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Steven is longing for a pet. He thinks he'd like a hamster or a dog, but his parents tell him there's no way. So when he gets the chance, he buys a blue-tongued lizard from a school friend. Everything's fine until Mum finds out. By that time the lizard has had babies! ... Read more

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Gary the lizard is going to be a big brother. He is ready to teach the baby how to run, jump, bike, and swim. Will Gary have a baby sister or a baby brother?
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Gary the lizard is ready for his first pet. He looks at a dog, a cat, and a fish. What pet will his parents let him bring home?
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This is a zany story about a lizard who makes Lucy's antics inlook normal. How does the lizard get from Florida to California? And why the journey in the first place? This little creature amazes the reader with its ability to maneuver its way across the United States. Children will delight in this tale of the daredevil lizard and its fascinating adventure. An adventure with optimistic humor it includes illustrator Jim Harris' hilarious map of the journey. ... Read more

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Cute story with entertaining illustrations
One look at the cover of this book and I couldn't help but pick it up."The Lizard Who Followed Me Home" is about a family who unknowingly picks up a stray lizard on their move to California.It is told from the point-of-view of the young girl who rescues the lizard from the dryer (after it escaped from the washer of course) and then can't seem to shake it lose.The illustrations are funny and eye-catching with lots of detail to absorb after the text is read.Keep an eye out for that sneaky reptile... he's good at hiding.

The author also explores the emotions involved in moving away from a familier home and saying goodbye to family.She mixes these details in with the humor of the storyline fairly well, although I tend to feel that kids don't appreciate being tricked into reading a self-help book.This book is targeted for ages 9-12, but it seemed more appropriate for my four-year-old son (who thoroughly enjoyed it by the way). ... Read more

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A paperback edition of a SPOT THE DIFFERENCE title suitable for Key Stage 2, which compares two animals which may seem very similar to children and examines the differences between them. With photography and colour artwork. Published in hardback in 1996. ... Read more

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Gary the lizard needs a new pair of shoes. He tries on blue, orange, and green ones. Which ones will he pick?
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Gary the lizard has a new ball and is ready to play. However, his parents are too busy to play with him. Will Gary find a new friend?
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An observer describes the nightly battle between the insects in the room and the pair of lizards cavorting on the wall. ... Read more

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Examines the physical characteristics, behavior, lifestyle, and natural environment of the giant monitor lizard. ... Read more

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Text and photographs describe the physical and behavioral characteristics of a variety of snakes and lizards. ... Read more

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This puppet play featuring a singing lizard and an angry fox is accompanied by ideas for making puppets. ... Read more

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Covers the lifestyle, habitat, and life cycle of goannas, otherwise known as varanids or monitors. These lizards range in size from a few centimeters to the giant 3-meter Komodo dragon, and 25 of the 40 known kinds are in Australia. Includes color photos and drawings. Distributed in the US by ISBS. ... Read more

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Lizards exhibit, in a form that is simpler to isolate and study, many of the same traits of higher vertebrates. For this reason, zoologists have long chosen lizards as model systems to address questions that are central to ecological and evolutionary theory. This books brings together many of the most active researchers currently using lizards to study the evolution of social behavior, plus three well-known experts on behavior of other taxa for an outside perspective. Each author begins by developing one or more hypotheses, then presents data on a specific lizard system that addresses these issues. The chapters are arranged in three sections that reflect the primary levels at which behavioral ecologists examine adaptive variation in social behavior: individual variation within populations, variation among different populations of the same species, and variation among several species.

Contributors: Troy A. Baird, University of Central Oklahoma; George W. Barlow, University of California-Berkeley; Philip W. Bateman, University of Pretoria; Marguerite Butler, University of California-Berkeley; William E. Cooper, Jr., Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne; Stanley F. Fox, Oklahoma State University; Paul J. Gier, Huntington College; Masami Hasegawa, Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, Japan; Diana K. Hews, Indiana State University; Jonathan B. Losos, Washington University; Peter Marler, University of California-Davis; J. Kelly McCoy, Angelo State University; Kenneth A. Nagy, University of California-Los Angeles; Gordon H. Orians, University of Washington; Vanessa S. Quinn, Indiana State University; Thomas W. Schoener, University of California-Davis; Paul A. Shipman, Oklahoma State University; Barry Sinervo, University of California-Santa Cruz; Chris L. Sloan, University of Central Oklahoma; Heidi M. Snell, Charles Darwin Research Station!, Ecuador; Howard L. Snell, University of New Mexico; Paul A. Stone, University of Central Oklahoma; Dusti K. Timanus, University of Central Oklahoma; Martin J. Whiting, the University of Witwatersrand; Kelly R. Zamudio, Cornell University. ... Read more

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Illustrated poems introduce a variety of lizards. ... Read more

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Discusses the physiology and behavior of lizards generally and presents some detail about specific species. ... Read more