Living With Albinism (First Book)

by Elaine Landau

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Describes albinism, the inherited condition in which the individual lacks or has a shortage of melanin, the substance responsible for the body's coloring.

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Elaine Landau Elaine Landau has received her Bachelor's in English and Journalism and her Master's in Library and Information Sciences. She has written over 185 books, most of them non-fiction children's books on subjects such as earth science, planets, the supernatural, dinosaurs, ancient civilizations, ecology and contemporary issues. Landau's show more books have won the American Association for the Advancement of Science: "Science Books and Film" Best Children's Science Booklist, as well as The New York Public Library Books for the Teenage, the New Jersey Institute of Technology Award and VOYA's Nonfiction Honor List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Nonfiction, Kids, Tween
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616.5Applied science & technologyMedicine & healthDiseases, Allergies, Skin ConditionsDiseases of integument [dermatology, skin diseases]
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RL790 .L36MedicineDermatologyDermatologyPigmentations. Albinism

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