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ETHIOPIA
For Kids
Serengeti Journey, On Safari in Africa
• Gare Thompson
NATURAL HISTORY •
2006 •
HARD COVER
• 48 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
A fun and informative overview of the Serengeti and its wildlife for readers ages 4 to 8.
(EAF150, $17.90) |
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Lucy Long Ago, Uncovering the Mystery of Where We Came from
• Catherine Thimmesh
ARCHAEOLOGY •
2009 •
HARD COVER
• 63 PAGES
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
From the discovery of Lucy's bones in Hadar, Ethiopia, to the process of recovering and interpreting them (a multidisciplinary approach with contributions from paleontologists, paleoanthropologists, archeologists, geologists and geochronologists), this book shows how a pile of 47 bones led scientists to discover a new -- and, at 3.2 million years old, a very very old, species of hominid.
(ATP29, $18.00) |
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The Return
• Sonia Levitin
LITERATURE •
1991 •
PAPER
• 181 PAGES
• YOUNG ADULTS
Desta and her siblings, Falasha Jewish orphans, set out from their home in Ethiopia, hoping to reach the Sudan and transport to Israel in this moving novel for young adults. It culminates with a vivid recreation of the "Operation Moses" airlift of 1984-85.
(ETP13, $5.99) |
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