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The Burgess Animal Book for Children |
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Thornton W. Burgess |
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0486437450 |
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Book Description
Abundantly illustrated, simply written classic by a master storyteller acquaints youngsters with the habits and characteristics of four-footed animals. Porcupines, field mice, squirrels, coyotes, and other creatures take on appealing personalities in informative, entertaining tales about the inhabitants of the Green Forest and beyond. 73 illustrations.
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Raising a Sensory Smart Child: The Definitive Handbook for Helping Your Child with Sensory Integration Issues |
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Lindsey Biel |
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014303488X |
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For children with sensory integration issues-those who have difficulty processing everyday sensations and exhibit unusual behaviors such as avoiding or seeking out touch, movement, sounds, and sights-this groundbreaking book is an invaluable resource. Long thought to affect only autistic children, or mistaken for ADHD, SI dysfunction is finally being recognized as a separate condition. Coauthored by a pediatric occupational therapist and a parent of a child with SI dysfunction, Raising a Sensory Smart Child is as warm and accessible as it is authoritative and detailed and is an indispensable guide for parents, therapists, and teachers who will turn to it again and again.
About the Author
Lindsey Biel, M.A., OTR/L, is an occupational therapist specializing in ... |
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The Burgess Animal Book for Children |
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Thornton W. Burgess |
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Paperback |
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1417929782 |
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Print-on-demand title. Ships within 5-15 days. |
Book Description
1920. A charmingly written introductory-level book for young minds to the four-footed friends, little and big, which form so important a part of the wild life of the United States and Canada. The purpose of the book is to acquaint the reader with the larger groups-orders, families, and divisions of the latter, so that typical representatives may readily be recognized and their habits understood.
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Wild Animals Stained Glass Coloring Book |
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John Green |
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Coloring Book |
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0486269825 |
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16 boldly outlined, large-format drawings depict realistically posed fox, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, African elephant, gorilla, brown bear, moose, wolf, tiger, zebra, camel, giraffe, reindeer, bison, lion and armadillo. Color with crayons, pencils or paints to produce an exciting stained glass effect. For colorists of all ages.
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Animals on the Go |
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Jessica Brett |
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0152048278 |
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From School Library Journal
Grade 1-2-An introduction to a variety of fast-moving animals such as wild horses, ostriches, rabbits, bobcats, and cheetahs. The text is presented in a large, easy-to-read type that makes it appropriate for newly independent readers. However, the use of simple language limits the amount of information that can be presented, and the oversimplification can sometimes be misleading. For example, the text states that, "A mouse is little, but it's quick! Animals must be quick to catch things to eat." This makes it sound as though mice run to catch food, when in fact they're usually running to avoid being caught by a predator. An unlabeled map featuring pictures of the animals superimposed on their respective continents is also somewhat vague as it's often unclear just where these creatures live. The single- or... |
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Ant Cities |
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Arthur Dorros |
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0064450791 |
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From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3 Dorros introduces ant communities by examining the harvester ant. The book includes information on the organization of the ant community, the specialization of ant roles within the community, and some of the physical characteristics of ant life. The pages on the harvester ant are followed by brief descriptions of several different types of ants, all chosen to catch a child's interest. The book ends with instructions for making a simple ant farm. The material is presented in simple language and large print. The illustrations, which are cartoon - like, colorful, and amusing, make the text more comprehensible and add interest to the book. One problem is that some terms, like larvae and pupae, are never defined, and there are limited contextual clues to their meaning. Still, this is an... |
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Expedition Down Under |
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Manufactured by Scholastic Books |
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0439204240 |
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Hi, I'm Dorothy Ann. Ms. Frizzle's class ended up on the other side of the world when we went searching for the cackling kookaburra. It was a wild walk-about to Australia. We had a hopping good time racing a herd of kangaroos and survived a run-in with the terrible Tasmanian devil. Things got pretty hairy in the outback, but there's never been a field trip quite like the Expedition Down Under.
