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Castles, caves, and honeycombs : Many Different Kinds of Homes | Honey, honey--lion! : a story from Africa | The 3 little dassies | On Meadowview Street | Owen & Mzee : the true story of a remarkable friendship | |
ABC zooborns | One small place in a tree | Mouse & Lion : Aesop retold | Coral reefs | Coral reefs | Monarch and milkweed | In the garden : who's been here? | My first day | Even an octopus needs a home | Saving Yasha : the incredible true story of an adopted moon bear | Meat-eating plants : toothless wonders | Living and nonliving | Leopard & Silkie : one boy's quest to save the seal pups | Jo MacDonald saw a pond | Growing like me | Body actions | In my backyard | Are you living? : a song about living and nonliving things | Do you know which ones will grow? | About habitats : oceans | What's alive? | |
Poetrees | Charlie's raven | What's for dinner? : quirky, squirmy poems from the animal world | Saving animals from oil spills | Animals & art activities | The watcher : Jane Goodall's life with the chimps | The robin makes a laughing sound : a birder's journal | |
Weird meat-eating plants | A warmer world : from polar bears to butterflies, how climate change affects wildlife | Field trips : bug hunting, animal tracking, bird watching, shore walking with Jim Arnosky | Citizen scientists : be a part of scientific discovery from your own backyard | Alien deep : revealing the mysterious living world at the bottom of the ocean | Unlikely friendships : 47 remarkable stories from the animal kingdom | Moonbird : a year on the wind with the great survivor B95 | The evolution of Calpurnia Tate | Hiss-s-s-s! | The Nature Connection : An Outdoor Workbook for Kids, Families, and Classrooms | Nature's art box : from t-shirts to twig baskets : 65 cool projects for crafty kids to make with natural materials you can find anywhere | Invincible microbe : tuberculosis and the never-ending search for a cure | Life in the ocean : the story of Sylvia Earle | Frogs! : strange and wonderful | Alex the parrot : no ordinary bird : No Ordinary Bird |
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Honey, honey--lion! : a story from Africa
by Jan Brett
When greedy Badger decides to keep the honeycomb all to himself, instead of sharing it with Honeyguide bird, he is chased through the pond, over an anthill, and through a landscape of many exotic animals where something waits to teach Badger a valuable lesson.
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The 3 little dassies
by Jan Brett
In a lively African version of "The Three Little Pigs" folktale, three little dassies (also called rock hyraxes) build their houses in the Namib Desert of Southern Africa, hoping for protection from the eagle that lives atop a nearby mountain. By the beloved, best-selling author/illustrator of The Mitten, The Easter Egg and The Three Snow Bears. 200,000 first printing.
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On Meadowview Street
by Henry Cole
Upon moving to a new house, young Caroline and her parents encourage wildflowers to grow and birds and animals to stay in their yard, which soon has the whole suburban street living up to its name.
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ABC zooborns
by Andrew Bleiman
An introduction to the alphabet features an endearing sequence of zoo animal babies and is complemented by lively text and a glossary of animal facts. By the author of ZooBorn Cats!
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One small place in a tree
by Barbara Brenner
A child visitor observes as one tiny scratch in a tree develops into a home for a variety of woodland animals over many years, even after the tree has fallen.
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Mouse & Lion : Aesop retold
by Rand Burkert
Featuring lavish illustrations by the artist of the Caldecott Honor-winning Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs, a debut picture book is a lyrical adaptation of Aesop's classic tale about an unlikely friendship between a mouse and a lion in which an act of mercy proves to be a lifesaving gesture.
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Coral reefs
by Jason Chin
A follow-up to the award-winning Redwoods finds a little girl transported by a mysterious library book into an undersea city of coral reefs, where she is surrounded by wondrous plants and animals.
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Coral reefs
by Jason Chin
A follow-up to the award-winning Redwoods finds a little girl transported by a mysterious library book into an undersea city of coral reefs, where she is surrounded by wondrous plants and animals.
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Monarch and milkweed
by Helen Frost
Provides a beautiful look at the cycle of life of a butterfly as it lays its egg on a milkweed leaf which hatches into a caterpillar, and then turns into a chrysalis, transforms into a monarch, and flies away to begin the process anew.
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In the garden : who's been here?
by Lindsay Barrett George
When Christina and Jeremy go to the garden with their dog, Sonny, to collect the vegetables for dinner, they notice that corn has been pecked on and lettuce leaves eaten and so begin to wonder just what sneaky culprits have found their way in.
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My first day
by Steve Jenkins
The Caldecott Honor-winning creators of What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? combine sparse text and illuminating cut-paper illustrations to explore the first 24 hours of life for 22 species of animals, from the emperor penguin to the Siberian tiger. 20,000 first printing.
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Even an octopus needs a home
by Irene Kelly
Shows how animals solve the problem of locating safe places in which to live and raise families.
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Saving Yasha : the incredible true story of an adopted moon bear
by Lia Kvatum
Documents the uplifting story of an orphaned bear cub that was discovered in the Russian wilderness and rescued by two young scientists, who then pain-stakingly raised and trained him and two companion cubs to become wild bears that could survive on their own in the forest.
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Living and nonliving
by Carol Lindeen
Learn about the differences between living and nonliving things
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Leopard & Silkie : one boy's quest to save the seal pups
by Brenda Peterson
A first-hand look at the vulnerable baby seals that are left on shore in the Pacific Northwest while their mothers hunt for food, and the concerned volunteers who keep vigil over them, including 6-year-old Miles, who organizes his own rescue mission to help the pups survive.
