Search Results: Science/Nature-Children from D'Qualitas Books, Et. Al.

San Francisco, CA USA: Chronicle Books, 1992. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. First edition, 1st printing ( no. line 1,3,5,7 etc.). An array of unfolding animal illustrations with a lilting alphabet verse. Creatures are featured from the alligator to the zebra. This book has an appeal for both children and adults. It can be read aloud or used as a creative and instructional display. 12 fold outs. Great for nature lovers and art lovers of nature.

Washington D.C. : National Wildlife Federation, 1986. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Copyright 1986. 11" x 8.5". 77 pp. Ages 9-13. A resource book for parents and teacher to help students learn about the solar system and astronomy through listening, games, research, and activities such as Night Sky Bingo and making mud craters, sun dials, and star clocks; Constellation Fever, Time Line Through Space and numerous other activities. A creative way for students to learn about astronomy. Heavy paper. Stapled book. Clean pages, no writing. Front wrap top edge roughness with .25" mended closed tear. Not ex-library. Not all books with this title have the same activities and number of pages. This book is in stock.

New York, N.Y.: Holiday House, 1976. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Charles Robinson. The book is clean with no writing. A few edge dings and spine ends' bumping in spine ends' area. It has attractive gold cloth covered boards with illustrations of cheetah cubs on lower front cover. Muted colors blend with landscape and the cheetahs' coloring. Library binding. Missing dust jacket. Synopsis: On the Serengeti Plains of East Africa, a cheetah mother has taught her cubs to hunt, chase and kill their prey. For eighteen months, she has protected them and taught them survival skills.

USA: Holt, Rhinehart and Winston, Inc., 1969. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. SBN: 030811805. 1st Edition (number line on left side 9,0,1,2,3), 1st printing (number line on right side (9,8,...1). Not ex-library. Matte covers. Book appears unread. Clean with no writing or remainder mark. Corner tips and spine tail rubbing. Tiny corner tip bump line. Colorful illustrations with large simplified text. Book grade level 3-4, could be a read aloud for a younger child. This is a non-fiction book NOT about a child and his soapbox racing machine. The book explains the purpose of clouds in simplified language for a child at age 6+.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Stated First American Edition, no print line. Near Fine with tad of spine end wrinkling and warp o/w Fine. 64 pp. No dust jacket. See "Table of Contents". Index included.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Scholastic Book Services, 1980. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Mamoru Funai. 1st Edition, 1st printing of this soft cover. The Title is Great Gorillas - another book may be listed with the same ISBN, but this is the correct ISBN for this book. A glued book with no writing or remainder mark. A couple of dabs of glue residue on back cover and a few dot indents. White pages with green, white, gray, and black illustrations. A collectible.

Boston, MA: Little Brown And Company, 1979. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brown, Mary Barrett. Stated 1st Edition, 1st printing (Full number line). Grade 5 to adult. Signed by author with "Best Wishes Barbara J. Esbensen". 32 unpaginated pages. Reinforced binding. Not ex-library. Unclipped price corner. Green paper over boards with silver spine print. Tiny indent/puncture with no hole on rear free endpaper, else "Fine". Book is clean with no writing or remainder/overstock mark. Slight spine head bump. Dust jacket has slight bottom edge roll. Summary: This book covers the loon's habitat, mating, diet, and amazing diving and swimming skills and includes plus captivating illustrations.

Albany, Texas: Bright Sky Press, 2003. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Shaw, Charles. 1st Edition, 1st printing (Full no. line). 8vo. 48 pp. Unclipped corner price. New mylar protective cover over jacket. Tiny spine ends' creases and one page corner crease. Dust jacket has bright panels with an open spine end tear approx. 2mm. Dust jacket 's front panel's top edge is rough with some edge roll and a light horizontal crease. Tiny flap fold top creases. This book is divided into two parts. The first section is a fictitious tale about the animals who live in Horned Toad Canyon. Synopsis: A cattle stampede upsets the desert animals rather tranquil life, but they communicate well with one another and survive unscathed. --The second part is an informative section about horned toads. Included is a glossary, Aztec and Spanish words, and sources for additional information.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Stated First American Edition, no print line. Near Fine with tad of spine end wrinkling o/w Fine. 64 pp. No dust jacket. See "Table of Contents". Index included.

