Pamela S Turner

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1) How to build a human: in seven evolutionary steps

Author

Turner, Pamela S

Publisher

Charlesbridge

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Golden Dome 2023-2024
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award Nominees 2023-24

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"A celebrated science writer draws upon the most recent discoveries in paleoarchaeology and evolutionary biology to present the seven most important steps leading to Homo sapiens"--

2) Samurai rising: the epic life of Minamoto Yoshitsune

Author

Turner, Pamela S

Publisher

Charlesbridge

Pub. Date

2016.

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Non-Fiction

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FINALIST FOR THE YALSA AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICITON FOR YOUNG ADULTS! Minamoto Yoshitsune should not have been a samurai. But his story is legend in this real-life Game of Thrones. This epic tale of warriors and bravery, rebellion and revenge, reads like a novel, but this is the true story of the greatest samurai in Japanese history. When Yoshitsune was just a baby, his father went to war with a rival samurai family-and lost. His father was...

3) Crow smarts: inside the brain of the world's brightest bird

Author

Turner, Pamela S

Series

Scientists in the field (Houghton Mifflin)

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

[2016]

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"In the newest addition to the ever-popular and authoritative nonfiction Scientists in the Field series, the team behind The Frog Scientist take you on a research trip to New Caledonia in the Pacific Ocean to follow crows in aviaries and in the wild while answering many thought-provoking questions like: "Can a crow outsmart a scientist?" Remarkably engaging narrative nonfiction coupled with beautiful photographs, this is a trip you won't regret booking!"--...

4) Hachiko: the true story of a loyal dog

Author

Turner, Pamela S

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Pub. Date

c2004

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Relates the true story of a dog who accompanied his master to and from a Tokyo train station for a year and, after his master died, continued to wait for him there every day for many years.