Author: Doris Haggis-On-Whey
Publisher: McSweeneys Books
ISBN: 9781932416978
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
A collection of humorous trivia about giraffes makes no promises that everything the book reveals is true and discusses the giraffe's fondness for iced oatmeal cookies and the role of a giraffe's spots as intergalactic receptors.
Giraffes? Giraffes!
Author: Doris Haggis-On-Whey
Publisher: McSweeneys Books
ISBN: 9781932416978
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
A collection of humorous trivia about giraffes makes no promises that everything the book reveals is true and discusses the giraffe's fondness for iced oatmeal cookies and the role of a giraffe's spots as intergalactic receptors.
Publisher: McSweeneys Books
ISBN: 9781932416978
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 61
Book Description
A collection of humorous trivia about giraffes makes no promises that everything the book reveals is true and discusses the giraffe's fondness for iced oatmeal cookies and the role of a giraffe's spots as intergalactic receptors.
Giraffes
Author: Catherine Ipcizade
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1429648805
Category : Giraffe
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Discusses the characteristics and habits of giraffes.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1429648805
Category : Giraffe
Languages : en
Pages : 24
Book Description
Discusses the characteristics and habits of giraffes.
A Tower of Giraffes
Author: Anna Wright
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 1607349191
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A drove of pigs, a romp of otters, an ostentation of peacocks, and a tower of giraffes. . . . This clever book introduces young readers to some of the words we use to refer to animals in a group. The ink, watercolor, and fabric collage art is brightly colored and uniquely sets this fun book apart from the crowd. Each page presents information about an animal and its group behavior, such as how geese fly in a V-shape and honk to encourage the leaders, and that sometimes tens of thousand of flamingos meet up in one location. Young readers will have a great time and create a wellspring of new vocabulary words.
Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
ISBN: 1607349191
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
A drove of pigs, a romp of otters, an ostentation of peacocks, and a tower of giraffes. . . . This clever book introduces young readers to some of the words we use to refer to animals in a group. The ink, watercolor, and fabric collage art is brightly colored and uniquely sets this fun book apart from the crowd. Each page presents information about an animal and its group behavior, such as how geese fly in a V-shape and honk to encourage the leaders, and that sometimes tens of thousand of flamingos meet up in one location. Young readers will have a great time and create a wellspring of new vocabulary words.
Giraffes Can't Dance
Author: Giles Andreae
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1408345374
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Number One bestseller Giraffes Can't Dance from author Giles Andreae has been delighting children for over 20 years. Gerald the tall giraffe would love to join in with the other animals at the Jungle Dance, but everyone knows that giraffes can't dance . . . or can they? A funny, touching and triumphant picture book story about a giraffe who finds his own tune and confidence too, with joyful illustrations from Guy Parker Rees and a foiled cover. ... wonderfully funny. - Independent A fantastically funny and wonderfully colourful romp of a picture book. All toddlers should grow up reading this or hearing their parents read it aloud to them. - Daily Telegraph A joyful read about an outsider who finds acceptance on his own terms.... there's also a simple moral about tolerance and daring to be different. - Junior
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1408345374
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Number One bestseller Giraffes Can't Dance from author Giles Andreae has been delighting children for over 20 years. Gerald the tall giraffe would love to join in with the other animals at the Jungle Dance, but everyone knows that giraffes can't dance . . . or can they? A funny, touching and triumphant picture book story about a giraffe who finds his own tune and confidence too, with joyful illustrations from Guy Parker Rees and a foiled cover. ... wonderfully funny. - Independent A fantastically funny and wonderfully colourful romp of a picture book. All toddlers should grow up reading this or hearing their parents read it aloud to them. - Daily Telegraph A joyful read about an outsider who finds acceptance on his own terms.... there's also a simple moral about tolerance and daring to be different. - Junior
Giraffes, Black Dragons, and Other Pianos
Author: Edwin Marshall Good
Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press
ISBN:
Category : Piano
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
This illustrated book treats the history of the piano from its invention in 1700 to the present in terms of its technology. Looking at the technologies of design, materials, and manufacture, and focusing its description on specific existing pianos, it describes the changes in pianos from the earlist days to contemporary instruments.
Publisher: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press
ISBN:
Category : Piano
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
This illustrated book treats the history of the piano from its invention in 1700 to the present in terms of its technology. Looking at the technologies of design, materials, and manufacture, and focusing its description on specific existing pianos, it describes the changes in pianos from the earlist days to contemporary instruments.
Giraffe
Author: Patricia Whitehouse
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 9781403406446
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
These titles look at many of the animals typically found in zoos, covering such topics as appearance, behavior, and babies. Vivid photographs compare the habitat and diet of each animal, both in the wild and the zoo.