Chicago New York San Francisco: Rand McNally & Company, 1966. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. D. Bordogna. American Edition copyright 1966. Copyright 1964, Italy. English copyright 1965. Blue Cloth over boards with black spine print. A clean book with no writing or remainder mark. 90 pages plus 3 index pages. Not ex-library. Spine ends' bumping with light wear. Corners' tips with wear. Dust jacket with original corner price of $3.95. Small tear on end of fold flap of approximately 5 mm with adjacent area coating wear. Spine ends' area wear, corner tip wear, and sporadic edge wear. Hundreds of colorful illustrations. Partials contents: The Earth's first living things; the work of glaciers, water and wind; volcanoes, seasons, life on earth from the earliest geological times and much more.

Toronto, Ontario: Greey de Pencier Books, 1994. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Allan Cormack, Deborah Drew-Brook, Jock McRae. Greey de Pencier Books, 1st ed, 1st printing, 1994, (Number line begins with "A"). No dust jacket. Clean with no writing. Negligible panel wear. Spine nicks, spine tail wear, and light corner wear. Light rubbing. Synopsis: This book contains large and easy-to-understand text with numerous illustrations about nature. Plants, animals, and types of grasslands as well as explanations of the desert, lake, river, ocean, and coral reef are provided. In addition, close ups of air, soil, and grasslands are shown and explained. A glossary is included.

New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Sergio. Appears almost new. No dust jackets. Makes cracking sound upon opening. Securely bound. Unpaginated. Heavily illustrated and very informative. Ages 10-adult interest level.

Minneapolis, Mn: T.S. Denison Company, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Mary Kleitz. SBN Number on back of book is 513-03174-2. There is no ISBN. No dust jacket. Reinforced binding. Not Ex-library. Presumed 1st Edition, 1st Printing. No indication of other printings. 48 pp. Matte covers. Heavy stock paper with watercolor illustrations. A well-taken care of book. Square corners with no apparent wear aside from a spot of foxing on spine and a small crease on spine tail, otherwise "Fine". Synopsis: Stuart is at the zoo thinking about his science project when he spots a large egg. Taking it home, he decides to incubate the egg, so it will hatch. What a surprise! It's a rhea. He has to return it to the zoo so now he has no science project. The teacher raises his spirits with a surprise.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1964. Book Club Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Joseph Low. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science Book Club. Grade Level 3.2. A clean book with no remainder mark. Not ex-library. No dust jacket. Matte covers. Attractive panels with negligible wear. Small neatly written owner's name at top of first pastedown. Two corners with coating wear. Light spine tail wear and spine head bump line. Illustrations in black, grey, and white plus yellow, rust, green, and aqua. Leaves alternate between color pages and black to white pages. Fresh pages.

New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Ben Shecter. No dust jacket. Not ex-library. Cover panels in near fine condition. Gently read or unread. Book has no wear aside from slight spine tail bumping. Slant on one spine end. Three small circular smudges - one on the pastedown and one on each endpaper. Synopsis: Teddy learns from his father and mother about birds, toads, and frogs. He continues his education by observing the characteristics, habits and actions of these creatures as he explores the garden, the pond, and his environment. Watercolor illustrations accompany the text.

New York Toronto London Auckland Sydney Tokoyo: Scholastic Book Services, 1972. Soft cover. Very Good. Brinton Turkle. 1st Scholastic paperback edition, 1st printing, 1972. Glued book. Original price on cover. Unpaginated. Light cover wear, creasing, and edge wear. Clean pages with no writing. Toning. One splotch that blends with cover. Synopsis: The author names an animal and gives reasons why it likes it hot or cold. Large watercolor illustrations draw the reader to the animal,and the use of simple text makes it easy for a young child to follow.