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This offering from the Holidays around the World series introduces children to the Jewish Festival of Lights. Heiligman recounts the holiday's history and origins and describes how it is celebrated today--with candles, special foods such as potato latkes, and games such as dreidel. The main text is succinct and appropriate for reading aloud.
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This colorful book explores the many forms that this weeklong celebration takes worldwide. Deborah Heiligman's rich text details the long lavish meals called seders, at which Exodus is recalled in ritual, prayer, song, and story. The historical significance of the food at these Passover feasts is also explained, and delicious recipes encourage readers to experience the full flavors of this internationally observed holiday. Rabbi Shira Stern's informative...
6) Arctic tale
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c2007
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
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Text and photographs show how polar bears and walruses survive in the Arctic.
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An introduction to the customs related to the Christian holiday of Easter. The joyous celebration of Easter is seen through a global perspective in this National Geographic volume featuring over 25 vibrant photographs. Witness the holiest day on the Christian calendar as it is celebrated throughout the world: from the famous Easter Egg Roll at the White House to the traditional bonfires throughout Europe, to colorful customs, to the universally popular...
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c2008
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[24] p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
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Mama and the gang help two lost baby birds find their way home. To help the kids learn about animal homes, Mama's home movies show different habitats on the ground, in the sea, and in the sky. Finally, the little birds see somewhere familiar, and Mama knows just where to take them. These cliff swallows belong in muddy safety on the side of cliffs!
10) Sharks!
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He’s quick. He’s silent. He has five rows of deadly teeth. Chomp! Meet the shark—the fish who ruled the deep before dinosaurs roamed the Earth! This fish has soft cartilage so he can glide, twist, and turn before his prey can say "gulp!" He can smell a single drop of blood in 25 million drops of ocean. He can feel electricity given off by his prey. He will lose and replace more than 10,000 teeth in his lifetime. Cool photos bring...
11) Volcanoes!
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The cool story of volcanoes will intrigue kids and adults alike. Hot melted rock from the middle of our planet forces its way up through cracks in the Earth's crusts, exploding violently and sometimes unexpectedly in volcanic fury that can terrorize populations for months, even years. Anne Schreiber's narrative gives readers a little of the science, a little of the history, and a lot of the action. National Geographic photography fires the imagination
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c2009
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[22] p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
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Toot travels to India without his friend Puddle. He meets an elephant that carries Toot around the city. He returns home with a carved elephant for Puddle. Puddle doesn't need a gift, but in the words of Puddle that Toot can't remember, "Because friendship and flowers both grow as long as you take care of them."
16) Ants
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c2010
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32 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
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Describes different types of ants and their behavior.
18) Dolphins
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Describes the different types of dolphins, where they live, what they eat, etc.
