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10 best books like A Cool Drink of Water (Barbara Kerley): Can We Save the Tiger?, Meadowlands: A Wetlands Survival Story, One Well: The Story of Water on Earth, North: The Amazing Story of Arctic Migration, No Monkeys, No Chocolate, The Norton Anthology of Poetry, Shorter Fifth Edition, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands, Grand Canyon, Eye to Eye: How Animals See The World

Can We Save the Tiger?
AuthorMartin Jenkins
ISBN0763649090
The team behind the award-winning APE returns with an inspiring look at a range of endangered species sure to engage every child who loves animals.

Tigers are pretty special — and so are ground iguanas and partula snails and even white-rumped vultures. But these and many other animals are...
Meadowlands: A Wetlands Survival Story
AuthorThomas F. Yezerski
ISBN0374349134
The 20,000 acres of wetlands in New Jersey now known as the Meadowlands were once home to hundreds of species of plants and animals. But in the four hundred years since European explorers first arrived in the Meadowlands, people have dammed up, drained, built over, and polluted this formerly vibrant...
One Well: The Story of Water on Earth
AuthorRochelle Strauss
ISBN1553379543
Seen from space, our planet looks blue. This is because almost 70 percent of Earth's surface is covered with water. Earth is the only planet with liquid water --- and therefore the only planet that can support life.

All water is connected. Every raindrop, lake, underground river and glacier...
North: The Amazing Story of Arctic Migration
AuthorNick Dowson
ISBN0763652717
A passionate nature lover and a renowned artist trace the awe-inspiring spring migration of millions of creatures to the Arctic--the greatest journey on Earth.

At the top of our world is a huge wild place called the Arctic.

In the winter, it is a cold and barren land, where few animals...
No Monkeys, No Chocolate
AuthorMelissa Stewart
ISBN1580892876
Everyone loves chocolate, right? But how many people actually know where chocolate comes from? How it’s made? Or that monkeys do their part to help this delicious sweet exist?

This delectable dessert comes from cocoa beans, which grow on cocoa trees in tropical rain forests. But those trees...
The Norton Anthology of Poetry, Shorter Fifth Edition
AuthorMargaret Ferguson
ISBN0393979210
Great anthology, but I’m surprised that there are some key missing poems from famous poets... lots missing from ee cummings but that makes sense because they can’t include ~every~ poem he’s written. I’m surprised they chose “A Blessing” over “Lying on a Hammock at William Duffy’s...
Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
AuthorMarcia Williams
ISBN0763631973
Canterbury Tales are a bit bawdy.This is a version adapted for children. Some of the thematic elements just can't be avoided! And humor during the middle ages included potty humor (read: tooting and whatnot). That being said, I thought this was done appropriately and the girls think it is HYSTERICAL....
Neighborhood Sharks: Hunting with the Great Whites of California's Farallon Islands
AuthorKatherine Roy
ISBN1596438746
Up close with the ocean's most fearsome and famous predator and the scientists who study them—just thirty miles from San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge!

A few miles from San Francisco lives a population of the ocean's largest and most famous predators. Each fall, while the city's inhabitants...
Grand Canyon
AuthorJason Chin
ISBN1596439505
Rivers wind through earth, cutting down and eroding the soil for millions of years, creating a cavity in the ground 277 miles long, 18 miles wide, and more than a mile deep known as the Grand Canyon.

Home to an astonishing variety of plants and animals that have lived and evolved within its walls...
Eye to Eye: How Animals See The World
AuthorSteve Jenkins
ISBN0547959079
In his eye-popping work of picture book nonfiction, the Caldecott Honor–winning author-illustrator Steve Jenkins explains how for most animals, eyes are the most important source of information about the world in a biological sense. The simplest eyes—clusters of light-sensitive...
Wild Tracks!: A Guide to Nature's Footprints
AuthorJim Arnosky
ISBN1402739850
When children learn to recognize and read animal tracks they’re actually mastering an ancient language of shapes and patterns—and gaining knowledge of the natural world. Acclaimed artist and naturalist Jim Arnosky has created a breathtaking and informative reference on the subject, filled...
Play, Louis, Play!: The True Story of a Boy and His Horn
AuthorMuriel Harris Weinstein
The childhood of Louis Armstrong was as fascinating as the great musician himself-and this chapter book biography tells it like never before. Play, Louis, Play! is written from the point of view of Louis' closest companion throughout his youth-his horn! In a jazz-inflected, exuberant voice, this...
Is There Really a Human Race?
AuthorJamie Lee Curtis
ISBN0060753463
Is there really a human race?

Is it going on now all over the place?

When did it start?

Who said, "Ready, Set, Go"?

Did it start on my birthday?

I really must know.

With these questions, our hero's imagination is off and running. Is the human race an...
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