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ANIMAL DADS

Fathers are the exception rather than the rule in the animal kingdom and this edition looks at species in which the males are in charge of parenting. Visit a wildlife forensics lab …

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ANIMAL HOMES

Read about birds’, wasps’ and mouse nests, beaver lodges, badger setts, caves, burrows, houses and hives. From paper houses to people houses, there’s much to be learned about the d …

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ANIMAL MOMS AND DADS

A female Siberian tiger, a kangaroo joey, a dog named Cookie with six tiny pups, and an emperor penguin who hatches an egg and cares for his chick are just some of the animal paren …

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ANIMAL NIGHT LIFE

All the creatures who work from dusk until dawn. From bats to alligators, these crepuscular creatures share a true "nightlife." Pollinator bees, the coral reef night shift, echoloc …

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ANIMALS

Explore the ways people have tried to learn about animals, from ancient cave paintings to Jane Goodall's scientific observation to walks in the woods with a faithful dog. Also lear …

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ANIMALS KEEP SAFE

Enjoy the camouflage tricks wild animals have developed in order to protect themselves and their young. From meerats to muskrats, hedgehogs to hog-nosed snakes, nature has them equ …

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ANIMALS LIVING TOGETHER

Whether you're an Arctic wolf or an orca whale life can be a struggle. Read all about the amazing survival skills of several different species including rodents, birds and mammals. …

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ANIMALS LIVING TOGETHER

Animal communities and how they are structured and sustained is a fascinating subject. This issue is devoted to everything from a colony of ants to a herd of elephants, and include …

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ANIMALS ON THE MOVE (MIGRATION )

Wild animals have been making ancient journeys for thousands of years. Yo and his mother chat about bats as he learns the reasons why animals are on the move. From resting to nesti …

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ANIMALS, CAN WE TALK WITH THE

Everybody's talking about Ask's premier issue, "Can We Talk With the Animals?"! Discover the special ways birds, bees, fish and animals, large and small, get their messages across. …

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ANIMALS, SO MANY KINDS

Features include: Searching for New Species, Ready...Set...Bioblitz!, Gone Forever, Welcome Back, Dodo, Return of the Cranes.

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ANIMALS, WORKING

Welcome to this introduction to working dogs and other domesticated animals trained to assist people with physical challenges or jobs to do. Need to lumber with elephants, or find …

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ANIMALS; POUNCE, WADDLE, SWIM

Join Click in thinking about the ways animals move. Swim with a humpback whale, try guessing whose feet are whose, tune in to jungle travel with orangutans and apes, and discover h …

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BIRDS

Birds have been used to help human beings in surprising ways. From falconry and duck farming to mankind's attempts to fly, these feathered friends have been motivating -- and adorn …

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BIRDS RELATED TO DINOSARUS?

Find out the answer to this thought-provoking question in an extensive feature adapted from Christopher Sloan’s Feathered Dinosaurs. Additionally, neurologist/author Oliver Sacks t …

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BRINGING UP BABY

Features include: What's My Name, Click & the Kids, Caring for Babies, Baby Bella, Yo Wants to Know, Koala Joey, How to Babysit an Orangutan, Forest Families Maze

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BUGS

They were here first, they can fly, they're masters of disguise, they'll live anywhere, eat anything, and, they're organized! Listen to what the experts have to say about their fav …

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Bugs
Author: Charles F. Baker  

Did you know that some beetles eat dung and lay an egg on top of a ball of it so that the baby will have plenty of good dung to eat when it hatches? And that butterflies taste with …

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CARING FOR NATURE

This issue takes off with the rehabilitation of a bald eagle and then visits the American plains where bison really have room to roam. Next, scoot to China and Australia where prot …

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CAT-TY SCIENCE

A response to our January 2005 issue Dogs Rule! from a feline perspective. Are cats as interesting as dogs? You decide!

Available f …

  $6.95  Suggested for ages 10-15
Cave Dwellers

Features include: Click and the Kids;Inside Caves; Drawing on Walls; Drip by Drip;To the Bat Cave; Yo Wants to Know; Cave Life;The Hole in the Backyard; Beatrice Black Bear.

