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  • 100 Amazing Facts for Kids cover art

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    • Radio Waves

    • By: Julia Garstecki-Derkovitz
    • Narrated by: uncredited
    • Series: Waves in Motion
    • Length: 3 mins
    • Release date: 01-04-24
    • Language: English
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    • Radio waves aren't just for listening to your favorite radio station! They are used to make GPS receivers and wireless internet work. Scientists use radio telescopes to help them study space. Listeners learn about radio waves and how we use them every day.

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    • Microwaves

    • Waves in Motion
    • By: Tracy Vonder Brink
    • Narrated by: uncredited
    • Length: 3 mins
    • Release date: 02-04-24
    • Language: English
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    • Microwaves heat our food. They carry messages from phone to phone. They help detect the weather. Microwaves are all around us, even if we don't see them. Listeners will learn about microwaves and how we use them every day.

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    • Smartphones (How it Works)

    • By: Lisa J. Amstutz
    • Narrated by: Elizabeth Cottle
    • Length: 11 mins
    • Release date: 31-05-18
    • Language: English
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    • This audiobook introduces listeners to the science that makes Smartphones possible. Accessible text and engaging discussion topics make this short audiobook an exciting introduction to understanding technology....

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  • How Do Molecules Stay Together? cover art

    • How Do Molecules Stay Together?

    • A Book About Chemistry
    • By: Madeline J. Hayes
    • Narrated by: full cast
    • Length: 21 mins
    • Release date: 29-10-20
    • Language: English
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    • Have you ever wondered how molecules form groups or how forces in chemistry interact? Basic principles of chemistry, including atoms, the elements, compounds, reactions, and more, are explored through informative and engaging text in this new addition to the How Do series....

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    • Let's Find Wheels and Axles

    • Let's Find Simple Machines
    • By: Wiley Blevins
    • Narrated by: uncredited
    • Series: Let's Find Simple Machines, Book 4
    • Length: 4 mins
    • Release date: 24-04-24
    • Language: English
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    • Did you ride a bike today? Then you’ve used wheels and axles! These simple machines are all around. Take a listen and discover 13 different ways we use wheels and axles.

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  • How Garbage Gets from Trash Cans to Landfills cover art

    • How Garbage Gets from Trash Cans to Landfills

    • By: Erika L. Shores
    • Narrated by: anonymous
    • Length: 2 mins
    • Release date: 23-02-22
    • Language: English
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    • Where does the trash from last night’s pizza party go after you take it to the curb? Easy-to-understand text explains how trash gets from homes to landfills or recycling centers and describes the role of the community workers who make it all possible....

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    • Transplant Breakthroughs

    • Edge of Medicine
    • By: Heather E. Schwartz
    • Narrated by: Melanie Carey
    • Length: 20 mins
    • Release date: 09-04-24
    • Language: English
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    • From the first immunosuppressant drugs to the first successful heart transplant, this exploration of scientific inquiry celebrates the greatest developments to date in transplant medicine....

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    • Everyday Engineering: Bridges

    • By: Chris Bowman
    • Narrated by: Casey Holloway
    • Length: 4 mins
    • Release date: 13-02-23
    • Language: English
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    • Bridges take cars, trains, and people across rivers, lakes, and canyons. This introductory title covers the materials used in bridge construction, the types of bridges, and the scientific concepts that make bridges work....

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  • From Wax to Crayon cover art

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    • Becoming an Astronaut

    • By: Martha E. H. Rustad
    • Narrated by: Anonymous
    • Length: 2 mins
    • Release date: 21-02-22
    • Language: English
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    • What does it take to become an astronaut? How do astronauts train to be in outer space? Listeners will learn all about what it's like to become an astronaut....

