Nonfiction eBooks

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    Cute as an Axolotl

    Cute is for feathery-gilled axolotls (pronounced: ax-uh-LOT-ulz), shy pygmy hippos, poisonous blue dragons, and armored pangolins. All of these animals are cute, but they've also adapted remarkable ways to survive in their unique environments.

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    Does it Fart?

    A hilariously informative book of facts, farts, and fun! In this gaseous guide to kids' favorite animals (and some they've probably never heard of), young readers will discover not only which animals pass gas, but also which have the stinkiest farts, which fart the most, and where all this smelly stuff comes from. They'll even learn which species has its own secret fart code! Perfect for reluctant readers, and with full-color illustrations throughout,

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    HIdden Figures

    This book brings to life the stories of Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden, who lived through the Civil Rights era, the Space Race, the Cold War, and the movement for gender equality, and whose work forever changed the face of NASA and the country.

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    Pink is for Blobfish

    Seventeen of the world's oddest creatures share a single characteristic: their pink coloration.

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    Poop Detectives

    Poop Detectives explores the use of trained dogs to track wild animals through there scat (droppings). Instead of catching and tagging animals which can be risky and invasive, this method allows scientists to gather information without disturbing the wild animals as much.

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    What Makes a Monster?

    Explores how the natural world is filled with animals that may look or behave in scary ways but are actually quite safe, profiling such specimens as the vampire bat, the honey badger and the aye-aye lemur.

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