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In The Beginning God! 3rd ed.
Here are the resource lists, taken directly from each of the following units. These resources are optional, and not required to complete a Christian Cottage Unit.
- Roots & Relations: God's family unit. Make family history books, study genetics, and make a cell-in-a-baggie
| Primary Levels |
Title; Author |
ISBN# |
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Ox Cart Man; Donald Hall |
0140504419 |
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Josefina Story Quilt; Elanor Coerr |
0064441296 |
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Owl Moon; Jane Yolen |
0399214577 |
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If I Lived Alone (Sesame Street Series); Michaela Muntean |
0895777282 |
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Heredity; Dennis B. Fradin |
0516012339 |
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Me and My Family Tree; Paul Showers |
0690038860 |
| Elementary Levels |
Little House in the Big Woods; Laura Ingalls Wilder |
0060885378 |
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Little House on the Prairie; Laura Ingalls Wilder |
0060885394 |
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Sarah, Plain and Tall; Patricia MacLaughlan |
0064402053 |
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DNA is Here to Stay; Frances R. Balkwell |
0876147635 |
| Intermediate Levels |
Joni; Joni Ericson Tada |
0310240018 |
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Jacob Have I Loved; Katherine Paterson |
158118073X |
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Show Me No Mercy: A Compelling Story of Remarkable Courage; Robert Perske |
0687384354 |
| Advanced Levels |
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl; Anne Frank |
0553296981 |
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The Swiss Family Robinson; Johann Wyss |
1414282249 |
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The Hiding Place; Corrie Ten Boom |
1577489195 |
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Roots; Alex Haley |
0385037872 |
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The Zion Chronicles; Bodie Theone |
0764283065 |
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Cheaper by the Dozen; Frank Gilbreth |
0060763132 |
| Optional Library Reouces |
National Archives Branches |
www.archives.gov |
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Adam and Eve Family Tree: The Genealogy of Jesus Christ |
Good Things Company |
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The How Book for Genealogists; George B. Evereton |
0685467872 |
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Heraldry; Julian Franklyn |
0498066835 |
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An Heraldric Alphabet; J.P. Brooke |
06680029412 |
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Keeping Family Stories Alive: A Creative Guide to Taping your Family, Life and Love; Vera Rosenbluth |
0881790265 |
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Heredity, A New True Book; Dennis B. Fradin |
0516012339 |
| Videos |
Fiddler on the Roof |
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The Sound of Music |
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- Light & Matter: experiment with physical science
| Primary Levels |
Title; Author |
ISBN# |
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The Story of Noah and the Flood; Jude Winkler |
0899429610 |
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Science Project Book of Light; Steve Parker |
1403472912 |
| Elementary Levels |
The World that Was; Dr. Philip Young, M.D. |
1880451034 |
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The New Answers Book; Ken Ham |
0890515093 |
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The Sower Series: Isaac Newton; John Hudson Tiner |
0915134063 |
| Intermediate Levels |
Adam and His Kin, The Lost History of Their Lives and Times; Dr. Ruth Beechick |
0940319071 |
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Science and the Bible; Henry Morris |
0802406564 |
| Advanced Levels |
Men of Science, Men of God, Great Scientists of the Past Who Believed the Bible; Henry M. Morris |
0890510806 |
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Scientists Who Believe: 21 Tell Their Own Stories; Warren W. Wiersbe |
0802476341 |
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The Flood in the Light of the Bible, Geology, and Archeology; Alfred M. Rehwinkel |
0570031834 |
- Early Civilizations: study Egypt, international temples, and make a model of the wilderness tabernacle
| Primary Levels |
Title; Author |
ISBN# |
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I, Tut, the Boy Who Became Pharoah; Miriam Schlein |
0590075713 |
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Tut's Mummy: Lost... and Found; Judy Donnelly |
0394991893 |
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Who Built the Pyramids?; Jane Chisholm |
0794503438 |
| Elementary Levels |
Pharoahs of Ancient Egypt; Elizabeth Payne |
0394846990 |
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Cleopatra; Diane Stanley |
0688154808 |
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Life and Times: Cleopatra and the Egyptians; Andrew Langley |
0850785960 |
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Pyramid; David Macaulay |
0395321212 |
| Intermediate Levels |
The Golden Goblet; Eloise Jarvis McGraw |
3410303359 |
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Mara, Daughter of the Nile; Eloise Jarvis McGraw |
069820087X |
| Upper Intermediate and Advanced Levels |
Adam and His Kin, The Lost History of Their Lives and Times; Dr. Ruth Beechick |
0940319071 |
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Tales of Ancient Egypt; Roger Lancelyn Green |
0140367160 |
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Legacies of the Ancient River Triology; Angela Elwell Hunt |
0764281941 (boxed set) |
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Jerusalem, The City of God and Melchizidek; Ellen Gunderson Traylor |
1404186409, 1565075285 |
| Optional Additional Resources for Further Research |
How Children Lived; Melanie Rice |
0756618061 |
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Mummies Made in Egypt; Aliki |
0064460118 |
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How Do We Know the Bible is True?; Lynn Waller |
