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Name: How & why stories
Author: Martha Hamilton

A collection of twenty-five traditional stories explaining why an animal or plant or natural object looks or acts the way it does. Following each story are storytelling tips and short modern, scientific explanations for the subject of the story.

First publish date: 1999

Authors: Martha Hamilton

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