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About the Author

Karen Gravelle is the author of Walker and Company's The Period Book and is the author of several other books about difficult issues facing today's adolescents. She lives in New York City. Nick and Chava Castro are brothers who live and attend middle school in Los Angeles, California. Robert mostrar mais Leighton is an illustrator and professional game designer who lives in New York City. This is his first book. mostrar menos

Obras por Karen Gravelle

Five Ways to Know about You (2001) 12 exemplares
Teenage Fathers (1992) 9 exemplares
Fun Facts About Creatures (1986) 6 exemplares

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female

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Discusses how and why adopted children may try to locate and get to know their birth parents and examines possible psychological benefits and problems associated with the process. Selected Reading Questionnaire.
 
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ACRF | Aug 1, 2022 |
This book is part of a series called growing up in America, which talks about different cultures in America. This story follows a young girl named Alida and her family. They live right on a Bayou and the bayou is her favorite place to go. There's then a few pages that talk about the history of Louisiana. Then Alida's love of Cajun music is discussed. Mardi gras is also talked about. This story is interesting because it switches between the story of Alida and information about Louisiana.
 
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KPyfromDay | Nov 14, 2019 |
great - the pictures are for more mature minds
 
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katieloucks | 3 outras críticas | Feb 26, 2016 |
This book is all about how animals communicate, with each other and with us. It's written for young readers (I would say age group eight to twelve) but is very informative and I even learned a few things. While none of the topics are discussed in a lot of depth, they are all clearly presented. Each section is headed with a short descriptive passage of an animal interacting with others, and then the following chapter explains how this is possible. Not only the different methods animals use to communicate- sound, scent, touch, body posture and so on- but also why their communication abilities differ (animals that live underground or are nocturnal don't use many visual signals, for example). Animals featured in the book include honeybees, rattlesnakes, prairie dogs, housecats, chimpanzees, songbirds, elephants, seals, deer, frogs, sheep and even certain fish (which pulse electric signals to each other)! The final chapters discuss why dogs are so good at communicating with people (we share many similar types of signals) and how humans have taught signals and rudimentary language to dolphins, chimpanzees and gorillas. I was familiar with the apes briefly presented here- Lucy, Washoe and Koko. Even though this book is written for kids, it was a satisfying quick read for me.

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jeane | Dec 24, 2014 |

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Obras
30
Membros
557
Popularidade
#44,822
Avaliação
4.0
Críticas
9
ISBN
78
Línguas
6

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