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Anteaters, Sloths, and Armadillos (Animals in Order Series) by Ann O. Squire
Sloths (Nature Watch Series) by Melissa Stewart
How Animals Live: Amazing World of Animals in the Wild
by E. Betram, B. Stonehouse, John Francis

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Christmas Around the World by Mary D. Lankford
The Legend of Old Befana by Tomie dePaola
Horrible Christmas (Horrible Histories) by Terry Deary

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Christmas Customs Around the World by Hector Wernecke
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Oliver Cromwell and His Warts by Alan McDonald

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Carnivorous Plants (Nature Watch) by  Rebecca L. Johnson
Savage Garden by Peter D’Amato
Skunk Cabbage, Sundew Plants and Strangler Figs: And 18 More of the Strangest Plants on Earth by Sally Kneidel

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The Great Race: The Story of the Chinese Zodiac by  Dawn Casey
The Year of the Rat by Grace Lin
Ancient Chinese (Ancient Civilizations) by Tristan Boyer Binns
The Dragon New Year: A Chinese Legend by David Bouchard

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]]> http://varmintbytes.com/?feed=rss2&p=353 0 http://varmintbytes.com/?p=349 http://varmintbytes.com/?p=349#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:59:27 +0000 Varmint Bytes http://varmintbytes.com/?p=349 This isn’t a traditional, printable Byte. Instead it is the Introduction to our film BugWorld. It was recently nominated for a Best Film Award by Kids First Film Festival - the biggest film festival organization for kids in the world. BugWorld’s category is Educational film for ages 8-12. We’ll be posting segments from the film as time goes by. The awards will be announced in December.

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Willie McLean and the Civil War Surrender by Candice F. Ransom
The Silent Witness by Robin Friedman
The Civil War for Kids: A History with 21 Activities by Janis Herbert
Stonewall Hinkleman and the Battle of Bull Run by Sam Riddleburger and Michael Hemphill

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]]> http://varmintbytes.com/?feed=rss2&p=343 0 http://varmintbytes.com/?p=337 http://varmintbytes.com/?p=337#comments Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:07:25 +0000 Varmint Bytes http://varmintbytes.com/?p=337 Whoopee!

Not a real Byte here but we are proud to announce that our film BugWorld has been nominated as a Best Film by the Kids First Film Festival - the largest film festival for kids in the world.

BugWorld is a 30 minute educational film that gives an accurate yet hilarious look at the most misunderstood creatures on Earth. Using animation, puppetry, music and lots of humor we,the Varmints, get to take kids deep inside the world of bugs.  We’ll try to post sections of it here periodically. In the mean time you can check out a trailer at our Youtube Channel.

The winners will be announced in December at the Santa Fe Film Festival. We’ll let you know what happens.

Award-winning film makers… hmmm that’s got a nice ring to it.

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Microscopic Life (Kingfisher Knowledge) by Richard Walker and Peter C. Doherty

Guide to Microlife by Kenneth G. Rainis and Bruce J. Russell

Extremely Weird Micro Monsters by Sarah Lovett

Deep Space Extremes by James Bow

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