 192-page hardcover treasury, Curious George fans will find eight stories based on the popular primate, painted in Rey's original watercolor and charcoal style: Curious George Takes a Train (2002), Curious George Visits a Toy Store (2002), Curious George and...
20) Orphaned
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Ape quartet volume 4
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English
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Before humans, and before human history, there were the apes.
Snub is a young gorilla, living in the heart of what will eventually be known as Africa. She is jealous of her mother's new baby . . . and restless in her need to explore. When a natural disaster shakes up her family, Snub finds herself as the guardian of her young sibling . . . and lost in a reshaped world.
Snub may feel orphaned, but she is not alone. There are other creatures stalking...
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