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Biodiversity
• Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
• NATURAL HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A photo-essay for kids ages 10-12 on the concept of biodiversity and its meaning and significance, featuring 85 color photographs.
(NAT96, $7.95)
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The Bug Scientists
• Donna Jackson
• NATURAL HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Jackson profiles three entomologists and their work in this entry in the series Scientists in the Field. He includes Ted Schultz's study of farmer ants in Costa Rica.
(NAT97, $5.95)
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Costa Rica, A True Book
• Kathleen Deady
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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An overview of the people, nature, history and life of Costa Rica for kids ages 6 to 8. With its color photographs, large-scale maps and focus on kid-friendly topics, this book is an engaging introduction.
(CRC44, $6.95)
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Costa Rica, Enchantment of the World
• Marion Morrison
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Published for the library market, this comprehensive overview of the geography and people of Costa Rica for children ages 9-12 has much to offer the traveler.
(CRC18, $37.00)
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Fernando's Gift, El Regalo de Fernando
• Douglas Keister
• NATURAL HISTORY
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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This straightforward tale of a boy whose family must struggle to preserve their home in the Costa Rican rainforest is told in English and Spanish. With excellent full-color photographs.
(CRC49, $7.95)
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Flute's Journey
• Lynne Cherry
• NATURAL HISTORY
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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The fully illustrated and warmly told story of a wood thrush who starts life in the woods of Maryland, and migrates across the Gulf of Mexico to the Monteverde Rain Forest in Costa Rica. Ages 4 to 8.
(BST45, $17.00)
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The Forest in the Clouds
• Sneed B. Collard III
• Michael Rothman
• NATURAL HISTORY
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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This slim overview of the cloud forest for readers ages 6-8 features Michael Rothman's richly detailed paintings of birds, plants, amphibians and mammals of Monteverde.
(CRC34, $7.95)
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In The Rain Forest Canopy
• Sneed B. Collard III
• NATURAL HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A book in the Science Adventures series for middle schoolers, In the Rain Forest Canopy follows the work and adventures of Nalini Nadkarni in the treetops of Monteverde.
(FST11, $29.93)
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Into The Volcano, A Volcano Researcher at Work
• Donna O'Meara
• NATURAL HISTORY
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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O'Meara's lively, illustrated eyewitness account of adventures in volcanology including Kilauea in Hawaii, Arenal in Costa Rica, Pacaya in Guatemala, and Stromboli off the coast of Italy.
(GEO39, $9.95)
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Into Wild Costa Rica
• John Woodward
• NATURAL HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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One in the series of companion books to The Jeff Corwin Experience television series.
(CRC48, $24.95)
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Journey into the Rainforest
• Tim Knight
• NATURAL HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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For this illustrated adventure, Knight takes middle schoollers the forest at night, down a river and up in the trees, introducing flora, fauna, bugs, ecology and conservation.
(FST09, $18.95)
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Jungle (Eyewitness Books)
• Theresa Greenaway
• Geoff Dann
• NATURAL HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Certainly the most eye-popping of the children's books on the rainforest, this Eyewitness Book covers all manner of rainforest life. Geared for ages 9-12.
(FST06, $15.99)
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The Most Beautiful Roof in the World, Exploring the Rainforest Canopy
• Kathryn Lasky
• Christopher Knight
• NATURAL HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A tropical botanist and her sons climb among the ropes and walkways of a rainforest canopy in this photographic tour of Central American wildlife. For ages 9-12.
(FST04, $9.00)
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Nancy Drew, The Scarlet Macaw Scandal
• Carolyn Keene
• MYSTERY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Nancy and her friends head for Costa Rica's Corcovado National park to relax and study monkeys when their stumble upon, naturally, a mystery to be solved.
(CRC50, $5.99)
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Swimming with Hammerhead Sharks
• Kenneth Mallory
• NATURAL HISTORY
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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An excellent illustrated account of marine biologist Pete Klimley and his work with sharks. The author accompanied a team (including IMAX photographers) to Cocos Island off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, famous for its schooling hammerheads.
(OCE99, $7.99)
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Tortillas y Cancioncitas/ Tortillas and Lullabies
• Lynn Reiser
• Corazones Valientes
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A bilingual portrait of life in a Costa Rican family, written for young children ages 4-8. Brightly colored folk paintings by a Costa Rican women artists' collective (Corazones Valientes) illustrate the text.
(CRC36, $16.99)
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Usborne Flashcard Spanish
• Jo Litchfield
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
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A standard playing card-size deck of 50 nicely illustrated flashcards geared for younger children. Each card features a colorful illustration with the Spanish word on the reverse.
(GEN203, $8.99)
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