Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and Her Remarkable Discoveries (Rare Treasure)

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Before the word dinosaur was even invented, an English girl discovered a remarkable skeleton on the rocky beach at Lyme Regis. Thus began a lifelong passion for the woman who became one of the first commercial fossil collectors. Mary Anning (17991847) spent her lifetime teaching herself about fossils and combing the rugged shore for ancient treasures. Her collection thrilled the public, excited the scientific community, and proved that a woman could overcome danger and social limitations to accomplish great things.

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When Mary was a Little Girl, She Discovered a Dinosaur.......2005-05-05

Mary Anning was born to a poor family and grew up on Great Britain's southern shores. Her cabinetmaker father helped support his family by finding and selling fossils from the Jurassic period which were abundant in that area. He died when Mary was only eleven, but she'd learned his fossil finding skills. Mary is credited with finding the first ichthyosaur fossils when she was eleven year old. This book, by Don Brown, as wonderful as the others he's done about amazing women, shows young readers Mary's childhood and the hardships she had to rise above. It's a perfect book for any dinosaur loving child. After all, they should know how we know about the great beasts that roamed the earth so long ago.

Like Mr. Brown's other books, this is written for a child a bit older than my son's almost three years, but we, Devon and I, go over this book a lot and when he is reading, and the good Lord willing, that won't be too much longer. This is one of the books he's going to be reading. If you've got a young child and you want to open the world of reading to him or her, you cannot go wrong with a book written and illustrated by Don Brown.

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Terific illustrations, inspiring book.......2003-08-04

I have used this book (and others by Don Brown) to support a "Famous People" unit I teach in my 2nd grade classroom. I love the illustrations in this book and the inspiring and interesting text. This book would be especially (but certainly not exclusively) appealing for children interested in prehistoric times.

Rare Treasure: Mary Anning and her Remarkable Discoveries.......1999-12-18

Having loved all of Don Brown's previous work, I was happy to see that this work was highly praised by Pulitzer Prize-winner Natalie Angier in the New York Times Book Review. Rare Treasure was even better than the first books: historically accurate, engaging, and beautifully illustrated. Brown is able to write simply and humanistically about remarkable people, in a way that allows the young reader to relate. He spoke at my daughters' elementary school, and both kids and parents are still talking about his work. Bravo! Don Brown, write more!

My kids loved it........1999-12-16

My 4 year old son and 6 year old daughter just love the book. It's a great inspiration.

Beautiful Book for kids and parents.......1999-12-05

This is an inspirational story beautifully told. Kids will love the story brought to life with Don Brown's luminous illustrations. My 4-year old dinosaur-crazed nephew loves this story and the pictures as much as his older sisters. Another excellent book from Don Brown.

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A Thousand Poems
Elegant, Evocative, Sexy and Sensual
Difficult to grant quality while publishing a book eachyear
Howard Schatz has done it again.

Rare Creatures: Portraits of Models
Howard Schatz
Manufacturer: Wonderland Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0971021007

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Rare Creatures is a series of photographs by Howard Schatz of New York fashion models. The book contains 76 color photographs.

Hundreds of models come to castings at our studio in New York as a necessary step in advance of a beauty or fashion shoot. They come from all over the world and they embody an enormous range of human expression, physical beauty, complexion, sexiness, personality and hope. This work was inspired by these "rare" creatures.

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A Thousand Poems.......2003-02-21

"Rare Creatures" is a wonderful book, adding depth and intensity to a seemingly easy subject matter, making the beautiful more beautiful. Images move beyond shape, transcending sexuality and seduction. As we are drawn into the picture, she ceases to be distant, becoming one that I have always known at the same moment that she becomes timeless; remaining for eternity what we wish to be, what we dream we are. If a picture is able to paint a thousand words, "Rare Creatures" speaks a thousand poems.