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Jo MacDonald saw a pond
by Mary Quattlebaum
In this version of the classic song "Old MacDonald Had a Farm," the farmer's granddaughter discovers the creatures living in a pond. End notes present facts, outdoor activities and games related to this lively ecosystem.
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Growing like me
by Anne F. Rockwell
Explains how plants and animals of the meadow, woods, and pond grow and evolve, such as caterpillars changing into butterflies, eggs hatching into robins, and acorns becoming oaks. 12,500 first printing.
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Body actions
by Shelley Rotner
Young readers learn about the human body and how the skeletal, muscular, respiratory, and circulatory systems function
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In my backyard
by Margriet Ruurs
From the singing of little wrens in spring to baby possums climbing into mother's pouch in winter, nature and backyard animals are celebrated throughout the seasons, in a title with cut-paper illustrations and helpful hints on how to turn a backyard into an inviting place for wildlife.
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About habitats : oceans
by Cathryn P. Sill
An award-winning author and her husband, a noted wildlife illustrator, offer young readers a first glimpse into ocean habitats through simple, easy-to-understand language that teaches them what oceans are and what kinds of animals and plants live there. A glossary and afterword provide readers with further fascinating details.
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What's alive?
by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
An introductory science book enables young enthusiasts to tell the difference between living and nonliving things by identifying the needs and functions of biological things. Simultaneous.
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Poetrees
by Douglas Florian
The creator of Dinothesaurus presents a tribute to trees that lyrically explores the arboreal world from coconut palms to baobabs, in a collection presented in a vertical format that celebrates each tree's height, shape and natural history. 30,000 first printing.
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Charlie's raven
by Jean Craighead George
When Charlie's grandfather falls ill, Charlie brings home a lively baby raven named Blue Sky because his Native American friends claim that ravens wield powerful medicine.
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Saving animals from oil spills
by Stephen Person
In a gripping new series, children will meet the everyday heroes who have risked their lives to save animals both large and small--from cats and dogs to sea otters, pelicans, horses and panda bears--when disaster strikes!
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Animals & art activities
by Janet Sacks
Information about various topics related to dinosaurs, birds, marine life, and other animals forms the foundation for a variety of craft projects
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The robin makes a laughing sound : a birder's journal
by Sallie Wolf
Presents observations made through every season of the year of different birds and their behavior, from robins taking a bath, to cardinals searching for food in the snow, to an owl perched on a tree at night
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Weird meat-eating plants
by Nathan Aaseng
"Examines meat-eating plants, including the different types of carnivorous plants, how they trap their prey, why these plants eat meat, and where they are found"
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Alien deep : revealing the mysterious living world at the bottom of the ocean
by Bradley Hague
A tribute to the adventurous operations in the discipline of oceanographic science fieldwork traces a specific deepwater exploration that has revealed new information about the world's seas, in a lavishly photographed volume that profiles new technologies used by oceanographers to conduct research. TV tie-in.
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Unlikely friendships : 47 remarkable stories from the animal kingdom
by Jennifer S. Holland
A senior writer for National Geographic magazine presents a collection of heart-warming tales about animals who have forged unlikely, abiding bonds with other animals not of their own species, from Koko the gorilla's famous adoption of All Ball the kitten to the friendship between Owen the hippo and the tortoise Mzee. Original.
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Moonbird : a year on the wind with the great survivor B95
by Phillip M. Hoose
The Newbery Honor-and National Book Award-winning author of Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice documents the survival tale of an intrepid shorebird who has endured 9,000-mile annual migrations between Argentina and the Canadian Arctic throughout the course of a long lifetime while his species continues to decline.
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The evolution of Calpurnia Tate
by Jacqueline Kelly
Curious about the grasshoppers in her backyard in rural Texas, 11-year-old Calpurnia turns to her grandfather and avid naturalist for information and ends up with a newfound respect for the natural world, the way it operates, and the similarities it shares with her own life as the only daughter in a family with six brothers, in this coming-of-age tale set in 1899.
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Hiss-s-s-s!
by Eric A. Kimmel
When a Muslim American boy named Omar finally convinces his family that he should have a pet snake, it escapes and Omar learns why his mother is so scared of them
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Invincible microbe : tuberculosis and the never-ending search for a cure
by Jim Murphy
A thoroughly researched history of tuberculosis incorporates more than 100 archival images and traces centuries of ineffective treatments before the causative microorganism was identified, describing modern tactics for addressing drug-resistant varieties. 20,000 first printing.
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Life in the ocean : the story of Sylvia Earle
by Claire A. Nivola
A picture book biography tells the story of Sylvia Earle's growing passion for the wonders of the sea and how her ocean exploration and advocacy have made her known around the world. By the author of Planting the Trees of Kenya.
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Frogs! : strange and wonderful
by Laurence P. Pringle
The latest title in the Strange and Wonderful series delivers the awe-inspiring variety of the world's hoppiest amphibians.
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Alex the parrot : no ordinary bird : No Ordinary Bird
by Stephanie Spinner
Recounts the true story of an African grey parrot who was the subject of a devoted graduate student's scientific experiment on animal intelligence and who astonished everyone with its ability to add, understand concepts and speak hundreds of words. By the author of Aliens for Breakfast.
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