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 9781403406446
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
These titles look at many of the animals typically found in zoos, covering such topics as appearance, behavior, and babies. Vivid photographs compare the habitat and diet of each animal, both in the wild and the zoo.
Giraffe
Author: Caroline Arnold
Publisher: StarWalk Kids Media
ISBN: 162334543X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Informative and engaging, Giraffe offers a close-up look at this gentle giant of the African plains. A clear text and forty extraordinary full-color photographs highlight the giraffe's unusual physical features and present a fascinating view of its day-to-day life and behavior, both in captivity and in the wild.
Publisher: StarWalk Kids Media
ISBN: 162334543X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Informative and engaging, Giraffe offers a close-up look at this gentle giant of the African plains. A clear text and forty extraordinary full-color photographs highlight the giraffe's unusual physical features and present a fascinating view of its day-to-day life and behavior, both in captivity and in the wild.
Zoo and Wild Mammal Formulary
Author: Alicia Hahn
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 111951505X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
Zoo and Wild Mammal Formulary offers fast access to authoritative dosing information for drugs used in more than 35 zoo and wild mammal groups, including marsupials, bears, and elephants. Taking an easy-to-use tabular format, the book is organized by taxa, with drug doses sorted by type and alphabetically arranged in every chapter. Clear and comprehensive, the book offers dosages for all important drugs, including antibiotics, antifungals, anesthetics, analgesics, and more. Each dose is referenced with a journal or textbook source, including the number of animals in the study where available, making it easy to find trusted information. Offers essential drug information for a wide range of zoo and wild mammals in an easy-to-consult format Provides dosing amounts for all important drugs, including antibiotics, antifungals, anesthetics, and analgesics Includes dosages for over 35 mammal groups, including marsupials, bears, and elephants Takes a tabular approach for quick reference Makes it easy to find a referenced dose for these animals, eliminating time spent searching through other sources Zoo and Wild Mammal Formulary is an essential reference for all veterinarians seeing zoo and wild animal patients, including zoo and wildlife veterinarians, veterinary specialists, and veterinary students.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 111951505X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
Zoo and Wild Mammal Formulary offers fast access to authoritative dosing information for drugs used in more than 35 zoo and wild mammal groups, including marsupials, bears, and elephants. Taking an easy-to-use tabular format, the book is organized by taxa, with drug doses sorted by type and alphabetically arranged in every chapter. Clear and comprehensive, the book offers dosages for all important drugs, including antibiotics, antifungals, anesthetics, analgesics, and more. Each dose is referenced with a journal or textbook source, including the number of animals in the study where available, making it easy to find trusted information. Offers essential drug information for a wide range of zoo and wild mammals in an easy-to-consult format Provides dosing amounts for all important drugs, including antibiotics, antifungals, anesthetics, and analgesics Includes dosages for over 35 mammal groups, including marsupials, bears, and elephants Takes a tabular approach for quick reference Makes it easy to find a referenced dose for these animals, eliminating time spent searching through other sources Zoo and Wild Mammal Formulary is an essential reference for all veterinarians seeing zoo and wild animal patients, including zoo and wildlife veterinarians, veterinary specialists, and veterinary students.
Literature-based Math Activities
Author: Alison Abrohms
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780590492010
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
This unique resource uses 40 popular children's books as springboards to math learning. It's brimming with activities and reproducibles that focus on number sense, operations, fractions, patterns, measurement, money, time, probability, and much more.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780590492010
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
This unique resource uses 40 popular children's books as springboards to math learning. It's brimming with activities and reproducibles that focus on number sense, operations, fractions, patterns, measurement, money, time, probability, and much more.
Ordered by Love
Author: Thomas Ward
Publisher: Angelico Press
ISBN: 1621388832
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
John Duns Scotus (1265–1308), beatified by Pope St. John Paul II in 1993, is widely recognized as one of the most original and influential philosophers and theologians of the Middle Ages. Ordered by Love offers a sympathetic exploration of a wide range of Scotus’s thought. Topics covered include his understanding of the relationship between faith and reason, his doctrine of individuation by “haecceity” (thisness), his theory of the univocity of the concept of being, his emphasis on God’s freedom and its supposed consequences for moral theory, his defense of Mary’s immaculate conception, and his teaching on the primacy of Christ.
Publisher: Angelico Press
ISBN: 1621388832
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
John Duns Scotus (1265–1308), beatified by Pope St. John Paul II in 1993, is widely recognized as one of the most original and influential philosophers and theologians of the Middle Ages. Ordered by Love offers a sympathetic exploration of a wide range of Scotus’s thought. Topics covered include his understanding of the relationship between faith and reason, his doctrine of individuation by “haecceity” (thisness), his theory of the univocity of the concept of being, his emphasis on God’s freedom and its supposed consequences for moral theory, his defense of Mary’s immaculate conception, and his teaching on the primacy of Christ.