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Ocean Hide and Seek מאת Jennifer Evans Kramer The sea is a place of mystery, where animals big and small play hide and seek! Can you imagine a shark hiding in the light? What about a clownfish in plain sight? Dont believe it? Then, sink into the deep blue sea with Jennifer Evans Kramer and Ocean Hide and Seek! Surround yourself with the vibrant...

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River Beds: Sleeping in the World's Rivers מאת Gail Langer Karwoski This sequel to the award-winning Water Beds: Sleeping in the Ocean (2007 Teacher s Choice & 2005 Mom s Choice) takes readers on an around-the-world boat ride to learn how mammals sleep in or around ten major rivers of the world on all continents except Antarctica. Row down the Mississippi and watch ...

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Turtle Summer: A Journal for my Daughter מאת Mary Alice Monroe This is a companion book to Mary Alice Monroe s novel, Swimming Lessons, the sequel to The Beach House. In the novel, the readers witness a young mother, Toy, writing a journal for her daughter, Little Lovie. This is the journal Toy is writing. Using original photographs, this scrapbook journal expl...

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Turtle Summer: A Journal for My Daughter מאת Mary Alice Monroe This is a companion book to Mary Alice Monroe's adult novel, Swimming Lessons, (Mira), the sequel to The Beach House. In the novel, the readers witness a young mother, Toy, writing a journal for her daughter, Little Lovie. Turtle Summer: A Journal for my Daughter is the journal Toy is writing. Using...

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One Wolf Howls מאת Scotti Cohn Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a wolf? What would you do in the cold winter months? Where would you sleep? What would you eat? Spend a year in the world of wolves in One Wolf Howls. This adventurous childrens book uses the months of the year and the numbers 1 through 12 to introd...

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One Wolf Howls מאת Scotti Cohn Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a wolf? What would you do in the cold winter months? Where would you sleep? What would you eat? Spend a year in the world of wolves in One Wolf Howls. This adventurous childrens book uses the months of the year and the numbers 1 through 12 to introd...

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River Beds: Sleeping in the World's Rivers מאת Gail Langer Karwoski This sequel to the award-winning Water Beds: Sleeping in the Ocean (2007 Teacher s Choice & 2005 Mom s Choice) takes readers on an around-the-world boat ride to learn how mammals sleep in or around ten major rivers of the world on all continents except Antarctica. Row down the Mississippi and watch ...

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Mother Osprey: Nursery Rhymes for Buoys & Gulls מאת Lucy Nolan What if Jack and Jill had been playing on a nice soft sand dune instead of that treacherous hill? And suppose Mary's pet wasn't really a lamb. What if Mary had a little . . . clam? Those questions and more are gleefully answered in Mother Osprey: Nursery Rhymes for Buoys & Gulls. This collection ret...

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Tudley Didn't Know מאת John Himmelman Tudley Didn't Know is a delightful story about a pond-living turtle who adopts other animals' behaviors - simply because he doesn't know he can't! Tudley flies like a bird, sings like a katydid, hops like a frog, and glows like a firefly. He uses all his special behaviors to help other animals. Will...

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The Rainforest Grew All Around מאת Susan K. Mitchell Imaginations will soar from the forest floor, up through the canopy and back down again, following the circle of life in this clever adaptation of the song, The Green Grass Grew All Around. The jungle comes alive as children learn about a wide variety of the animals (jaguars, emerald tree boas, leaf...

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Mother Osprey: Nursery Rhymes for Buoys & Gulls מאת Lucy Nolan What if Jack and Jill had been playing on a nice soft sand dune instead of that treacherous hill? And suppose Mary's pet wasn't really a lamb. What if Mary had a little . . . clam? Those questions and more are gleefully answered in Mother Osprey: Nursery Rhymes for Buoys & Gulls. This collection ret...

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Little Skink's Tail מאת Janet Halfmann While Little Skink hunts yummy ants for breakfast, she is suddenly attacked by a crow! But she has a trick to escape she snaps off her tail, and it keeps on wiggling! Little Skink is happy to be alive, but she misses her bright blue tail. Little Skink s Tail follows Little Skink as she daydreams of ...

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Tudley Didn't Know מאת John Himmelman This whimsical story is about a pond-living turtle who adopts other animals behaviors simply because he doesn t know he can t! Tudley flies like a bird, sings like a katydid, hops like a frog, and glows like a firefly. He uses all his special behaviors to help other animals. Will Tudley's new friend...

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Henry the Impatient Heron מאת Donna Love Henry the Heron couldnt stand still! He was always moving, and it drove everyone crazy! His brother and sister yelled at him for stepping on their heads, and Mom and Dad could barely get food into his little baby mouth. But herons have to stand still to catch their food, so how would Henry ever be a...

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Carolina's Story: Sea Turtles Get Sick Too! מאת Donna Rathmell Follow the photographic journal of Carolina, a critically ill loggerhead sea turtle, as she is nursed back to health at the Sea Turtle Hospital of the South Carolina Aquarium. Just like hospitalized children, Carolina experiences a variety of emotions and procedures during her care and recovery proc...

