Author: Jo Rooks
Publisher: American Psychological Association
ISBN: 1433834200
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
An uplifting story of a determined dung beetle who finds his unique strength in creating beautiful things inspired by nature, flowers, friends, and the garden. Doug has trouble lifting heavy balls of dung. He just doesn’t feel as strong as the other dung beetles. When Doug feels down that he isn’t tough enough, a passing butterfly helps him see things in a different light and he realizes that strength comes in many forms.
Doug's Dung
Author: Jo Rooks
Publisher: American Psychological Association
ISBN: 1433834200
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
An uplifting story of a determined dung beetle who finds his unique strength in creating beautiful things inspired by nature, flowers, friends, and the garden. Doug has trouble lifting heavy balls of dung. He just doesn’t feel as strong as the other dung beetles. When Doug feels down that he isn’t tough enough, a passing butterfly helps him see things in a different light and he realizes that strength comes in many forms.
Publisher: American Psychological Association
ISBN: 1433834200
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
An uplifting story of a determined dung beetle who finds his unique strength in creating beautiful things inspired by nature, flowers, friends, and the garden. Doug has trouble lifting heavy balls of dung. He just doesn’t feel as strong as the other dung beetles. When Doug feels down that he isn’t tough enough, a passing butterfly helps him see things in a different light and he realizes that strength comes in many forms.
Beetle Battles
Author: Douglas J. Emlen
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
ISBN: 1250147123
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Join scientist Doug Emlen on his quest to find out why an elusive type of beetle grows weapons that are enormous for its body size. What does it take to be a scientist in the field? Doug Emlen is a scientist. He studies beetles. Specifically, he studies the evolution of beetle weapons—how their horns and armor change to better suit them in different environments. This book starts with a mystery: Doug wanted to know why a particular type of beetle developed a massive evolutionary weapon. He wanted to know how these changes happened and what advantages these enormous weapons gave the tiny dung beetles. So, he went to visit. Part travel diary and part scientific exploration, Beetle Battles takes you deep into the South American rainforest to monitor beetles in their own habitat. Packed with color photographs, extensive back matter, and entertaining anecdotes, this book will make beetle fans out of all its young readers.
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
ISBN: 1250147123
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Join scientist Doug Emlen on his quest to find out why an elusive type of beetle grows weapons that are enormous for its body size. What does it take to be a scientist in the field? Doug Emlen is a scientist. He studies beetles. Specifically, he studies the evolution of beetle weapons—how their horns and armor change to better suit them in different environments. This book starts with a mystery: Doug wanted to know why a particular type of beetle developed a massive evolutionary weapon. He wanted to know how these changes happened and what advantages these enormous weapons gave the tiny dung beetles. So, he went to visit. Part travel diary and part scientific exploration, Beetle Battles takes you deep into the South American rainforest to monitor beetles in their own habitat. Packed with color photographs, extensive back matter, and entertaining anecdotes, this book will make beetle fans out of all its young readers.
Animal Weapons
Author: Douglas J. Emlen
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0805094504
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Emlen takes us outside the lab and deep into the forests and jungles where he's been studying animal weapons in nature for years, to explain the processes behind the most intriguing and curious examples of extreme animal weapons. As singular and strange as some of the weapons we encounter on these pages are, we learn that similar factors set their evolution in motion. Emlen uses these patterns to draw parallels to the way we humans develop and employ our own weapons, and have since battle began.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0805094504
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Emlen takes us outside the lab and deep into the forests and jungles where he's been studying animal weapons in nature for years, to explain the processes behind the most intriguing and curious examples of extreme animal weapons. As singular and strange as some of the weapons we encounter on these pages are, we learn that similar factors set their evolution in motion. Emlen uses these patterns to draw parallels to the way we humans develop and employ our own weapons, and have since battle began.
Doug Unplugged: Read & Listen Edition
Author: Dan Yaccarino
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0449817008
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
**Check out the Doug Unplugs animated series on Apple TV!** It's easy being a robot, if you play by all the rules—but when Doug gets curious, he decides to unplug and forge his own path. And he discovers a whole world of what's possible. Doug is a robot. His parents want him to be smart, so each morning they plug him in and start the information download. After a morning spent learning facts about the city, Doug suspects he could learn even more about the city by going outside and exploring it. And so Doug . . . unplugs. What follows is an exciting day of adventure and discovery. Doug learns amazing things by doing and seeing and touching and listening—and above all, by interacting with a new friend. Dan Yaccarino's funny story of robot rebellion is a great reminder that sometimes the best way to learn about the world is to go out and be in it. Praise for Doug Unplugged: "A gentle robotic rebellion." —USA Today A sweet tale . . . Yaccarino [is] especially good at slipping in the small, nourishing details that are savored upon repeated readings." —The New York Times
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0449817008
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
**Check out the Doug Unplugs animated series on Apple TV!** It's easy being a robot, if you play by all the rules—but when Doug gets curious, he decides to unplug and forge his own path. And he discovers a whole world of what's possible. Doug is a robot. His parents want him to be smart, so each morning they plug him in and start the information download. After a morning spent learning facts about the city, Doug suspects he could learn even more about the city by going outside and exploring it. And so Doug . . . unplugs. What follows is an exciting day of adventure and discovery. Doug learns amazing things by doing and seeing and touching and listening—and above all, by interacting with a new friend. Dan Yaccarino's funny story of robot rebellion is a great reminder that sometimes the best way to learn about the world is to go out and be in it. Praise for Doug Unplugged: "A gentle robotic rebellion." —USA Today A sweet tale . . . Yaccarino [is] especially good at slipping in the small, nourishing details that are savored upon repeated readings." —The New York Times
Eat Shit and Die: The Biography of a Dung Beetle
Author: Benjamin Byrn
Publisher: Benjamin Byrn
ISBN: 9780578728957
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
This book is educational and shit... emphasis on the shit. Join Doug the dung beetle on his journey through life, love, and the pursuit of all thinks fecal.
