Author: Deborah DennardPublisher:
ISBN: 9781931465052
Category : Bullfrog
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
A young male bullfrog avoids a hungry heron and searches for a calling site in his bayou home.
Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle
Author: Deborah DennardPublisher:
ISBN: 9781931465052
Category : Bullfrog
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
A young male bullfrog avoids a hungry heron and searches for a calling site in his bayou home.
The Horn Book Guide to Children's and Young Adult Books
Author: Robin at Hickory Street
Author: Dana Meachen RauPublisher:
ISBN: 9781568991689
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
Children discover that they do not have to travel great distances to see great things as they read about amazing animals, insects, and birds that live in backyards across North America.-- A Parents' Choice Approval for 19 title book and tape series.-- Glossary highlights key plant and animal terms.-- Read-along cassettes include page-turning tones and authentic sound effects.-- Toys authenticated by Smithsonian Institution curators for realism.Spring finds a year-old robin winding up his flight north after wintering in a southern wooded swamp forest. Surely there must be a backyard for Robin to call home.
Everything You Need to Know About Frogs and Other Slippery Creatures
Author: DKPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0744040507
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Discover the amazing world of our cold-blooded friends in this book all about frogs and amphibians for kids. Embark on a fun, fact-filled dive into the world of frogs and amphibians with Everything You Need to Know About Frogs. Children will love to learn all the basics of reptile and amphibian anatomy in this beautiful and informative book on frogs. Packed with vibrant pictures and lots of fascinating facts, kids can enjoy learning all about a frog’s habitat and behavior. Discover how these amphibians survive in lakes and rivers, forests and deserts, and how these clever creatures have adapted to live in seemingly inhospitable habitats. Alongside, in between, and on top of all that, this riveting frog book also provides ideas for things to make, games to play, quizzes, and amazing facts to share with friends! Inside the pages of this frog book for children, you’ll find: A whole host of amphibians and reptiles including toads, snakes, lizards, salamanders, turtles, newts, tortoises and crocodiles. Close-ups, quizzes, and games with an exciting take on the amazing world of our cold-blooded friends. A look at these creatures from all angles – information on habitat and breeding habits, as well as oddities such as how to survive a crocodile’s attack, how a frog’s legs influenced Frankenstein, or how to play snakes and ladders. Children aged 7+ can learn all about frogs and amphibians from the very first page of this book, which combines little-known information with engaging text and an exciting design. Each page contains everything kids need to know, and everything they WANT to find out about frogs!. Complete the series This delightful frog book is part of the Everything You Need to Know series of educational books for children and also includes Everything You Need to Know About Snakes and Everything You Need to Know About Dinosaurs!
Mules and Men
Author: Zora Neale HurstonPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061749877
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Zora Neale Hurston brings us Black America’s folklore as only she can, putting the oral history on the written page with grace and understanding. This new edition of Mules and Men features a new cover and a P.S. section which includes insights, interviews, and more. For the student of cultural history, Mules and Men is a treasury of Black America’s folklore as collected by Zora Neale Hurston, the storyteller and anthropologist who grew up hearing the songs and sermons, sayings and tall tales that have formed and oral history of the South since the time of slavery. Set intimately within the social context of Black life, the stories, “big old lies,” songs, voodoo customs, and superstitions recorded in these pages capture the imagination and bring back to life the humor and wisdom that is the unique heritage of Black Americans.
School Library Journal
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Children's libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 924
Book Description
Content-Based Chapter Books Fiction (Social Studies: Stand Up and Speak Out): Divided Loyalties
Author: National Geographic LearningPublisher: National Geographic Society
ISBN: 9780792258674
Category : American loyalists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Facts and a short play about the American Revolution, the Underground Railroad, the Coal Miners' Strike of 1902, the Fight for Women's Suffrage, and the Great Migration of African Americans.
Gray Squirrel at Pacific Avenue
Author: Geri HarringtonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781568991153
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Grey Squirrel has a busy day hunting for seeds and nuts while avoiding the neighborhood predators.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Author: James AgeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Agee's colleague at Time in the 1940s, John Hersey, writes a major evaluation of Agee's work and the Agee legend in a new introduction to this literary classic. 64 pages of photos.
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Author: Corcoran Gallery of ArtPublisher: Lucia Marquand
ISBN: 9781555953614
Category : Painting
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This authoritative catalogue of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's renowned collection of pre-1945 American paintings will greatly enhance scholarly and public understanding of one of the finest and most important collections of historic American art in the world. Composed of more than 600 objects dating from 1740 to 1945.