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Author
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Did you know that butterflies taste with their feet, do a dark red poo when they come out of their chrysalises and that some drink the tears of crocodiles? How does the world look to them, do they ever sleep and how are some of them able to fly so high?"--WorldCat.
6) Team Batman
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First American edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Batman and his fearless friends intend to keep Gotham City safe from a host of colorful crooks.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
This illustrated book is a fun way to get young astronomers ready for August 2017, when millions of North Americans will have the rare chance to witness a solar eclipse. The book tells how two curious children and their grandparents re-create eclipses in their living room using a lamp, a tennis ball, two Hula Hoops, and Ping-Pong balls. Later, in the backyard and around the house, the family explores safe ways to view a solar eclipse and ponders phenomena...
Author
Publisher
Walker Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, map ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
An old man in India recalls how, when he was a young boy, he got his first taste of freedom as he and his brother joined the great Muhatma Gandhi on a march to the sea to make salt in defiance of British law.
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The author tells of her grandfather's experiences as a boy living in a lodge deep in the woods in Ontario, Canada. It relates how people and animals joined together to survive a forest fire and how it affected his life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sky gazers experience a total solar eclipse in this descriptive picture book about the wonders of this phenomenon.
What happens during a solar eclipse?
The sun vanishes. Light becomes dark. Day animals sleep and night animals wake. The moon takes over the sky. People stop what they're doing and together, they look up.
The whole world changes for a few beautiful minutes.
12) This Jazz Man
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 v. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents an introduction to jazz music and nine well-known jazz musicians, set to the rhythm of the traditional song, "This Old Man." Includes brief facts about each musician.
Author
Series
Publisher
Childs World
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
A child must chase a windblown wig that eventually lands on a pig. This simple story for beginning readers teaches the 'ig' sound through rhyming text and bright, original illustrations. Additional features to aid in comprehension include a word list for review, a note to parents and educators, and an introduction to the author and illustrator. Author/Illustrator biography Activities for further learning Rhyming is a skill that is foundational for...
Author
Series
Publisher
Free Spirit Pub
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
35 p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
This book explains what sharing means and provides examples of different ways that two people can share what they both want, such as taking turns, dividing things, or playing together.
15) Plant Secrets
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Look for the SECRET hidden inside . . . Plants come in all shapes and sizes, but they go through the same stages as they grow. Using four common plants, young readers learn about a plant's life cycles. Simple text and colorful illustrations show the major phases of plant growth: seed, plant, flower, and fruit. Back matter offers more information on each plant, as well as on each stage of growth.
18) Winter Trees
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
First paperback edition
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Description
"Trees that once had leaves are bare. They're dressed instead in lacy white. Snow dusts their trunks and coats their limbs with flakes that outline them with light." Join a boy and his dog as they use their senses of sight and touch to identify seven common trees in the snow covered forest. Intricate illustrations and lyrical text make distinguishing different types of trees easy--even in the middle of winter, when only bare branches stand like skeletons...
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The Sun never stops working to keep things on Earth running smoothly. (That's why it's been Employee of the Month for 4.5 billion years.) So why does the Sun get to be center of attention? Because it's our solar system's very own star! This funny and factual picture book from Awkward Yeti creator Nick Seluk explains every part of the Sun's big job: keeping our solar system together, giving Earth day and night, keeping us warm, and more. In fact,...
Author
Publisher
Pebble
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
pages cm.
Language
English
Description
"Score big with this fun seek-and-find title! Hundreds of objects are hidden inside full-color photo puzzles featuring your favorite sports. Each to-find list includes pictographs and word labels to engage pre-readers and early readers alike"--