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  The Octopus Scientists

  Sy Montgomery

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  With three hearts and blue blood, its gelatinous body unconstrained by jointed limbs or gravity, the octopus seems to be an alien, an inhabitant of another world. It’s baggy, boneless body sprouts eight arms covered with thousands of suckers—suckers that can taste as well as feel. The octopus also has the powers of a superhero: it can shape-shift, change color, squirt ink, pour itself through the tiniest of openings, or jet away through the sea faster than a swimmer can follow.         But most intriguing of all, octopuses—classed as mollusks, like clams—are remarkably intelligent with quirky personalities. This book, an inquiry into the mind of an intelligent invertebrate, is also a foray into our own unexplored planet. These thinking, feeling creatures can help readers experience and understand our world (and perhaps even life itself) in a new way.

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  Later Than You Think - The...

  Fritz Leiber

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  Later Than You Think by Fritz Leiber - It's much later. The question is ... how late? 
  Obviously the Archeologist's study belonged to an era vastly distant from today. Familiar similarities here and there only sharpened the feeling of alienage. The sunlight that filtered through the windows in the ceiling had a wan and greenish cast and was augmented by radiation from some luminous material impregnating the walls and floor. Even the wide desk and the commodious hassocks glowed with a restful light. Across the former were scattered metal-backed wax tablets, styluses, and a pair of large and oddly formed spectacles. The crammed bookcases were not particularly unusual, but the books were bound in metal and the script on their spines would have been utterly unfamiliar to the most erudite of modern linguists. One of the books, lying open on a hassock, showed leaves of a thin, flexible, rustless metal covered with luminous characters. Between the bookcases were phosphorescent oil paintings, mainly of sea bottoms, in somber greens and browns. Their style, neither wholly realistic nor abstract, would have baffled the historian of art. 
  A blackboard with large colored crayons hinted equally at the schoolroom and the studio. 
  In the center of the room, midway to the ceiling, hung a fish with irridescent scales of breathtaking beauty. So invisible was its means of support that—also taking into account the strange paintings and the greenish light—one would have sworn that the object was to create an underwater scene. 
  The Explorer made his entrance in a theatrical swirl of movement. He embraced the Archeologist with a warmth calculated to startle that crusty old fellow. Then he settled himself on a hassock, looked up and asked a question in a speech and idiom so different from any we know that it must be called another means of communication rather than another language. The import was, "Well, what about it?"

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  The Last Shepherd

  Travis Pond

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  Imagine being present when the angel appeared to the shepherds in Bethlehem and witnessing the angelic choirs singing and praising God. Imagine the angel extending his arms and inviting you to visit the Christ child. Would you go? What would you sacrifice to see the Christ child? What struggles would you endure to know Christ? 
  Nathanael and Bina saw the angel and received the invitation to visit. Travel with them as they search for a stable and visit the newborn babe. Make the journey through their eyes as they overcome challenges and physical limitations to have a relationship with Christ.

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  The Homeless Birds

  Gita V. Reddy

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  Ranjan meets a most unusual bird in his garden. Bigger than him and able to talk, the bird is lost and doesn't know in which direction its home lies. Ranjan takes his compass and goes with the bird to help it. And learns a valuable lesson. 
  All living creatures need one another even though the connection is not clear. It is said, ‘When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.’ 
  The Homeless Birds shows how human beings and human habitat sometimes threaten other species and their space.

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  Sinclair the Velociraptor Who...

  Douglas Rees

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  Sinclair, the Velociraptor Who Thought He Was a Chicken features music and special effects. Listen along and enjoy the fun!An action-packed and hilarious audiobook about a family of chickens with one member who is a little different from the rest.Edna the very first chicken is hatching her very first eggs!With long, sharp teeth and claws, one of her chicks, Sinclair, is an unusual chicken. But when Gorgosaurus threatens his family, Sinclair might just prove to be the best chicken ever.Heartfelt and humorous, this delightful audiobook celebrates dinosaurs, chickens, the importance of family, and the joy of accepting who we are.A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.

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  Friendly The Snowman

  Donald Kasen

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  Michael got the best Christmas present he could imagine—his own ice skates. His older brothers tried to teach him to skate but Michael just couldn’t get the hang of it. In desperation Michael decided to go off by himself and learn on his own. Michael meets Friendly the Snowman who is a great teacher and Michael masters the art of ice skating.

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