Elegant, Evocative, Sexy and Sensual.......2003-02-09

Radiant beauties glow with ethereal light. Young women from all corners of the world are captured in intimate, evocative portraits, nudes, and digitally hand-tinted transmutations. In just over a decade, photographer and digital master Howard Schatz and his wife and collaborator Beverly Ornstein have created an incredible body of work for both the advertising and editorial realms, including more than a dozen books. Among the latest, Rare Creatures is a stunning paean to youthful beauty. Elegant, evocative, both sexy and sensuous, Rare Creatures is beautifully conceived and sumptuously printed.-HM

Difficult to grant quality while publishing a book eachyear.......2003-01-17

I bought this book after reading many reviews, unfortunately I did not like the book at all. The authenticity of Schatz is over, in the book you find photos giving you the feeling of a "deja vu". It's a collection of model's books not conveying at all the particular touch Schatz always had in the past.
Photography is continuous research, but why trying to have it paid by the money of past admirers, poor readers or collectors, using the name of a past glory? Such a tendency continues, Schatz is now in Milano at the Armani cafè with Athlets, great images, sensuous masses, but the exhibition could be a graduation essay of an Adobe Photoshop class. Bye Howard.

Howard Schatz has done it again........2002-10-31

Once again, Howard Schatz has taken the merely beautiful and made it gorgeous.

"Rare Creatures" is a compilation of 103 beautiful women who passed through his studio in casting sessions. The elegance of Howard's lighting, rapport with his subjects, and mastery of post production are all beautifully evident in this smoldering small book.

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Join Amelia Mire a fragile girl on a bizzare journey through love, surprises and paranoia with the boy next door, who is anything but, and his cast of unusual friends and mysterious secrets. Will this journey help her start a new life? or will it be the last piece in the puzzle of her undoing? Pin ups by-Jim Mahfood, Mike Huddleston, Scott Morse, Andi Watson, Troy Nixey and more...

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A rare debut.......2001-12-02

Kelley Seda is a refreshing new talent in the comics scene. RARE CREATURE is her first major work, and for someone just getting going, she shows an incredible courage in breaking the boundaries of storytelling--both in subject, and in form.

Just who is the titular RARE CREATURE? Is it the woman who stumbles into a society of "freaks," or are those freaks themselves the true rarity, people unbound by normalcy? Or is it the child she ends up bearing?

Kelley Seda's comics display a wonderful dichotomy. The cartooning style is clean and clear, while the story itself is more opaque. Repeated reads lend more insight into the unfolding tale. Or just staring at the linework can be a treat unto itself.

Give this book a try. When Seda does her next book and becomes the new comic book hot shot, you can say you knew her when.

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A Rare Information Source!

A rare info source!

Auk: The Dodo, and the Oryx Vanished and Vanishing Creatures
Robert Silverberg
Manufacturer: Ty Crowell Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0690111061

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Special.......2005-05-01

I read this book as a child and recently re-read it. I find this book special because it not just covers valuable details of extinct species but also tells the history and even legends surrounding them.

The author travels from around 1200 to the late 1950's and covers last sightings and noteably shows the greed that led to many species extinction.

It is a book that is still very close to challenges humanity faces today.

A Rare Information Source!.......2001-03-09

This book is indeed a rare breed of book. It is interesting and informative, and it is full of finer details and key information that I could not find anywhere else. This is a great book to read if you're researching extinct or rare animals, or if you even want to write your own book on the topic. A true gem....

A rare info source!.......2001-03-08

This book was very interesting and informative, with valuable, detailed information about each extinct or endangered species that I could not find anywhere else. This has information that is very good and it is wonderful if you are looking for detail in research of these animals or if you are writing your own book about them. This can tell you everything from the color of the dodo's feathers to the sound of the quagga's neigh...

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The Blue Whale (Creature Club)
Melissa Kim
Manufacturer: Eager Minds Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1590930592

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A close-up look at the lives of the world's most beloved-and most

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Curious Creatures
Amy Goldman Koss
Manufacturer: Price Stern Sloan
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ASIN: 0843127325

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Mystery Creatures of the Jungle
Gardner Soule
Manufacturer: Franklin Watts
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Binding: School & Library Binding

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ASIN: 0531044750

Precious Creatures A to Z (Target Earth)

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Precious Creatures A to Z (Target Earth)
Stuart A. Kallen
Manufacturer: Abdo & Daughters Publishing
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Rare Yosemite Creatures (Larkin's Little Readers) (let's travel)

