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Alvin Silverstein
Virginia Silverstein
Our Price$5.95
Availability: In Stock
Format: Book
Grade Level: 5 - 8 (ages 10 - 13)
ISBN: 0486410579
Page Count: 96
Dimensions: 6 3/8 x 9
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.

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