Wendy Pfeffer

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1) The shortest day: celebrating the winter solstice

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English

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Describes how and why daylight grows shorter as winter approaches, the effect of shorter days on animals and people, and how the winter solstice has been celebrated throughout history. Includes activities.

2) Light is all around us

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Series

Let's-read-and-find-out science books
Let's-read-and-find-out science. Stage 2

Publisher

Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

Pub. Date

2014.

Language

English

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An introduction to light and how it helps us to see profiles different kinds of light, including sunlight, firelight and electric light, and provides interactive experiments readers can perform at school or at home.

3) Wiggling worms at work

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Series

Let's-read-and-find-out science. Stage 2

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

c2004

Language

English

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Explains how earthworms eat, move, and reproduce and how they help plants to grow.

4) We gather together: celebrating the harvest season

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Publisher

Dutton Children's Books

Pub. Date

c2006

Language

English

5) The longest day: celebrating the summer solstice

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English

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A simple explanation of what the summer solstice is and how it has been celebrated through the centuries. Includes craft activities.

6) From tadpole to frog

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Let's-read-and-find-out science. Stage 1

Language

English

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Describes the year-long metamorphosis from tadpole to frog.

7) A log's life

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Publisher

Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

Pub. Date

c1997

Language

English

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Introduction to the life cycle of a tree.

8) Popcorn Park Zoo: a haven with a heart

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Publisher

J. Messner

Pub. Date

c1992

Language

English

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Describes the Popcorn Park Zoo in New Jersey, which rescues and cares for animals that are sick, old, abused, or about to be destroyed.