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32 pp.
| Amicus High Interest |
September, 2015 |
LibraryISBN 978-1-60753-782-3$19.95
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PaperISBN 978-1-68152-033-9$9.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-60753-881-3
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K-3Freaky Nature series.
Bright, well-reproduced color photographs and simply written texts will make this series attractive to science-minded elementary school students. After relating the topic to attention-grabbing material ("Mutants are not just in comic books. In real life, mutations make strange plants and animals"), Larson dispenses well-chosen facts about each "freaky" occurrence in natural life. Readers may be inspired to research further. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Freaky Nature titles: Mutants in Nature, Super Powers in Nature, Vampires in Nature, and Zombies in Nature.