Publisher: Benjamin Byrn
ISBN: 9780578728957
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
This book is educational and shit... emphasis on the shit. Join Doug the dung beetle on his journey through life, love, and the pursuit of all thinks fecal.
Doug the Dung Beetle
Author: Rebecca Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781922123800
Category : Blue star
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Through engaging images and a witty story, this DOUG THE DUNG BEETLE story book teaches children about the needs and environments of the dung beetle. The Steve Parish Kids story book series includes: A glossary of technical or tricky words. Factual information about the native bee. A fact-file of the native bee's lifecycle. Two free downloadable worksheets. Australian Science Curriculum links. Stunning Australian photography.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781922123800
Category : Blue star
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Through engaging images and a witty story, this DOUG THE DUNG BEETLE story book teaches children about the needs and environments of the dung beetle. The Steve Parish Kids story book series includes: A glossary of technical or tricky words. Factual information about the native bee. A fact-file of the native bee's lifecycle. Two free downloadable worksheets. Australian Science Curriculum links. Stunning Australian photography.
I Eat Poop.
Author: Mark Pett
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
ISBN: 1250859190
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
In the vein of Please Don't Eat Me and We Don't Eat Our Classmates, I Eat Poop. by Mark Pett is a heartwarming and hilarious picture book about friendship, fitting in, and accepting each other's differences. Dougie has a secret: he’s not a ground beetle. He’s a dung beetle, and he loves eating poop. Dougie knows he should be proud. Dung beetles help process waste and do other extraordinary things! But Dougie also knows that if anyone at school saw his lunch, he’d be an outcast. One day, the lunchroom bugs out over a classmate eating poop, and Dougie must make a choice. Can he stand up for his friend—and for his true self? I Eat Poop. is packed with important social emotional learning themes and is great for classroom or at home discussion. Read I Eat Poop. for conversations about: - Bullying and being kind - Standing up for your friends and speaking up for your beliefs - Being proud of your culture and heritage - Embracing diversity and accepting and celebrating differences The book also includes incredible, STEM-related facts about bugs.
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
ISBN: 1250859190
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
In the vein of Please Don't Eat Me and We Don't Eat Our Classmates, I Eat Poop. by Mark Pett is a heartwarming and hilarious picture book about friendship, fitting in, and accepting each other's differences. Dougie has a secret: he’s not a ground beetle. He’s a dung beetle, and he loves eating poop. Dougie knows he should be proud. Dung beetles help process waste and do other extraordinary things! But Dougie also knows that if anyone at school saw his lunch, he’d be an outcast. One day, the lunchroom bugs out over a classmate eating poop, and Dougie must make a choice. Can he stand up for his friend—and for his true self? I Eat Poop. is packed with important social emotional learning themes and is great for classroom or at home discussion. Read I Eat Poop. for conversations about: - Bullying and being kind - Standing up for your friends and speaking up for your beliefs - Being proud of your culture and heritage - Embracing diversity and accepting and celebrating differences The book also includes incredible, STEM-related facts about bugs.
Next Time I'll Sing to You
Author: James Saunders
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822208143
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
THE STORY: As Richard Watts, Jr., comments Mr. Saunders has two major problems of striking interest on his hands. What is the relationship to his fellow-men of the alienated Jimmy Mason, who cut himself off from the world and lived in solitude for
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
ISBN: 9780822208143
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
THE STORY: As Richard Watts, Jr., comments Mr. Saunders has two major problems of striking interest on his hands. What is the relationship to his fellow-men of the alienated Jimmy Mason, who cut himself off from the world and lived in solitude for
City of Speed
Author: Joe Scalzo
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610608770
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781610608770
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Dinosaur That Pooped the Bed!
Author: Tom Fletcher
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481498711
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Danny and Dino must clean their room if they want to watch their favorite TV show in the latest Dinosaur That Pooped story by Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter of the English pop punk group McFly. Danny and Dinosaur want to watch television, but Mom won’t let them until they’ve cleaned their room. So Danny thinks of a plan to make all the mess go away in one humungous gulp: he gets Dino to eat it all up! But just when they think they can get away with it, there’s a rumble in Dino’s tummy and another EXPLOSIVE adventure is about to begin!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481498711
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Danny and Dino must clean their room if they want to watch their favorite TV show in the latest Dinosaur That Pooped story by Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter of the English pop punk group McFly. Danny and Dinosaur want to watch television, but Mom won’t let them until they’ve cleaned their room. So Danny thinks of a plan to make all the mess go away in one humungous gulp: he gets Dino to eat it all up! But just when they think they can get away with it, there’s a rumble in Dino’s tummy and another EXPLOSIVE adventure is about to begin!