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After spying a creature hidden in the scene, little hands they can lift a flap to learn more about it, from snapping alligators in China&#39;s Yangtze River to cute capybaras around the Amazon River.<\/p>\n<p>The book introduces famous rivers around the world, including the Mississippi and the otters that roam its banks, and the endangered dolphins that call the River Ganges home. 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