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Whether you want to raise a dairy barn full of milkers, one hundred meat goats for market, a herd of Angoras for mohair fiber, or a few Pygmies as pets, this book is for you. Expert, hands-on advice makes it easy to get started raising a healthy herd. Longtime goat farmer Carol Amundson describes the breeds popular in the United States and Canada and explains all the helpful dos and don'ts. You'll find information about traveling with goats, marketing,...
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IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
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A Green Kid's Guide to Garden Pest Removal will teach students how to identify good and bad bugs, remove bad bugs, and use natural products to kill garden pests-all without harmful chemicals! A garden frog house project will give students a hands on activity to get them interested in gardening. Common Core and State Standards for life cycles, soil, measuring, observing, and reporting can all be connected to A Green Kid's Guide to Garden Pet Removal....
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Did you know that the Earth's moon is not unique in the Solar System? Other planets have numerous moons and ours is only one! Learn about the most distinguishing characteristics of the many moons in our Solar System. Read this book to spot their differences and similarities in appearance and functions, too. Grab a copy today!
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Commonly, we think of soil as just a medium to walk above or build upon. If we had the ability to shrink ourselves to the size of a soil particle, we would be amazed at the vibrant life and ever-changing interactions taking place all around us. The activity, physical changes and diverse life forms would overwhelm the senses. Soil moisture fuels this activity. The soil and water dynamic together as one entity is both the introduction and ending of...
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Abuses and slavery at sea are largely missing from narratives of work and environmental exploitation in the mainstream. This book shines a light on the exploitation of fish and fishers alike in a global industry driven by profits.
Conservation and human rights in this industry are huge problems: with vast overprovision of vessels and shortages of fish, labour costs are targeted and young men are trafficked from poor areas onto vessels in virtual...
14046) Essay on Bee Keeping
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This is a vintage treatise on bee-keeping for profit. Although old, much of the information contained within this essay is timeless and will be of considerable utility to modern readers with a practical interest in the subject. Contents include: "On Hiving, and the General Management of Bees", "On Hiving Bees", "On Supplying Swarms with a Young Queen", "A Little More on Transferring Bees", "On Providing Hives with Suitable Drawers", "On Wintering...
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Have you ever wondered how computers follow instructions so well or how they do math so quickly? Basic principles of coding, including variables, binary code, loops, programming languages, and more, are explored through diagrams, photos, and informative and engaging text.
14048) Explore the Moon
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The Moon orbits Earth. It influences Earth's seasons and tides. Explore the Moon reveals the amazing details of Earth's Moon. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Kids Core is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division...
14049) Drone Pilot
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IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
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Learn what it takes to become a drone pilot in the U.S. military.
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The solar system is a big place! It is where we belong. Learning about it is very important because it allows you to understand where you came from. This picture book is a great help to 5th graders like you. It combines texts and images for an effective learning experience. Buy a copy today!
14051) Venus
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This book introduces readers to Venus and what makes it unique from other planets in our solar system. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. QR Codes in the book give readers access to book-specific resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state...
14052) Neil Armstrong
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This book traces the life of Neil Armstrong, from his early childhood and education through his sources of inspiration and challenges faced, early successes, and the moon-landing for which he is best known. A timeline at the end of the book summarizes key milestones and achievements of Armstrong's life.
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Of all the topics of interest in the digital humanities, the network has received comparatively little attention. We live in a networked society: texts, sounds, ideas, people, consumerism, protest movements, politics, entertainment, academia, and other items circulate in and through networks that come together and break apart at various moments. In these interactions, data sets of all sorts are formed, or at the least, are latent. Such data affect...
14054) Mercury
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IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
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Find out about the closest planet to the Sun and learn why its years are so short.
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Isaac Newton is best known for his theories of motion and gravitation. These laws served as the foundation of science for the past three hundred years. In addition, using a prism, Newton first discovered the that sunlight is actually made up of light rays of many different colors. Among his other discoveries is the branch of mathematics called calculus.
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A Spanish translation of National Geographic Readers Trains Level 1.
Choo choo! Kids love trains! Especially the classic steam engines found in amusement parks and zoos. But what about a super-speeder in Japan that zooms along the track at 361 miles an hour (581 km/h)? Or the world's longest freight train, stretching a whopping 4.6 miles (7.4 km)? Or futuristic railways in the sky?
National Geographic Readers feature engaging text carefully vetted...
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You can't go near the sun. So how do you learn about the sun, its spots and flares? Well, you just learn from what scientists have found out. They were able to study the sun for years with the help of special tools. They have recorded all their findings and published them in books. This astronomy book reflects the results of many scientific studies.
14058) Destination Neptune
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If you could, would you travel to Neptune? Let this book make you an astronaut and take you on a space trek there!
14059) Asian Economic Integration Report 2021: Making Digital Platforms Work for Asia and the Pacific
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The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic disrupted both supply and demand sides of an interconnected world economy in 2020. Asia and the Pacific was not immune as lockdowns and travel and trade restrictions affected nearly all aspects of cross-border economic activity. This publication examines the initial impact on trade, investment, finance, and people's mobility across the region as the pandemic struck. It looks at how regional economies individually...
14060) How Do Trains Work?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Trains are long and loud. They rumble down railroad tracks. But what are the different types of trains? And how do these giant vehicles haul so much weight? Read this book to find out! Learn about how different vehicles work in the How Vehicles Work series-part of the Lightning Bolt Books™ collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt Books™ bring nonfiction topics to life!
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