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- Making a caterpillar / by Smith, Annette.; Randell, Beverley,1931-; Giles, Jenny.; Pettitt, John.;
Photographs and simple text show a child planting seeds in an egg carton to make a caterpillar.LSC- Subjects: Handicraft; Insects in art;
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- Diary of a spider-- and more cute critter stories [videorecording] / by Jones, Angus T.; Hayes, Sean,1970-; Jordan, Owen.; Cronin, Doreen.Diary of a spider.Videorecording.; Laden, Nina.Roberto the insect architect.Videorecording.; Freeman, Don,1908-1978.Norman the doorman.Videorecording.; Kellogg, Steven.Mysterious tadpole.Videorecording.; Blake, Quentin.Story of the dancing frog.Videorecording.; Weston Woods Studios.; Scholastic Inc.; New Video Group.;
Diary of a spider -- Roberto the insect architect -- Norman the doorman -- The mysterious tadpole -- The story of the dancing frog.Narrated by Angus T. Jones, Sean Hayes, Owen Jordan, Neil Innes and Amanda Plummer.Diary of a spider. A young spider discovers, day by day, that there is a lot to learn about being a spider, including how to spin webs and avoid vacuum cleaners.Roberto the insect architect. A termite named Roberto follows his dream of becoming an architect and travels to the big city where he hopes to find success.Norman the doorman. Norman the doorman of a mouse hole in an art museum, desires nothing more in life than to leisurely inspect the art treasures in the upstairs galleries.The mysterious tadpole. It soon becomes clear that Louis's pet tadpole is not turning into an ordinary frog.The story of the dancing frog. Relates the adventures of Great Aunt Gertrude and her dancing frog as they travel the world and gain fame and fortune.G.DVD.- Subjects: Cronin, Doreen.; Spiders; Insects; Mice; Tadpoles; Friendship; Children's films.; Animated films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for children.;
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- Animal / by Jackson, Tom,1953-;
Explore the animal kingdom, from the tiniest insects to the mighty humpback whale.- Subjects: Animals;
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- Ten birds that changed the world / by Moss, Stephen,1960-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."For the whole of human history, we have shared our world with birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food, fuel and feathers; placed them at the heart of our rituals, religions, myths and legends; poisoned, persecuted and often demonized them; and celebrated them in our music, art and poetry. Even today, despite a growing disconnect between humanity and the rest of nature, birds continue to play an integral role in our lives. Ten Birds that Changed the World tells the story of this long and intricate relationship, spanning the whole of human history, and featuring birds from all seven of the world's continents. It does so through those species whose lives, and their interactions with us, have - in one way or another - changed the course of human history. From when Noah sent out the Raven from the Ark, birds have been central to our superstitions, mythology and folklore. Once humans switched from hunter-gathering to settled societies they began to domesticate wild birds: first the Rock Dove - now the domestic or feral Pigeon - used to communicate over long distances; and then the Wild Turkey and other species for food - later, they became the centerpiece of the annual family festivals of Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Dodo of the Indian Ocean is the icon of extinction, while Darwin's Finches changed the way we look at life on our planet, and the droppings of the Guanay Cormorant provided vast amounts of phosphates, kickstarting a global agricultural revolution. In North America, the Snowy Egret almost disappeared when its plumes were used for fashion; this led to the modern bird protection and conservation movement. The Bald Eagle is the proud symbol of the USA, but eagles have a checkered history, especially in Roman and Nazi propaganda. In China, Mao's 'Great Leap Forward' turned out to be the exact opposite. His call to kill millions of Tree Sparrows meant the insects they ate destroyed the grain harvest - leading to a famine in which thirty million people died. Finally, the Emperor Penguin of Antarctica stands as a potent symbol of how humanity's future is now in the balance, as it heads towards becoming the first global casualty of the Climate Emergency. It is an urgent sign, warning us about our own survival on the planet? Ten Birds that Changed the World is a 'big picture' view of global human history, seen through a unique and original viewpoint: our relationship with birds, as crucial to our lives today as is has ever been"--- Subjects: Birds; Human-animal relationships;
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