Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Champ, gallant collie	Patricia Lauber	A collie known as Clown because of his antics, who would not learn to do his duty and take care of the sheep properly, proves his worth during a flood.	OL15135636W
An octopus is amazing	Patricia Lauber	An introduction to one of the curiosities of the sea--the multi-tentacled, highly intelligent octopus.	OL15213450W
Earthquakes: new scientific ideas about how and why the earth shakes	Patricia Lauber	Through accounts of some famous earthquakes, explains new scientific theories about the causes of earthquakes and how we can learn to live with them.	OL15213463W
Everglades country	Patricia Lauber	Describes the geography of Everglades National Park and the interrelationship of its unique plant and animal life.	OL15213465W
Hurricanes	Patricia Lauber	Tells how hurricanes form, how scientists study them, and how they have affected the United States throughout this century.	OL15213480W
Life on a giant cactus	Patricia Lauber	Describes the life cycle of the giant cactus, the saguaro, which grows only in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and Mexico.	OL15213483W
Of man and mouse	Patricia Lauber	Traces man's association with the house mouse from ancient times to current scientific research stressing the animal's importance as a laboratory animal.	OL15213489W
Our friend the forest	Patricia Lauber	Explains what elements make a forest and the parts they play, the growth of a tree, the importance of forests to man for their products and conservation effects, and ways in which man works to preser…	OL15213490W
Seeds	Patricia Lauber	Text and photographs describe the many different ways that seeds travel and disperse.	OL15213501W
This restless earth	Patricia Lauber	Explains and enumerates the ways the seemingly solid earth changes--by earthquakes, volcanoes, and continental drift.	OL15213509W
Painters of the caves	Patricia Lauber	Describes the 1994 discovery made in Chauvet, France, of a cave with Stone Age rock paintings, and discusses the significance of cave art to people living in prehistoric as well as modern times.	OL15213531W
Clarence and the Cat	Patricia Lauber	Clarence, a very friendly dog, finally finds a novel way of teaching the visiting Cat to be a perfect guest.	OL86416W
Cowboys and cattle ranching: yesterday and today	Patricia Lauber	A history of the American cowboy and how he changed with the coming of barbed wire, railroads, and homesteaders. Also describes modern cattle ranching.	OL86419W
Dinosaurs walked here, and other stories fossils tell	Patricia Lauber	Discusses how fossilized remains of plants and animals reveal the characteristics of the prehistoric world.	OL86420W
Great whales	Patricia Lauber	Describes the characteristics and behavior of different kinds of whales and discusses why they are threatened by extinction.	OL86424W
The look-it-up book of stars and planets	Patricia Lauber	A dictionary of terms for the telescope traveller in space. Includes maps of the night sky for the four seasons.	OL86428W
Seeing Earth from Space	Patricia Lauber	Text and photographs taken from space depict the nature, evolution, and future of Earth.	OL86430W
Summer of Fire	Patricia Lauber	Summer of Fire Patricia Lauber Summary Setting: Summer of 1988 in Yellowstone National Park In the summer of 1988, there were many fires in Yellowstone National Park. At first, the fires were al…	OL86434W
Tapping Earth's heat	Patricia Lauber	Discusses the uses of heat and energy from volcanoes, geysers, fumaroles, and hot springs.	OL86436W
What you never knew about fingers, forks & chopsticks	John Manders,Patricia Lauber	Describes changes in eating customs throughout the centuries and the origins of table manners.	OL86439W