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Rare Yosemite Creatures (Larkin's Little Readers) (let's travel)
bruce larkin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000NOF86O

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grade level 1 guided reading level: f intervention reading level: 10 word count : 66

The Spectacular Spider-Man #173 : Creatures Stirring (Marvel Comics)

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The Spectacular Spider-Man #173 : Creatures Stirring (Marvel Comics)
Gerry Conway
Manufacturer: Marvel Comics
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Hundreds of jokes, old and new, hilarious and horrendous, are here in this rollicking collection. Children 8 and up will find them just right. 128 pages, b/w illus. throughout, 5 3/8 x 8 1/4.

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Super Goofy Jokes
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ASIN: 1402709277

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Did you hear about the cat who ate a ball of yarn? She had mittens! If laughter is truly the best medicine, then children of all ages are about to get a whole lot healthier. Here, hundreds of jokes are divided into Games & Groans, Animal Crackers, Crazy Celebrations and other wacky categories, each sure to get a chuckle. Why would Snow White make the best judge? Why, because she’s the fairest of them all, silly!

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Super Silly Riddles
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You won't stop laughing out loud, even in school! What tree catches the most diseases? (Sycamore.) What's worse than a giraffe with a sore throat? (An octopus with tennis elbow.) What author works on Halloween? (A ghost writer.) Think you're cracking up? You will be after you hear this: What ice cream drinks weren't found on the Titanic? Floats. At your wits' end? Don't worry--you'll go mad for this wacky riddle: What do class clowns snack on? Wisecrackers.
Hungry for more? Feast on over 500 riddles that ask where a bull keeps his papers (his beef case); how oceans make popcorn (by microwave); and where the Bible mentions baseball (in the big inning).

Giggle Fit: Super Knock-Knocks (Giggle Fit)

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Giggle Fit: Super Knock-Knocks (Giggle Fit)
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ASIN: 1402708637

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Some super serious silliness has come to call! No need to check the peep-hole to identify these visitors--just ask! Knock-Knock. Who's there? Beagles. Beagles who? Beagles and cream cheese. Or, Knock-Knock. Who's there? Clark Kent. Clark Kent who? Clark Kent come, he's sick. And remember this classic, Knock-Knock. Who's there? Denise. Denise who? Denise is de sister of de nephew. Share the laughs with parents and friends!

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Funniest Joke Books: Super Silly Riddles
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Manufacturer: Random House Value Publishing
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A Little Giant Book: Super Colossal Knock-Knocks (Little Giant Books)
Chris Tait , and Jacqueline Horsfall
Manufacturer: Sterling
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ASIN: 1402749937

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Knock-knocks are a perennial favorite with youngsters, and here are hundreds to keep them giggling. This new collection of uproarious knock-knocks will take kids (and their unwitting victims!) from A (Knock-Knock. Who’s there? Ammonia. Ammonia who? Ammonia little kid, so I can’t reach the doorbell!) to Z (Knock-Knock. Who’s there? Zoe. Zoe who? Zoe doesn’t recognize my voice now?). With fantastic drawings that add to the fun, this pocket-sized volume will soon have you bursting at the seams with laughter!

A Little Giant Book: Super Silliest Riddles (Little Giant Books)

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A Little Giant Book: Super Silliest Riddles (Little Giant Books)
Chris Tait , Jacqueline Horsfall , and Morrie Gallant
Manufacturer: Sterling
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ASIN: 1402749929

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This new collection of riddles brings joke-ography to a whole new level! Kids will be laughing for hours as they turn the pages of this little book that is packed with giant fun. Begin with the “Starting from Scratch” chapter (What is the moral of the story about Jonah and the whale? You can’t keep a good man down!) and travel through the world of riddles with hundreds of “Pucks & Yucks” (Why can’t golfers attend college? They can only count up to “Fore!”). But don’t just take our word for it…as the smartest frogs say, Read-it, Read-it!

My Super Chunky Book of Jokes and Riddles

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My Super Chunky Book of Jokes and Riddles
Compiled By Mary Caputo
Manufacturer: PLAYMORE INC.
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000QG2IB2

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