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COLDEST PLACES ON EARTH

Click goes global and travels to the cold and windy north and south poles. Learn how animals adapt to extreme weather, swim with a polar bear in the Arctic, or dive with penguins o …

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Curious Creatures

Explore some unusual ways birds eat, medicinal leech use - which continues today! - underwater cleaning stations for fish and eels, and insect who deserves a Mother's Day card, and …

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DESERT, LIVING IN THE

Features include: Built for the Desert, Red Wind Blowing, Yo Wants to Know, A Long Wait, Cactus Hotel

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DINOSAURS AND WORMS

Kick off with Dinosaur Ghosts: The Mystery of Coelophysis and then travel to Australia to hunt for the Gippsland earthworm. Yaaawning is sure to cast a spell on you and a shipwreck …

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DINOSAURS, DIGGING UP

Read about two famous paleontologists who made many important dinosaur discoveries - and learn why they hated each other. Discover how scientists make mistakes when they try to fig …

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DOGS RULE

The genetics of breeding dogs (line breeding or inbreeding), domestication, emotions, their role assisting humans, care and training, their secret and social lives, why we love (an …

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DOGS: WHAT MAKES THEM TICK?

Tales of dogs, pups, and even a dog "bot" bark up the right tree in this special edition featuring man's best friend. Whether the dogs in your life are basset hounds or Komondors, …

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ELEPHANTS AND IVORY

Learn tons of information about these massive mammals and how they have been feared, respected, hunted, used, abused and represented by peoples of the African continent and elsewhe …

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ENDANGERED ANIMALS, PROTECTING

Read stories about how people have endangered the lives of animals, and how they are rectifying these mistakes. Protecting Endangered Animals opens the opportunity for stimulating …

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EYES, EXTRAORDINARY

The "eyes" have it in this fascinating exploration of how people and animals see the world. Have fun with optical illusions, create your own phenakistoscope, and learn all about Lo …

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FABULOUS BUGS

From owlet moths to bombardier beetles, wheel bugs to crab spiders, insects rule in this colorful edition about bizarre bugs. Additional articles include an explanation of the Fibo …

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FEATHERED FRIENDS

Ever wonder how birds stay warm during the winter? Or how Flamingos can drink salt water when humans can't? Find out how birds use their beaks to feel and feathers to deceive pre …

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FINDING SOMETHING TO EAT

The focus is food in this delicious edition that explores food chains, how animals find food, who eats what, and how creatures avoid being eaten themselves. Track how energy in pla …

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FOOLED YOU!

Features to include: deceptive ravens, fireflies, camouflage, written all over your face, detecting lies

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FROGS, FRAGILE

Frogs are 190 million years old; the first amphibians arose 350 million years ago. But now amphibian populations are declining at alarming rates. Some researchers think the mortali …

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FROM TIGER TO TABBY

Features include: From Wild to Mild, Born to Hunt, Saving the Tigers, Big Cat, Little Cat, Tiger Tabby's Family Photos.

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GREAT APES

Gorillas, orangutans and chimpanzees resemble us in many ways. Different authors makes their cases for the candidate most likely to be our closest relative in this gripping issue. …

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GROWING AND CHANGING

Plants, puppies and even a kangaroo joey all need nourishment to mature. Whether its seeds to plants or eggs to salamanders -- or crocs! -- everything changes as it grows. Includes …

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HOME SWEET HOME

The hidden world of animal homes under our feet; birds' nests of clay, mud and sticks; and mollusks' self-grown mansions open our eyes to where things live. Articles about animals …

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HORSES, HOW WE BECAME FRIENDS WITH

Mongol soldiers on horseback thundering across the steppes, herds of sturdy ponies, horse books, and horse history from centaurs to guide ponies for the blind are featured in this …

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INSECTS AND SPIDERS

Spiders and beetles and bees, oh my! Marvel at a chrysalis as it transforms into a butterfly, make war on disease-carrying mosquitoes and learn some unusual spider lore in this fas …

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JOURNEYS, LONG (MIGRATION)

Millions of animals are on the move every year -- by land, by sea and by air. Colorful nature photography and realistic illustrations tell stories of extraordinary migrations. From …

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LET'S BE FIRENDS

It’s good for people to have friends. Do animals have friends, too? How well do you know your friends? Fill out a friendship survey. Read about the imaginary friends kids have inve …

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LIGERS AND TIGONS AND BEARS, OH MY!

Features include: The Secret Life of Jeans, Math Page: Picture Game, You are the Guardian of Your Genes, The Great Book Rescue, Hieroglyphs from the Sky, The Case of the Missing Ga …

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LIVING ON THE ICE

Features include: Click and the Kids, Life on the Ice, If You Go to Antartica, Yo Wants to Know, Keeping Warm, Finn's Just-Right World

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MIGRATION

Science is beginning to explain how geese, whales, green sea turtles, sandpipers, monarch butterflies, etc. map their routes around the world.