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    • Tiny Boat, Big Job

    • By: Rachel Young
    • Narrated by: Dan Schoeneberg
    • Length: Less than 1 minute
    • Release date: 10-10-24
    • Language: English
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    • Tugboats are tiny boats that fill a big role. Kids will discover how tugboat push and pull larger boats, like barges, through narrow waterways. Using a thick, strong rope, the tugboat guides big cargo boats through the harbor by helping to turn them.

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  • What Would It Take to Upload a Mind? cover art

    • What Would It Take to Upload a Mind?

    • Sci-Fi Tech
    • By: Megan Ray Durkin
    • Narrated by: uncredited
    • Length: 10 mins
    • Release date: 24-04-24
    • Language: English
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    • In science fiction, people upload their minds into computers for them to be stored. How could this futuristic way of preserving the mind work?

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    • Beastly Firepower

    • Military Weapons and Tactics Inspired by Animals
    • By: Lisa M. Bolt Simons
    • Narrated by: uncredited
    • Length: 14 mins
    • Release date: 29-03-24
    • Language: English
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    • In the wild, animals use teeth, claws, and other natural weapons to attack their prey. On the battlefield, soldiers need weapons to fight the enemy. Military forces have often looked to nature for inspiration to develop effective weapons and combat tactics.

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    • The Story of Peanut Butter

    • It Starts with Peanuts
    • By: Robin Nelson
    • Narrated by: Book Buddy Digital Media
    • Length: 1 min
    • Release date: 01-01-21
    • Language: English
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    • How do peanuts become creamy peanut butter? A farmer grows peanuts. The sun dries the plants. The peanuts are picked and sorted. Machines remove shells. Follow the process step by step as peanut butter is made....

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  • Get Noisy with Science! Projects with Sounds, Music, and More cover art

    • Get Noisy with Science! Projects with Sounds, Music, and More

    • Not-So-Ordinary Science
    • By: Elsie Olson
    • Narrated by: uncredited
    • Length: 21 mins
    • Release date: 08-04-24
    • Language: English
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    • Ready to make some noise? These hands-on, not-so-ordinary science projects are for you! Design melodic musical instruments and squawking noisemakers. Turn up the bass with activities that let you see sound. Then, learn the science behind each rocking racket!

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    • Facts, Lessons, Stories, Volume 1

    • Four to Seven Minute Educational Chapters That Include a Fun Fact, Lesson and Story About Elephants, Octopus, Monarch ... Dolphins. (Fls: Facts, Lessons, Stories!)
    • By: Mac Lii
    • Narrated by: Stephanie Quinn
    • Length: 42 mins
    • Release date: 09-02-24
    • Language: English
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    • Elephant memory, honeybee communication, octopus intelligence, monarch butterfly migration, and dolphin names! Volume one includes a fact, lesson, and story about each of these fascinating subjects that your kids will love!

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    • Building Blunders

    • Learning from Bad Ideas (Fantastic Fails)
    • By: Amie Jane Leavitt
    • Narrated by: uncredited
    • Length: 34 mins
    • Release date: 01-04-24
    • Language: English
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    • Hear about some of the world's biggest building blunders. Find out how each structure failed, the basic building block that was missed during construction, and what engineers learned from their mistakes.

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    • The Story of Honey

    • It Starts with a Flower
    • By: Robin Nelson
    • Narrated by: Book Buddy Digital Media
    • Length: 1 min
    • Release date: 01-01-21
    • Language: English
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    • Honey is a sweet treat! But where does it come from? Flowers open. A bee flies to the flowers. The bee drinks nectar. The bees fly home. Discover what happens next in the process of making of honey....

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  • Can You Make a Book Out of Metal? cover art

    • Can You Make a Book Out of Metal?

    • Material Choices
    • By: Susan B. Katz
    • Narrated by: uncredited
    • Length: 3 mins
    • Release date: 01-06-24
    • Language: English
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    • Books are made with paper. But what if we tried to make a book with metal? Copper, tin, gold, silver—would any of those materials work to make a book? Find out more about metal, its properties, and how it is produced. Then decide if you really could make a book out of metal.

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