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Fly With Me: A Celebration of Birds through Pictures, Poems, and Stories
JANE YOLEN - National Geographic Children's Books
Format: Hardcover
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Enchanting stories, lyrical poems, stunning photography, and fascinating science fill the pages of this treasury celebrating the amazing world of birds.This thoughtful and beautifully curated collection of our flying, feathery friends highlights the role birds play in human life from centuries... |
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Sisters and Brothers: Sibling Relationships in the Animal World
Steve Jenkins - Houghton Mifflin Co.
Format: Print book
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The award-winning team of What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? and Move! once again create a nonfiction picture book that is amazingly beautiful, fun, and filled with all sorts of interesting facts. Here, Steve Jenkins and Robin Page investigate sibling relationships throughout the animal... |
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Masters of Disguise: Amazing Animal Tricksters
Rebecca L Johnson - Millbrook Press
Format: Print book
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In the animal kingdom, survival is the name of the game - and not everything is as it seems. A number of animals rely on particularly clever tricks to fool predators or prey. A baby bird mimics a poisonous caterpillar. A moth escapes bats by making sounds that interfere with the bats' echolocation.... |
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Animals by the Numbers: A Book of Infographics
Steve Jenkins - Harcourt
Format: Print book
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How many species are there across the globe? How much do all of the insects in the world collectively weigh? How far can animals travel? Steve Jenkins answers these questions and many more with numbers, images, innovation, and authoritative science in his latest work of illustrated... |
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Math Curse
LeVar Burton - GPN Educational Media
Format: Image
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"As close to genius as one gets in a picture book."--USA Today* An ABBY Honor Book * ALA Notable Book* ALA Best Books for Young Adults * The Horn Book Fanfare* Texas Bluebonnet Award * Publishers Weekly Best Books of 1995* School Library Journal Best Books of 1995 * BOOKLIST... |
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Mammoths and Mastodons: Titans of the Ice Age
Cheryl Bardoe - Abrams Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book
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Mammoths and mastodons roamed the earth for more than a million years, and then suddenly went extinct. What was everyday life like for these colossal cousins of the modern elephant? What did they eat? How did they fit into their Ice Age landscape? Why did they disappear? |
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Mad About Monkeys
Owen Davey - Flying Eye Books
Format: Hardcover
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With over 250 species inhabiting our planet, this book explores the many different types of monkeys from the smallest Pygmy Marmoset to the largest Mandrill, and provides all the facts you wanted to know and more. Discover where monkeys come from, how they swing from tree to tree, and why they... |
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Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship
Isabella Hatkoff - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover
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The amazing true story of the orphaned baby hippo and 130-year-old giant turtle whose remarkable friendship touched millions around the world.The inspiring true story of two great friends, a baby hippo named Owen and a 130-yr-old giant tortoise named Mzee (Mm-ZAY) . When Owen was stranded... |
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Could a Robot Make My Dinner?: And other questions about Technology
Kay Barnham - Raintree
Format: Library Binding
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Could a robot make my dinner? Why do we need rockets to go into space? Why don't cranes fall over? This book takes a fun look at technology by asking and answering a series of quirky yet thought-provoking questions such as these! Although primarily a recreational read, the book nevertheless... |
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Flying Cars: The True Story
Andrew Glass - Clarion Books
Format: Hardcover
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Humans have always wanted to fly. As soon as there were planes and cars, many people saw a combination as the next step for personal transportation, and visionary engineers and inventors did their best to make the flying car (or the roadable plane) a reality. This book is a breezy account... |
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Look to the Stars
Buzz Aldrin - G.P. Putnam's
Format: Print book
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Buzz Aldrin takes readers on a journey through the history of space exploration.As one of a handful of astronauts to have walked on the moon, Buzz Aldrin has a unique perspective of space. And he serves as an amazing guide as he introduces us to the pioneers of space. From Copernicus to the Wright... |
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Elephant Rescue: A True-Life Story
Louisa Leaman - Barron's Educational Series
Format: Paperback
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The thoroughly moving books in the Born Free series tell the stories of wild animals around the world that have been saved from a lifetime of cruelty and suffering.The Born Free Foundations mission is to protect many different species in their natural habitats, working with local communities... |
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Sergeant Reckless: The True Story of the Little Horse Who Became a Hero
PATRICIA MCCORMICK - Balzer + Bray
Format: Hardcover
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The inspiring true story of Reckless, the brave little horse who became a Marine.When a group of US Marines fighting in the Korean War found a bedraggled mare, they wondered if she could be trained to as a packhorse. They had no idea that the skinny, underfed horse had one of the biggest... |
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DIY Lettering
Dawn Nicole Warnaar - Walter Foster Jr. - Quarto Library
Format: Library Binding
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DIY Lettering features hand-lettering lessons for beginners, from brush calligraphy basics to creating different lettering styles, as well as over 25 DIY crafts and projects, from customized stationery and postcards to mugs and chalkboard signs. |
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