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What Is a Vertebrate? (Big Science Ideas) | Paperback

by Bobbie Kalman (Author)

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$8.95

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Binding:

Paperback

Publisher:

Crabtree Publishing Company

Edition:

illustrated editionth Edition

Page Count:

32 Pages

Publication Date:

October 15, 2007

Sales Rank:

708,562th

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Product Description
This book is suitable for ages 6 to 10 years. Animals with backbones are called vertebrates. This amazing book allows students to peek inside an animal and understand its body structure from the inside out. Detailed illustrations of each animal's skeleton help show how different kinds of vertebrates move.

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