0310538211 |
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Mummies, Tombs and Treasure: Secrets of Ancient Egypt; Lila Perl Yerkow |
0395547962 |
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Ancient Egypt Book/Treasure Chest; George Hart |
1561384623 |
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Pyramid; David Macaulay |
0395321212 |
| Creation Resources |
Creation: Facts of Life; Dr. Gary Parker |
0890514925 |
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Noah's Ark and the Ararat Adventure; John D. Morris |
0890511667 |
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The Answers Book and The Lie; Ken Ham |
0890515093, 0890511586 |
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Scientific Creationism; Henry M. Morris |
0890510032 |
- Oceanography: study ocean lands, waves and animals, then set up an aquarium
| Primary Levels |
Title; Author |
ISBN# |
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Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie; Peter Roop |
0876144547 |
| Elementary Levels |
Paddle to the Sea; Holling C. Holling |
0395292034 |
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Seabird; Holling C. Holling |
0395266815 |
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Pagoo; Holling C. Holling |
0395539641 |
| Intermediate Levels |
Jacob Have I Loved; Katherine Paterson |
0064403688 |
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Captains Courageous; Rudyard Kipling |
0486407861 |
| Upper Intermediate and Advanced Levels |
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; Jules Verne |
1402725337 |
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The Old Man and the Sea; Ernest Hemingway |
0684801221 |
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Moby Dick; Herman Melville |
1593081669 |
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How to Dissect; William Berman |
0671763423 |
- Greece & Rome: study government, a Greek play, and make Roman Architecture models
| Primary Levels |
Title; Author |
ISBN# |
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How They Lived, A Roman Centurion; Stewart Ross |
0865921407 |
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Growing Up in Ancient Rome; Mike Corishley |
081672721X |
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Pompeii...Buried Alive; Edith I. Kunhardt |
0394888669 |
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Eyewitness Books- Ancient Rome; Simon James |
0679807411 |
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I Wonder Why Romans Wore Togas; Fiona MacDonald |
0753450577 |
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Journey Through History - Greek and Roman Eras; Gloria Verges |
0812033884 |
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The Trojan Horse, How the Greeks Won the War; Emily Little |
0394896742 |
| Elementary Levels |
Aesop and Company; Barbara Bader |
0395505976 |
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Mystery History of the Roman Coliseum; Rhiannon Ash |
0761306137 |
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What Do We Know About the Romans?; Mike Corbishley |
0872263525 |
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BBC Fact Finders - Roman Britain; Jenny Hall |
0563349999 |
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Detectives in Togas; Henry Winterfield |
0152162801 |
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Beric the Briton - Roman Invasion; G.A. Henty |
1576468690 |
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Aesop for Children; Milo Winter |
0026890224 |
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Book of Virtues for Young People; William J. Bennett |
0689816138 |
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Rome & Romans; Heather Amery |
0794503365 |
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Living in Roman Times; Jan Chisholm |
086020619X |
| Intermediate Levels |
Gladiator; Richard Watkins |
039582656X |
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Usborne Greeks; Susan Peach |
0794504280 |
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Encyclopedia of the Roman World; Jane Bingham |
0794501176 |
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Bronze Bow; Elizabeth George Speare |
0395137195 |
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Martyr of the Catacombs: A Tale of Ancient Rome; An Anonymous Christian |
0825421438 |
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Children's Homer; Padraic Colum |
0689868839 |
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The Book of Virtues; William J. Bennett |
0671683063 |
| Advanced Levels |
The Odyssey; by Homer |
0451527364 |
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The Iliad; Homer |
0753457229 |
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Julius Caesar (Barron's Shakespeare Made Easy); William Shakespeare |
0812035739 |
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Ben Hur; Lew Wallace |
1561797456 |
| Optional Additional Resources by Order of Level |
Ancient Rome Discovery Kit; Joseph Farrell |
156138500X |
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Make this Roman Villa; Ian Ashman |
0746004621 |
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Make this Roman Fort; Ian Ashman |
0746036914 |
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Make this Trojan Horse; Ian Ashman |
0794509525 |
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The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece; Robert Morkot |
0140513353 |
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Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome; Christopher Scarre |
0140513299 |
- Weather: build your own weather station
| Primary Levels |
Title; Author |
ISBN# |
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Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie; Peter Roop |
0876144547 |
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Snow Walker; Margaret K. Wetterer |
087614959X |
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Storm Chasers - Tracking Twisters; Gail Herman |
0448416247 |
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Thunder Cake; Patricia Polacco |
0698115813 |
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My Side of the Mountain; Jean Craighead George |
0141312424 |
| Elementary Levels |
Stormy, Misty's Foal; Marguerite Henry |
0689714874 |
