הספרים של הוצאת Boyds Mills Pr
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A sixteen-year-old girl rides through the Putnam County, New York countryside like Paul Revere to alert Patriots that the British have burned Danbury and are headed their way....
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Magdalena and her grandmother are on a turtle watch, looking for sea turtles. The night does not disappoint. As turtles float ashore to dig their nests and lay their eggs in the moonlight, the sight is a wonder to behold. Magdalena s grandmother has instilled in her grandchild a love of sea turtles....
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This non-fiction photo story captures the daily life of a pika family. As mentioned on the jacket flap, the "fact-filled text tells the story of how one of the world's cutest animals can survive when life is pretty rocky." ...
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A wagon sits in the sagebrush-covered desert, while herders on horseback move sheep to high summer range. It looks like a scene from the Old West, but it s actually a sight you can see today. Shepherds still live in wagons, tending their flocks in Wyoming and other places in the American West just a...
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A goat has his eye on the corn. Tucker has a big appetite. After all he's a goat, and all goats are known to eat anything. The food he loves the best, however, is corn....
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A Pakistani-American girl takes part in her aunt's traditional Pakistani wedding....
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This title features stunning full-colour photos and a lively text make for an intriguing introduction to these fascinating animals. Fact boxes present additional information, such as the controversy hibernation versus semi-hibernation and a look at racking individual animals. It includes full Colour...
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Throughout our history, adults have had a unique love for the children in their lives. As the world grows, it grows more diverse. More children and more ways of caring for them deepen the love that caregivers share.In this colorful picture book, John Farrell and Maurie J. Manning illustrate how dear...
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The story of a 100-year-old family farm in Wisconsin is told in photographs and in anecdotes about the three generations of Petersons who have owned and farmed the land....
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What has the whiskers of a walrus, the eyes of a mole, the wrinkles of an elephant, the tail of a beaver, and the gentle nature of a sloth? A slow-moving, water-loving, plant-eating, gentle giant called a manatee. The manatee has been swimming the oceans for ages. But today this ancient animal faces...
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Presents an introduction to the Earth's only flying mammal. This title features watercolours that depict various bat species....
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Photographs and a simple text take youngsters through the calendar year and show the crops growing and being harvested, as well as children enjoying foods of all shapes and sizes and colors....
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This is a charming story of a young Muslim girl determined to do the right thing. Leena is excited because this is the first year she will fast for Ramadan, Muslim religious festival. Leena is too young to fast each day of the festival, so she decides to fast each Friday instead. However Leena recei...
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Besides being a general and the first president of the United States, George Washington was also a farmer and his efforts to create a self-sufficient farm at Mount Vernon mirrored his struggle to form a new nation.Original illustrations, extensively researched (author and illustrator worked with Mou...
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“This is a gripping drama about a fascinating fragment of time in history - the expulsion of Indians from Uganda in 1972. Fifteen-year-old Sabine poignantly straddles two worlds - those of the landed Indian gentry and of the native Ugandans amid wrenching turmoil. Quietly and crisply written, all ...
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