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In My Backyard מאת Valarie Giogas Baby dogs are puppies and they belong to a litter, but what is a baby skunk and what is the name of its group? In My Backyard, a clever, rhythmic story that tells us just that! Counting from one to ten, familiar backyard animals are introduced by baby and family group name. Each stanza also tells a ...

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What's New at the Zoo? An Animal Adding Adventure מאת Suzanne Slade Come along on an adding animal adventure. Add baby animals to the adults to see how many there are all together. And while you are at it, learn what some of the zoo animals eat or what the baby animals are called. Follow the little lost red balloon as it soars through the zoo. At the end of the day,...

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Moose and Magpie מאת Bettina Restrepo It isn t always easy being a moose but this young moose has a special, joke-telling friend to keep him company and to help him find his way. Join Moose, Magpie and some of their other animal friends as they frolic through a year of changes. Learn what the Liberty Bell and moose have in common or why...

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A Day in the Salt Marsh מאת Kevin Kurtz Enjoy A Day in the Salt Marsh, one of the most dynamic habitats on earth. Fun-to-read, rhyming verse introduces readers to hourly changes in the marsh as the tide comes and goes. Watch the animals that have adapted to this ever-changing environment as they hunt for food or play in the sun, and learn...

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My Half Day מאת Dorris Fisher The wacky fun continues as a young boy awakens to find a half-head of hair. After chugging down his glass of milk that s two-thirds gooey paste, he and his friend are off to camp for a day of fraction fun and an out-of-this world soccer game. The first two books in the series, One Odd Day and My Eve...

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Moose and Magpie מאת Bettina Restrepo It isn t always easy being a moose but this young moose has a special, joke-telling friend to keep him company and to help him find his way. Join Moose, Magpie and some of their other animal friends as they frolic through a year of changes. Learn what the Liberty Bell and moose have in common or why...

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Count Down to Fall מאת Fran Hawk Count backwards from ten to one during one of the most colorful times of year: fall. Learn about the bright, colorful leaves and the trees from which they fall: aspen, birch, maple, oak, chestnut, linden, pine, beech, dogwood, and sweet gum. Watch the animals frolicking in the crisp, autumn air as t...

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The Giraffe Who Was Afraid of Heights מאת David A. Ufer "The Giraffe Who Was Afraid of Heights" is the enchanting story of a giraffe who suffers from the fear of heights. His parents worry about his safety and send him to the village doctor for treatment. Along the way he befriends a monkey who is afraid of climbing trees and a hippo who is afraid of wat...

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Where Should Turtle Be? מאת Susan Ring Little turtle was lost! Free from his egg, he climbed out into a big, beautiful new world. Lost and alone, he wonderedwhere did he really belong? The bear told him to live in the woods; the frog said, The swamp! But turtle just didnt feel at home. He needed help, but where could he turn? Author Susa...

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Paws, Claws, Hands, and Feet מאת Kimberly Hutmacher Get off on the right foot! Join the animals in their foot-frolicking funrunning, jumping, leaping, and hoppingand then resting, just like the critters and creatures featured in Kimberly Hutmachers Paws, Claws, Hands, and Feet. Go along on the exciting dream journey from morning to night, using hands...

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Sort it Out! מאת Barbara Mariconda Packy the Packrat s mother has had enough! It s time that he sorts through his ever-growing collection of trinkets and puts them away. Told in rhyme, the text leads the reader to participate in the sorting process by categorizing Packy s piles of things according to like characteristics and attribut...

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Kersplatypus מאת Susan K. Mitchell When a strange little creature appears out of nowhere after the big rains, Australian animals wonder what in the world he could possibly be! His fur, feet, tail, and duck-like bill remind each animal of something different. But with a down-under spirit, they all pitch in to help him discover where h...

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Count Down to Fall מאת Fran Hawk Count backwards from ten to one during one of the most colorful times of year: fall. Learn about the bright, colorful leaves and the trees from which they fall: aspen, birch, maple, oak, chestnut, linden, pine, beech, dogwood, and sweet gum. Watch the animals frolicking in the crisp, autumn air as t...

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Animals Are Sleeping מאת Suzanne Slade The rhythmic text and the rich illustrations in Animals are Sleeping make it the perfect naptime story or bedtime book. Its short, lyrical text provides fascinating information, such as location, position, and duration of sleep of animals living in different habitats. This book shares the interestin...

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Where Should Turtle Be? מאת Susan Ring Little turtle was lost! Free from his egg, he climbed out into a big, beautiful new world. Lost and alone, he wonderedwhere did he really belong? The bear told him to live in the woods; the frog said, The swamp! But turtle just didnt feel at home. He needed help, but where could he turn? Author Susa...

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The Rainforest Grew All Around מאת Susan K. Mitchell Imaginations will soar from the forest floor, up through the canopy and back down again, following the circle of life in this clever adaptation of the song The Green Grass Grew All Around. The jungle comes alive as children learn about a wide variety of the animals (jaguars, emerald tree boas, leafc...

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A Day in the Salt Marsh מאת Kevin Kurtz Enjoy a day in one of the most dynamic habitats on earth: the salt marsh. Fun-to-read, rhyming verse introduces readers to hourly changes in the marsh as the tide comes and goes. Watch the animals that have adapted to this ever-changing environment as they hunt for food or play in the sun, and learn...