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What Lives in a Shell |
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Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld |
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0064451240 |
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From School Library Journal
PreSchool-Grade 1-The diversity of shelters in the animal world-bird nests, ant tunnels, and the cave of a bear-is contrasted with the nature and function of the self-contained housing of snails, turtles, and some crustaceans and mollusks. The softly toned watercolor illustrations amplify the text and show children in different settings observing various shelled creatures. The transient nature of the hermit crab is described, as is the scallop's shell-snapping mode of mobility. Zoehfeld places less emphasis on scientific names but includes broader coverage than Douglas Florian's Discovering Seashells (Scribners, 1986). She has written an easy-to-read, introductory science title.Frances E. Millhouser, Reston Regional Library, VACopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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House for Hermit Crab |
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Eric Carle |
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Board Book |
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0689870647 |
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"Time to move," said Hermit Crab one day. "I've grown too big for this little shell." Much-loved master of cut-paper collage Eric Carle created A House for Hermit Crab to comfort any little ones (okay, and adults, too) who dread change--whether the new shell is a new home, a new school, or a new experience. In this soothing, upbeat story, Hermit Crab casts his eyestalks on a newer, bigger shell, but it seems plain and unwelcoming at first. When he meets some beautiful, swaying sea anemones, he asks if one of them will come to adorn the outside of his shell. In time a colorful sea star, some coral, an industrious sea snail, a fortress-protecting sea urchin, and an illuminating lantern fish all join forces with him, making his house a home. Much to his dismay, just when his dwelling and new family fit him... |
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First Comes Love: All About The Birds And Bees - And Alligators, Possums, And People, Too. |
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Jennifer Davis |
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0761122443 |
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From School Library Journal
K-Gr 6-Davis explains various types of mating, births, and child-rearing styles of species from octopus, firefly, and human to mosquito and penguin-all in jaunty rhyme. Because it's hard to be totally informative under the beat of rhyming couplets, there are also the picture-book equivalent of footnotes. They provide details such as "Human babies are usually born headfirst and come out through their mother's vagina" or "When a male possum goes courting, he makes a metallic clicking sound." Mackie's stylish and smart drawings are equally festive but less instructive (no genitalia are drawn or diagramed). There's lots of visual drollery in the surreal bat mates and the jolly lion family. (The lioness wears spike heels, harlequin spectacles, and carries a brief case.) This work is definitely in the Peter Mayle... |
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Peterson First Guide to Insects of North America |
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Richard E. White (Illustrator) |
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0395906644 |
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Peterson First Guides are the first books the beginning naturalist needs. Condensed versions of the famous Peterson Field Guides, the First Guides focus on the animals, plants, and other natural things you are most likely to see. They make it fun to get into the field and easy to progress to the full-fledged Peterson Guides.
About the Author
Richard E. White is a research entomologist at the United States National Museum in Washington and the author of articles and research papers chiefly in his special field of beetles. As an artist he is most experienced in portraying insects, but he also illustrates general biological subjects. Roger Tory Peterson, one of the world"'s greatest naturalists, received every major award for ornithology, natural science, and... |
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The Smaller Majority |
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Piotr Naskrecki |
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0674019156 |
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From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. It's often said that you should buy books of gorgeous, light-saturated photographs for the images alone. Naskrecki's work does contain stunning and unusual nature photographs, even more striking for their subject matter. These photographs—of mites, katydids, grasshoppers, lizards—display life at the smallest scale ("smaller than a human finger"), and we are fortunate for Naskrecki's patience. It's impossible to tell how he took these head-on shots of bugs, views of one insect devouring another or of frogs' eyelids, but the result is beautiful. Not only the photographs are valuable: the writing also shines. Naskrecki's exuberant, expert knowledge of this microscopic world has been distilled down to the most arresting details. Crisp, enjoyable prose, clearly explains complex... |
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