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Life in a Bucket of Soil
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Author/Editor: Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein
ISBN 10:0486410579
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Fascinating book introduces grade-school youngsters to industrious ants, tunnel-building earthworms, snails and slugs, beetles, and many other creatures inhabiting the world beneath our feet. Vivid descriptions of how they live, breed and interact; their methods of locomotion, feeding and defense; an...  read more
 


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Product Description:

Fascinating book introduces grade-school youngsters to industrious ants, tunnel-building earthworms, snails and slugs, beetles, and many other creatures inhabiting the world beneath our feet. Vivid descriptions of how they live, breed and interact; their methods of locomotion, feeding and defense; and the effect they have on the soil in which they live.
Reprint of the Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., 1972 edition.

Product Details:

ISBN 10: 0486410579
ISBN 13: 9780486410579
Author/Editor: Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein
Format: Book
Grade level: 5 - 8 (ages 10 - 13)
Page Count: 96
Dimensions: 6 3/8 x 9
Publication date: August 2000

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