Available for this issue of O …

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MIGRATION, PUZZLE OF

Features include: The Hows--and Wows--of Bird Migration, Risky Business, A Sloth's Migration?, How Small Can You Go?, Coming through the Clouds, A Dark and Stormy Night: The Journe …

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NATURE, BALANCE OF

Visit coral reefs and Koala Beach. See how ecosystems like Guam's tropical forest change and develop over time. Interested in butterflies' strange relationship with army ants and t …

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Nature's Way

Learn how natural fires are a necessary part of the life of a forest. Meet a frog that survives the winter in just its bare skin, a plant that can be taller than a 4-story building …

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NIGHT FEEDERS

Although we think of the diurnal cycle - sleeping at night and going about our business during the day - as standard, that isn't the case for all creatures. This issue takes a look …

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NIGHT LIFE

Features include: Night City, The Night Shift, Bat Loves the Night, Apple Babka Night, Day Into Night

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NOSES

Follow your nose! This issue of Click is all about great noses. Roxy the beagle uses hers to help Amy and Martin find Click at the park. Elephants don’t just use their noses …

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OCTOPUS: HOW SMART COULD IT BE?

Features include: Unlikely Minds: Why the Octopus Has a Brain Rather Than a Shell, Fly Like a Bird?, The Answers about Climate Change, Chocolate Challenge

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Pets
Author: Charles F. Baker  

Did you know that prehistoric people hunted horses for food before they were used for riding, and that dogs were tamed to keep humans company and help them hunt? Of all the million …

Hardcover  $17.95  Suggested for ages 7-10
PETS ARE BEST

Features include: Whose Pet?, Fida Visits the Vet, Can You Pet a Pine Cone?, Yo Wants to Know, Sid the Snake

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PLAY, POWER OF

It's playtime in this exhilarating edition that features some of the world's most adorable animals and how they learn to play -- and why. Polar bears, leopard cubs, gray wolves, Ja …

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PRIMATES, PASSIONATE ABOUT

A look at ethologist Jane Goodall's early life, work in Gombe, her influence on zoos and primate ethology, Roots and Shoots (her environmental youth clubs around the world), the Tc …

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QUEST FOR THE GIANT SQUID

Scientists share their knowledge of the giant squid, gleaned from studying specimens washed up on shore, or found within the stomachs of sperm whales, in this probing issue. Find o …

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RUN, JUMP, SLIDE, SLITHER: HOW ANIMALS MOVE

How do animals move? Let Click count the ways. Penguins waddle, swim, dive—and even toboggan—to get around their icy homes. A mother cheetah is fast and graceful as she hunt …

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SEA MONSTERS

Magnificent marine monsters -- real and imaginary -- rule the waves in this buoyant edition. There's much to discover about giant squids, sharks, whales and much to learn from the …

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SLEEP, GOOD NIGHT'S

We each spend about one-third of our lives sleeping! Everyone has experienced sleep cycles, the stages of dreaming, yawning, and the ubiquitous pins and needles phenomenon. Discove …

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SURVIVING IN THE DESERT

Deserts cover one-eighth of the world’s surface – and as long as a region receives less than ten inches of rain a year, any area, hot or cold, is, indeed a desert. Join a spadefoot …

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SURVIVING THE COLD

Make way for the giant mammals of the Ice Age from woolly mammoths and mastodons to saber tooth tigers and giant, short-faced bears. Enjoy some definitely cool art made from ice bl …

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TAMING THE HORSE

Muse uncovers the history of domestic horses, illuminates why we don’t ride zebras and more in this eclectic edition. You’ll shed your fears after meeting a charming snake rescuer. …

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Water Animals
Author: Charles F. Baker  

Did you know that elephant seals can weigh up to 5,000 pounds and can hold their breath underwater for over an hour? Or that the eyes of giant squids are the largest in the animal …

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WELCOME HOME

Features include: Click and the Kids, A New Home for Hermit Crab, Where We Live, Beneath Your Feet, Yo Wants to Know, What a Web, Burrow Built for Two, The Nest on the Mailbox, Ani …

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Wild Animals
Author: Charles F. Baker  

Did you know that meerkats enjoy a meal of scorpions after biting off their poisonous tails? Read about this interesting creature from the southern African desert as well as about …

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WILD ANIMALS STAY HEALTHY

Life in the wild can be tough; sick or wounded animals are easy targets for prey. Learn how animals protect themselves from predators and assist their fellow species in times of il …

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ZOO, AT THE

Something tells us it's all happening at the zoo! Meet a zookeeper from Illinois and learn how animals are cared for and protected. Read about feasts for the beasts. Discover littl …

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ZOOS, AMERICA'S

Something tells us it’s all happening at the zoo! Follow how a new role for zoos grew out of concern for wild animals in the early 1970s. Meet animal dealers and breeders, and the …

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