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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Title: Renewable or nonrenewable resources : a compare and contrast book.
Description: Mt. Pleasant, SC : Arbordale Publishing, LLC, 2021. | Series:
Compare and contrast book | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021013711 (print) | LCCN 2021013712 (ebook) | ISBN
9781643519807 (paperback) | ISBN 9781638170181 (adobe pdf) | ISBN
9781638170372 (epub) | ISBN 9781643519999 (interactive, dual-language,
read-aloud ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Recycling (Waste, etc.)--Juvenile literature. | Renewable
natural resources--Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC TD794.5 .R4445 2021 (print) | LCC TD794.5 (ebook) |
DDC 333.7--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021013711
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021013712
Lexile® Level: ____ Nivel de Lexile®
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