Clive Gifford, illus. by Sarah Horne. Egmont UK/Red Shed
(IPG/Trafalgar Sq., dist.), $14.99 (48p) ISBN 978-1-4052-7381-7
Gifford suggests that animals can be real jerks in this lighthearted look at animal mischief. Cane toads, which Horne pictures dressed as mobsters, were introduced to Australia in the 1930s to eat the cane beetle, but the toads’ numbers soared to...
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Clive Gifford, Author . Kingfisher $10.95 (48p) ISBN 978-0-7534-6301-7
Beginning with the formation of the Earth, this guide to “firsts,” organized geographically, features playful illustrations and captions that highlight a hodgepodge of world events. For a section on South America and Antarctica, a bag of
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Clive Gifford, Author Kingfisher $39.95 (487p) ISBN 978-0-7534-5591-3
A wide variety of titles introduce geographical and cultural topics around the globe. The Kingfisher Geography Encyclopedia by Clive Gifford begins with the formation of the earth, its rotation and its interior, and proceeds to describe its ...
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Clive Gifford, Author Hodder Children's Books $8.95 (160p) ISBN 978-0-340-87337-3
Those fans who want to sharpen their Harry Potter prowess before book five arrives this summer might try So You Think You Know Harry Potter: Over 1000 Wizard Quiz Questions by Clive Gifford. The presentation here is straightforward: 300 questions
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Clive Gifford, illus. by William Ings. Kingfisher, $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7534-6721-3
Integrating print with electronic media, each spread of this interactive time-jumping, globe-hopping book contains digitally rendered illustrations of a world location, along with corresponding Google Earth coordinates. In ancient Rome, gladiators...
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Clive Gifford, illus. by Kate McLelland. Kane Miller, $15.99 (12p) ISBN 978-1-61067-542-0
In a series of five pop-up scenes, Gifford and McLelland reveal what lies beneath the canopy of the rain forest, a wintry field, the site of a paleontological dig, the ocean, and the city streets. Opening each spread causes a diorama-like scene to...
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Clive Gifford, illus. by Paul Boston. Kane Miller, $17.99 (96p) ISBN 978-1-61067-667-0
This slightly oversize volume compares and contrasts everything under the sun—and beyond. Gifford compares the Earth’s longest geological and human-made structures, animals’ food consumption–to-poop ratios, the sizes of small animals to those of...
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Clive Gifford, illus. by Paul Daviz. Words & Pictures, $19.95 (64p) ISBN 978-1-78603-890-6
Beginning with a brief history of rockets, this timeline-style narrative of key Soviet and U.S. achievements in space details specific missions and technological advances from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Gifford’s breaking-news-style headings
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