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ISBN: 0142405604
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Author: Praying Mantises
Author: Colleen SextonPublisher: Bellwether Media
ISBN: 1612111831
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
"Simple text accompanied by full-color photographs give an upclose look at praying mantises. Intended for kindergarten through third grade students"--Provided by publisher.
My Awesome Summer by P. Mantis
Author: Paul MeiselPublisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0823440060
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Get a bug's-eye-view on the life cycle of the praying mantis, in this hilarious, scientifically accurate Nature Diary following an insect through her whole summer. Finalist for the AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books "May 17: I was born today! It's a beautiful, sunny spring day!" This is the diary of P. Mantis, one of 150 brothers and sisters born on a garden bush. P. Mantis is an amazing bug: she can make herself look like a stick to hide from predators, she can swivel her head all the way around, and when she's grown up she'll even be able to fly! In dated journal entries P. Mantis describes the entirety of her life, sharing the fun and beauty of her world as well its little ups and downs ("I ate one of my brothers. Okay, maybe two"). Colorful, bold art helps illustrate the different stages of the mantis life cycle, and the engaging, narrative text is paired with more detailed information about praying mantises on the heavily-illustrated endpapers. Washington Children's Choice Book Award 2019 Nominee A New York Public Library Staff Pick for Children Don't miss the other hilarious entries in The Nature Diary Series! Each one explores the life cycle of an animal in dated journal entries, showing young readers how they grow and change through the seasons-- and offering a few laughs, too! Brightly illustrated and vetted by experts, Paul Meisel's books are a perfect introduction to your backyard neighbors. My Happy Year by E. Bluebird A Junior Library Guild Selection My Stinky Summer by S. Bug A Junior Library Guild Selection
Critical Literacy in Early Childhood Education
Author: Elizabeth P. QuinteroPublisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9781433106125
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Resource added for the Early Childhood Education program 103071.
Corduroy
Author: Don FreemanPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0670063428
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Set includes a hardcover copy of Don Freeman's Cordoroy and a stuffed bear.
Teaching the Alphabet
Author: Lesley MorrowPublisher: Teacher Created Materials
ISBN: 1425806260
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
Use these effective and practical approaches for teaching alphabet recognition to young children. The instructional activities follow a consistent pattern using materials that are readily available in early childhood classrooms. The activities are designed to provide many opportunities for children to be engaged with print, such as identifying letters, matching letters, talking about letters, and writing letters.
A Box Full of Tales
Author: Kathy MacMillanPublisher: American Library Association
ISBN: 0838909604
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
"In Maryland's Carroll County, story boxes have made this impossible dream come true for twenty years. Now MacMillan, writer, storyteller, and former children's librarian, outlines the proven story box system for sharing an array of successful programs. Story boxes offer a simple method for capturing ideas, talent, creativity, and resources available in your library. Including step-by-step instructions from concept through implementation and supplemented by programming tips, A Box Full of Tales also offers detailed plans for fifty great story boxes, including suggested books, fingerplays, songs, props, crafts, and sign language." "From ah-choo to antlers, from monkey business to zoo escapes, A Box Full of Tales is an easy way to offer winning, stress-free library programs for children without the headaches and the hassles. You can make the impossible happen when you share resources with story boxes!"--BOOK JACKET.
Fly High, Fly Low (50th Anniversary ed.)
Author: Don FreemanPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0142408174
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 65
Book Description
A Caldecott Honor book from the highly acclaimed author and illustrator of Corduroy! Sid the pigeon is very choosy about finding just the right home in the magnificent city of san Francisco. And find it he does, in the loop of a huge b in an electric sign high up on a skyscraper. Sid's view of San Francisco is without equal. So Sid asks the lovely dove Midge to share his home. But one morning, while Midge is taking her turn sitting on two eggs, disaster strikes. A truck comes and workers take down the letters on the skyscraper one by one. Winner of a Caldecott Honor, Fly High, Fly Low is a heartwarming story of two birds making a home--and then making another one--in one of America's great cities.
Elena's Serenade
Author: Campbell GeeslinPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442436875
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Who ever heard of a girl glassblower? In Mexico, where the sun is called el sol and the moon is called la luna, a little girl called Elena wants to blow into a long pipe...and make bottles appear, like magic. But girls can't be glassblowers. Or can they? Join Elena on her fantastic journey to Monterrey -- home of the great glassblowers! -- in an enchanting story filled with magic realism.
Tilly Witch
Author: Don FreemanPublisher: Viking Children's Books
ISBN: 9780670713042
Category : Witches
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Tilly Witch forgets how to be mean and returns to the finishing school for witches to relearn the trickery of the trade.