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The How and Why Wonder Book of

FOSSILS (the remains of extinct animals and plants) are found worldwide. From this non-fiction, How & Why book, you will learn about such things as the fact that coal is the remains of plants survived in swampy forests, millions of years ago. Limestone, now used as building stone, is the remains of extinct sea creatures.

Audience
childrens
Length
short · 48 pages

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