Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator
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| Author | Dianna Hutts Aston |
| ISBN | 0811844285 |
Award-winning artist Sylvia Long has teamed with up-and-coming author Dianna Aston to create this gorgeous and informative introduction to eggs. From tiny hummingbird eggs to giant ostrich eggs, oval ladybug eggs to tubular dogfish eggs, gooey frog eggs to fossilized dinosaur eggs, it magnificently...
In 1991, mountain climbers on the Niederjoch Glacier on the Italian-Austrian border came across something unexpected: a body. It had been a very warm summer, and five bodies had already turned up in the area. But something here was different. The materials found with the body suggested it might be very...
| Author | Susan L. Roth |
| ISBN | 1620140047 |
Above the treetops of Puerto Rico flies a flock of parrots as green as their island home. . . . These are Puerto Rican parrots. They lived on this island for millions of years, and then they nearly vanished from the earth forever.
Puerto Rican parrots, once abundant, came perilously close to extinction...
| Author | Laura Vaccaro Seeger |
| ISBN | 1596432748 |
This die-cut book explores two (!) concepts: counting and words-within-words, while also telling a satisfying story about the power of art and imagination in one child's life.
ONE boy
all alONE
two SEAls
in the SEA
three APEs
no escAPE
four monKEYs
hold the...
I didn't like the poems in this book, but I did like the parts with the information. Maybe it is because the poems feel quite dated (I didn't believe that this book w2as written in 2006). Probably it's just me, and still I really liked this book.
Morning Warming
sun
sunwarm
sunwarm...
| Author | April Pulley Sayre |
| ISBN | 0805075577 |
Turkey vultures soar on the balmy air, looking for their next stinky feast. These birds don’t hunt—they like their food to be already dead, and their eating habits serve a very important ecological role. Vultures are part of nature’s clean-up crew.
In her signature poetic, energetic...
| Author | Kate McMullan |
| ISBN | 0803730853 |
A short-chapter book is a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book. It is part of a series of books featuring two friends - Pearl, a rabbit, and Wagner, a mouse. It is intended as a reading together book for pre-kindergarten through second grade readers.
I found this book just delightful. It not only has short...
| Author | Loree Griffin Burns |
| ISBN | 0761393420 |
Some farms grow vegetables or grains, and some raise cows, sheep, chickens, or pigs. But have you ever heard of a butterfly farm? How do you raise a butterfly?
On a farm in Costa Rica, workers care for these delicate, winged creatures as they change from eggs to caterpillars to pupae. Like any...
| Author | Jess Keating |
| ISBN | 0553512285 |
Pinkalicious meets National Geographic in this nonfiction picture book introducing the weirdest, wildest, pinkest critters in the animal kingdom!
Some people think pink is a pretty color. A fluffy, sparkly, princess-y color. But it's so much more.
Sure, pink is the color of princesses...
| Author | Candace Fleming |
| ISBN | 1596435992 |
The giant squid is one of the most elusive creatures in the world. As large as whales, they hide beyond reach deep within the sea, forcing scientists to piece together their story from those clues they leave behind.
An injured whale's ring-shaped scars indicate an encounter with a giant squid....
| Author | Jean Craighead George |
| ISBN | 0060287934 |
This is the story of the famous Lonesome George, a giant tortoise who was the last of his species, lived to be one hundred years old, and became known as the rarest creature in the world. His story gives us a glimpse of the amazing creatures inhabiting the ever-fascinating Galapagos Islands.
Renowned...
| Author | Nicola Davies |
| ISBN | 0763678317 |
They’re slithery and scaly, and they have icky, flicking tongues and creepy, unblinking eyes. What’s to like about a snake? You’d be surprised!
This little girl has a problem. Her family doesn’t have dogs, or cats, or birds—they have snakes! And she really, really, really really...
| Author | Rebecca E. Hirsch |
| ISBN | 1467780316 |
Plants Can’t Sit Still is a children's non fiction picturebook written by Rebecca E. Hirsch and illustrated by Mia Posada. Have you ever seen a plant move on its own? Plants might not walk, but they definitely don't sit still! Discover the many ways plants (and their seeds) move in this fascinating...
A howl in the night.
A watchful eye in the darkness.
A flutter of movement among the trees.
Coyotes.
In the dark of the night, a mother coyote stalks prey to feed her hungry pups. Her hunt takes her through a suburban town, where she encounters a mouse, a rabbit, a flock...
| Author | Katherine Roy |
| ISBN | 1626721785 |
The savanna is not an easy place to live, even for African elephants, the largest land animals on earth. If it's a challenge for these 7,000-pound giants, what's it like for their newborn babies?
An infant elephant has precious little time to learn the incredible array of skills that are necessary...
| Author | Bethany Barton |
| ISBN | 0670016942 |
From the author-illustrator of Children's Choice Book Award Winner I'm Trying to Love Spiders a plea to please give bees a chance!
Not sure whether to high-five bees or run away from them? Well, maybe you shouldn't high-five them, but you definitely don't have to run away from them. Give Bees...
| Author | Jim Arnosky |
| ISBN | 1402739850 |
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...
Life-Size Zoo: From Tiny Rodents to Gigantic Elephants, An Actual Size Animal Encyclopedia
| Author | Teruyuki Komiya |
| ISBN | 1934734209 |
An elephant's trunk is so nimble, it can pick up a single blade of grass, and yet so strong, it can knock over a tree. Giraffes have eyelashes. Sloths hang from trees for days at a time without going to the bathroom. These are just some of the insights featured in Life-Size Zoo. Acclaimed wildlife photographer...
| Author | Darrin Lunde |
| ISBN | 1570913749 |
My name is Bumblebee Bat.
I may be small,
but I'm a great flyer.
I live in a secret cave with my brothers and sisters.
Want to know more? Then open this book and fly with Bumblebee Bat into the night.
A series of questions and answers introduce children to the life and habitat...
Never Smile at a Monkey: And 17 Other Important Things to Remember
When it comes to wild animals, everyone knows that there are certain things you just don’t do. It's clearly a bad idea to tease a tiger, pull a python's tail, or bother a black widow spider. But do you know how dangerous it can be to pet a platypus, collect a cone shell, or touch a tang fish? Some creatures...
