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The New Scientist - Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?
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The New Scientist - Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?The New Scientist - Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze?

This is the latest compilation of readers' answers to the questions in the 'Last Word' column of New Scientist, the world's best-selling science weekly. Following the phenomenal success of DOES ANYTHING EAT WASPS? - the Christmas 2005 surprise bestseller - this new collection includes recent answers never before published in book form, and also old favourites from the column's early days. Yet again, many seemingly simple questions turn out to have complex answers. And some that seem difficult ... 

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Tags: questions, answers, Scientist, simple, column, Freeze, Penguins
Go Back To Bed! (tumblebook)
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Go Back To Bed! (tumblebook)Go Back To Bed! (tumblebook)

“Goodnight, Edwin!” Edwin Dupree is sent up to bed, and it’s the last place he wants to be. He’s sure that more important, more exciting things are going on downstairs. When he creeps down to see—wouldn’t you know—he has been left out! His house has been transformed into a veritable wonderland of igloos and penguins, waterfalls and rafting, candies and desserts galore! It’s not fair. His parents are having so much fun without him. How will he ever fall asleep?       
 
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Tags: Edwin, rafting, candies, waterfalls, penguins, tumblebook
Mr. Popper's Penguins
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Mr. Popper's PenguinsMr. Popper's Penguins

More than 60 years have not dated this wonderfully absurd tale--it still makes kids (and parents) laugh out loud. Poor Mr. Popper isn't exactly unhappy; he just wishes he had seen something of the world before meeting Mrs. Popper and settling down. Most of all, he wishes he had seen the Poles, and spends his spare time between house-painting jobs reading all about polar explorations. Admiral Drake, in response to Mr. Popper's fan letter, sends him a penguin; life at 432 Proudfoot Avenue is never the same again. From one penguin living in the icebox, the Popper family grows to include 12 penguins, all of whom must be fed.
 
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Tags: Popper, wishes, penguin, Proudfoot, sends, Penguins, letter
Painting More Animals on Rocks
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Painting More Animals on RocksPainting More Animals on Rocks

Lin Wellford has introduced thousands of people to the unique magic of transforming ordinary rocks into imaginative works of art. The fun continues in this book as Lin takes "rock artists" through 13 more acrylic painting projects. Step-by-step instructions show how to create frogs, penguins, field mice, foals, bears, wolves and other colorful creatures. 318 illustrations, 290 in color .
 
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Tags: field, foals, bears, penguins, frogs, Rocks, Painting, Animals
Do Penguins Have Knees? An Imponderables Book
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Do Penguins Have Knees? An Imponderables BookDo Penguins Have Knees? An Imponderables Book

What happens to your Social Security number when you die? Why are ground nut listed as an ingredient in plain M&Ms? Why is Barbie's hair made out of nylon, but Ken's hair is plastic? What makes up the ever-mysterious "new-car smell"?
Pop-culture guru David Feldman demystifies these topics and so much more in Do Penguins Have Knees? - the unchallenged source of answers to civilization's most perplexing questions. This book arms readers with the knowledge about everyday life that encyclopedias, dictionaries, and almanacs just don't have.
 
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Tags: Knees, Penguins, civilization, perplexing, answers, Imponderables, source