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My Even Day מאת Doris Fisher In My Even Day, the delightful, rhythmic sequel to One Odd Day, the young boy awakens to find that it is another strange day. Everything is now even, and his mother has two heads! This time, a school field trip to the zoo is dealt with in an odd, but even-handed manner. And, like its predecessor, ch...

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Saturn for My Birthday מאת John McGranaghan Jeffrey wants Saturn for his birthday, and he wants the moons too all 47 of them. After all, they ll make great night-lights! But he s not selfish; he ll share the rings with some of his friends at school and with his teacher, Mrs. Cassini. Facts about Saturn are woven seamlessly throughout this fun...

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In My Backyard מאת Valarie Giogas Baby dogs are puppies and they belong to a litter, but what is a baby skunk and what is the name of its group? This clever, rhythmic story tells us just that! Counting from one to ten, familiar backyard animals are introduced by baby and family group name. Each stanza also tells a bit more about eac...

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Little Skink's Tail מאת Janet Halfmann While Little Skink hunts yummy ants for breakfast, she is suddenly attacked by a crow! But she has a trick to escape she snaps off her tail, and it keeps on wiggling! Little Skink is happy to be alive, but she misses her bright blue tail. Readers will enjoy pretending with her, trying on tail after ...

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Julie the Rockhound מאת Gail Langer Karwoski When Julie finds a shiny quartz crystal, her dad shows her how to dig for minerals like a rockhound. Combining clever wordplay with earth science, young readers learn about Earth s most abundant mineral treasure. The For Creative Minds section extends the learning with quartz and mineral fun facts a...

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'Twas the Day Before Zoo Day מאת Catherine Ipcizade This delightful adaptation of Twas the Night Before Christmas, shares zoo keeper and animal preparations for the upcoming Zoo Day. But things aren t going according to plan . . . The llamas won t quit spitting, the giraffes are drooling, and the zebras aren t happy at all with their stripes. Meanwhi...

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'Twas the Day Before Zoo Day מאת Catherine Ipcizade This delightful adaptation of the children's classic, 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, takes readers to the zoo, as preparations are under way for Zoo Day. But things aren't going according to plan . . . The llamas won t quit spitting, the giraffes are drooling, and the zebras aren't happy at all w...

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Animals Are Sleeping מאת Suzanne Slade The rhythmic text and the rich illustrations in Animals are Sleeping make it the perfect naptime story or bedtime book. Its short, lyrical text provides fascinating information, such as location, position, and duration of sleep of animals living in different habitats. This book shares the interestin...

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Ocean Seasons מאת Ron Hirschi Seasons change in the ocean much as they do on land. Spring brings new plants and baby animals, while summer oceans are aglow with sparkly plankton lights, and autumn winds blow across the open water. In winter the humpback whales migrate to warmer waters, just as some land animals move to warmer cl...

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Kersplatypus מאת Susan K. Mitchell When a strange little creature appears out of nowhere after the big rains, Australian animals wonder what in the world he could possibly be! His fur, feet, tail, and duck-like bill remind each animal of something different. But with a down-under spirit, they all pitch in to help him discover where h...

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Baby Owl's Rescue מאת Jennifer Keats Curtis What if you found a baby owl in your back yard? Would you know what to do? Where would you go to find help? Join young Maddie and Max as they learn a valuable lesson from a little lost owl in Baby Owl s Rescue by Jennifer Keats Curtis. The brother and sister pair just wanted to play baseball one day...

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Blackberry Banquet מאת Terry Pierce Mmm-mm! Forest animals squeak, tweet, slurp, yip and chomp over the sweet, plump fruit of a wild blackberry bush. But what happens when a bear arrives to take part in the feast? Young children will enjoy following the story by making the animal sounds, and the chaos that strikes upon the bear's arri...

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Saturn for My Birthday מאת John Mcgranaghan Jeffrey wants Saturn for his birthday, and he wants the moons too all 47 of them. After all, they'll make great night-lights! But he s not selfish; he'll share the rings with some of his friends at school and with his teacher, Mrs. Cassini. Facts about Saturn are woven seamlessly throughout this fun...

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Sort it Out! מאת Barbara Mariconda Packy the Packrat s mother has had enough! It s time that he sorts through his ever-growing collection of trinkets and puts them away. Told in rhyme, the text leads the reader to participate in the sorting process by categorizing Packy s piles of things according to like characteristics and attribut...

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One Odd Day מאת Doris Fisher One Odd Day is a humorous, rhythmic, read-aloud story about a boy who awakens to find that everything around him is odd. His shirt has three sleeves and his dog has five legs. . . Things are no better at school either. Will his odd day end when he goes to bed that night? Children will delight in fin...

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Whistling Wings מאת Laura Goering Marcel, a young tundra swan, is tired from the first half of a winter migration. One thousand miles is a long way to fly--too long for Marcel, so he hides in the rushes to stay behind while his parents and the flock continue south. But with the lake nearly frozen over, he soon realizes that he is no...