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Tornadoes; Seymour Simon |
0064437914 |
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Little House in the Big Woods; Laura Ingalls Wilder |
0060581808 |
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Abbie Burgess, Lighthouse Heroine; Dorothy H. Jones |
0892720182 |
| Intermediate Levels |
Island of the Blue Dolphins; Scott O'Dell |
0440439884 |
| Intermediate/Advanced |
The Swiss Family Robinson; Johann David Wyss |
0486416607 |
| Advanced Levels |
Robinson Crusoe; Daniel Defoe |
0486404277 |
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Tempest (Barron's Shakespeare Made Easy); William Shakespeare |
0812036034 |
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Lord Jim; Joseph Conrad |
0486406504 |
- Middle Ages: castles, cathedrals, and a Renaissance feast
| Dark Ages |
Title; Author (level) |
ISBN# |
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Long Ago in a Castle; Marie R. Farre (Primary & Elementary) |
0944589065 |
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Knights; Carole Lynn Corbin (Primary & Elementary) |
0531106926 |
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Castle; David Macaulay (Elementary) |
0395329205 |
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All About Knights; Michael Gibson (Elementary & Intermediate) |
0821900161 |
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Knights and Castles; Will and Ma Osborne (Primary & Elementary) |
0375802975 |
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Medieval Knights; Trevor Cairns (Advanced text, great pictures) |
0521389534 |
| Middle Ages |
Cathedrals: Stone Upon Stone; Brigitte Gandiol-Coppin (all levels) |
0944589243 |
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Cathedral; David Macaulay (Elementary) |
0395316685 |
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Medieval Warfare; Koch (all levels) |
1566198844 |
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Pictorial History of Music; Paul Henry Lang (all levels) |
0758175698 |
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Medieval Military Dress, 1066-1500; Christopher Rothero |
0713709332 |
| The Renaissance |
The Renaissance and the New World; Giovanni Caselli (all levels) |
0613110692 |
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Renaissance Places; Sarah Howarth (all levels) |
1562940899 |
| The Reformation |
Foxe's Christian Martyrs of the World; John Foxe (all levels) |
1557480524 |
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This Was John Calvin; Thea B. Van Halsema (Upper levels) |
0801092833 |
| Literature |
Michael the Angel; Laura Fischetto (Primary) |
0385308442 |
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Gutenberg; Leonard Everett Fisher (Elementary) |
0027352382 |
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Tales from Shakespeare; Charles & Mary Lamb (Elementary) |
0140366776 |
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Ivanhoe; Sir Walter Scott (Advanced) |
0553213261 |
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The Black Arrow; Robert Louis Stevenson (Advanced) |
0812565622 |
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When Knighthood was in Flower; Charles Major, Edwin Caskoden (Advanced) |
1557425418 |
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Brother Cadfael Mysteries; Ellis Peters (Advanced) |
series, look for individual titles |
| Videos |
Princess Bride, Lion in Winter |
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Hamlet, Camelot (Rogers & Hammerstein's Musical) |
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Henry V, Lady Hawke |
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Robin Hood (Disney Cartoon), or Robin Hood with Errol Flynn |
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The Saracen Blade |
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- Bread of Life: "Biomes, Birds, Bugs & Bodies" life science activities for the whole family
| Primary Levels |
Title; Author (level) |
ISBN# |
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Creative, Hands-on Science Experiments; Jerry DeBruin |
0916456870 |
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The Atlas of the Living World; David Attenborough |
0395494818 |
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Science in the Creation Week; David Unfred |
1568570066 |
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Backyard Scientist; Jane Hoffman |
0961866306 |
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Personal Fitness; Boy Scouts of America |
0839532865 |
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Experiences in Biology; Kathleen Julicher |
1888717289 |
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Feasting...Naturally; Mary A. Pickard |
0934474052 |
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Birds of North America: A Guide to Field Identification; Chandler S. Robbins |
1582380902 |
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National Audobon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers (eastern and western); John W. Thieret |
0375402322 (e)
0375402330 (w) |
| Videos |
A Bug's Life (Disney/Pixar) |
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- Astronomy: activities, information and experiments
| Levels will vary |
Title; Author (level) |
ISBN# |
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Astronomy for Every Kid; Janice Van Cleave |
0471542857 |
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Earth Science for Every Kid; Janice Van Cleave |
0471530107 |
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The Trained Eye; Leon Palmer |
0030013674 |
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Whitney's Star Finder; Charles Whitney |
0679725822 |
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Astronomy; Boy Scouts of America Staff |
0839533039 |
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Burnham's Celestial Handbook: An Observer's Guide to the Universe Beyond the Solar System; Robert Burnham Jr. |
048623567X (vol 1), 0486235688 (vol 2), 0486236730 (vol 3) |
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The Stars: A New Way to See Them; H.A. Rey |
0395248302 |
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| Description |
SKU # |
Price |
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| Volume 1 "In The Beginning God!" 3rd Ed. |
ITBG |
$75 |
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