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22) Reptile
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
72 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Become an eyewitness to how reptiles sense the world, move and use camouflage in this picture-led reference guide that will take you on a visual tour of these scaly creatures. Children will be mesmerized by the many different types of reptile species, from small pets to large crocodiles.
23) On the farm
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Rhyming text and woodcut and watercolor illustrations introduce the animals found on a family farm.
24) Gravity
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm
Language
English
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Description
"What keeps objects from floating out of your hand? What if your feet drifted away from the ground? What stops everything from floating into space? Gravity ... Jason Chin has taken a complex subject and made it brilliantly accessible to young readers in this unusual, innovative, and very beautiful book.
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
A retelling of a traditional West African tale that reveals how the mosquito developed its annoying habit. A mosquito annoyed the iguana, who frightened the python, who scared the rabbit, and now the whole jungle is in an uproar because the sun won't rise. The animals discuss the situation and decide to punish the mosquito. Even today, whenever we hear a mosquito buzz, we smack it hard!
Author
Series
The Indian in the Cupboard series volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
A year after he sends his Indian friend, Little Bear, back into the magic cupboard, Omri decides to bring him back only to find that he is close to death and in need of help. Sequel to "The Indian in the Cupboard.".
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Burdock, a young barn cat, sneaks into the house to get warm he hears that the farmer, Dewey Baxter, has terrible plans that will endanger all the animals, and he leads them in an attempt to escape before it is too late.
28) Frogs
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Nonfiction
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
48 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nic Bishop's photographs show all different kinds of frogs, big ones, very tiny ones, frogs with beautiful colors of skin, and one frog you can see inside of.
29) Birdie and me
Author
Language
English
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Description
"After their mama dies, Jack and Birdie find themselves without a place to call home. And when Mama's two brothers each try to provide one--first sweet Uncle Carl, then gruff Uncle Patrick--the results are funny, tender, and tragic. They're also somehow .. . spectacular. With voices and characters that soar off the page, J. M. M. Nuanez's debut novel depicts an unlikely family caught in a situation none of them would have chosen, and the beautiful...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
In a future where humans despise clones, Matt enjoys special status as the young clone of El Patron, the one hundred forty-two-year-old leader of a corrupt drug empire nestled between Mexico and the United States.
31) The quilt story
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1985]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
A pioneer mother lovingly stitches a beautiful quilt which warms and comforts her daughter Abigail; many years later another mother mends and patches it for her little girl.
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Whether memorized by schoolchildren or used to eulogize a president, "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," written in 1922 and published in 1923, has found a place as one of the best-loved and best-known American poems of the last hundred years. Now, six decades after the passing of its author, Robert Frost, celebrated artist P.J. Lynch brings this classic to new life with exquisitely detailed illustrations, evoking its iconic moments and wintry...
Author
Series
If you give-- (Laura Numeroff) volume 4
Publisher
Laura Geringer Book
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
1 v. col. ill. 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Taking a mouse to the movies can lead to letting him do other things, such as making a snowman, listening to Christmas carols, and decorating the Christmas tree.
34) Lyddie
Author
Language
English
Description
Impoverished Vermont farm girl Lyddie Worthen is determined to gain her independence by becoming a factory worker in Lowell, Massachusetts, in the 1840s.
35) The rainbow fish
Author
Series
Rainbow Fish (Picture books) volume 1
Publisher
North-South Books
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Language
English
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Description
The most beautiful fish in the entire ocean discovers the real value of personal beauty and friendship.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Jeremiah just wants a normal summer with his dad, but it's clear that isn't happening. His dad just moved to an apartment near downtown Minneapolis to live with his new boyfriend, Michael. Michael wears shorts too short, serves weird organic foods, and is constantly nagging Jeremiah to watch out for potholes and to stay hydrated. Worst of all Michael rides the Uni-cycle. Okay, it's a bicycle decorated to look like a unicorn! This is going to be a...
37) The nutcracker
Author
Series
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
c1984
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
102 p. : ill. ; 26 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
After hearing how her toy nutcracker got his ugly face, a little girl helps break the spell and changes him into a handsome prince.
38) The Littles
Author
Series
The Littles volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Book Service
Pub. Date
1967
Physical Desc
80 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Littles are a family of tiny people who live in the Bigg family's house. Mr. Little is only six inches tall, and he is big for a Little. The Littles develop a plan to get rid of the mice in the Bigg's house.
Author
Series
Magic tree house. Original series volume 6
Language
English
Formats
Description
Eight-year-old Jack, his seven-year-old sister, Annie, and Peanut the mouse ride in a tree house to the Amazon rain forests, where they encounter giant ants, flesh-eating piranhas, hungry crocodiles, and wild jaguars.
Author
Language
English
Description
"The Greedy Python" is quick to gobble up every creature he meets--including to his own great misfortune, himself, when he mistakes the tip of his tail for a lunchtime treat. With drawings by one of the country's most popular illustrators, this story of a python who is quick to eat everything in sight, including the end of his tail on one sad day, is sure to delight and amuse young readers. Full-color illustrations.
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