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Garden to Vase: Growing and Using Your Own Cut Flowers

by: Linda Beutler, Allan Mandell

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Garden to Vase will encourage even the most reluctant flower arranger to wield a pair of clippers.

Release Date: 12/31/1969

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Birds, Birds, Birds! An Indoor Birdwatching Field Trip DVD Video Bird and Bird Song Guide

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The DVD can be viewed on the living room TV or on personal computers as a 70-minute bird-filled documentary. It also serves as an audio/visual reference guide-- one can use the easy-to-use menus to quickly find a particular bird (it contains 218 species found in Midwest and Eastern North America). The DVD is full of extraordinary photography, bird songs and with video footage.

Release Date: 12/01/2004

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The Encyclopedia of Animals: A Complete Visual Guide

Amazon Price: $26.37 (as of 11/10/2009)
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What a fantastic tome, all five pounds of it. Pages are packed with illustrated information in full color. The kids beg to look over the book, and ask for more information from the highlights. In addition, they're learning geography, as each page shows a world map with the habitat range.

Thirty years ago, a book of this caliber would have cost hundreds of dollars. Thank goodness that the world economy supports lower prices now.