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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Do whales have belly buttons?</title>
    <subTitle>questions and answers about whales and dolphins</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Berger, Melvin.</namePart>
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    <namePart>Berger, Gilda.</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Bond, Higgins</namePart>
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    <publisher>Scholastic Reference</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c1999</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">1999</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>48 p. : col. ill. ; 21 x 26 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>Provides answers to such questions about various species of whales and dolphins as "Do all whales have teeth?", "How long do most whales live?", "Why do dolphins whistle?", and "Can dolphins save humans?"</abstract>
  <targetAudience authority="marctarget">juvenile</targetAudience>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Melvin and Gilda Berger ; illustrated by Higgins Bond.</note>
  <note>Includes index.</note>
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    <topic>Whales</topic>
    <topic>Miscellanea</topic>
    <topic>Juvenile literature</topic>
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    <topic>Questions and answers</topic>
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    <topic>Whales</topic>
    <topic>Miscellanea</topic>
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  <identifier type="isbn">0590130889 (alk. paper)</identifier>
  <identifier type="lccn">98-013430</identifier>
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