Author: Mary Beth Owens
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
ISBN: 0884484297
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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There is a deserted bay on a small island off Antigua where hawksbill turtles crawl ashore at night during the mating season to lay their eggs. Two months later the hatchlings—each weighing less than an ounce—emerge from the sand and scramble to the sea in the moonlight. Only a lucky few survive. Mary Beth Owens was inspired by her admiration and concern for these critically endangered animals to write and illustrate this beautiful book. The narrator—a craggy, ancient jumby tree that stands sentinel over the bay—observes a hawksbill’s arrival by night, her arduous trek to excavate a nest and bury her eggs, her solitary return to the sea, and the later diaspora of her hatchlings. Spare prose complements pages saturated with Caribbean color or brooding in ghostly moonlight.
Author: Sharon Wismer
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
ISBN: 088448906X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42
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Takes children to the underwater world of Australia's Great Barrier Reef for a prime example of how a complex ecosystem depends on its keystone species. Sharon Wismer—reef ecologist and mom—is the best tour guide a kid could have for a visit to the underwater world of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Alice Wong’s richly detailed, accurate watercolors take a boy and girl snorkeling to see the fishes that maintain the ecological balance between the corals and their main competitor, algae. Without the fish species that brush, crop, scrape, excavate, and browse the algae, coral reefs would die. A coral reef is a brilliant and colorful example of how a complex ecosystem functions and why its keystone species are critical to its health. The Great Barrier Reef is one of Earth’s most celebrated natural treasures. Here children discover why the reef is threatened and what we can all do to help protect it. Endorsements are coming from Charlie Veron (“the godfather of coral,” featured in the 2017 film Chasing Coral) and David Bellwood, a world-renowned reef fish ecologist whose lab is the source of much of the information in this book. Keepers of Reef is the rare children’s book combining cutting-edge science with narrative and pictorial magic. Thorough backmatter sources and resources are included.
Author: Sara Martel
Publisher: Tilbury House Nature Book
ISBN: 9780884484882
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Poop as shields. Poop as weapons. Poop as food. These are just some of the many ways that wild animals use poop in nature.
Author: Terry Pierce
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
ISBN: 0884485595
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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The bedtime book about endangered species When Mother Earth bids goodnight, / the world is bathed in silver light. / She says, “Goodnight, my precious ones.” / Nature’s song has just begun. Mother Earth’s Lullaby is a gentle bedtime call to some of the world’s most endangered animals. Rhythm, rhyme, and repetition create a quiet moment for children burrowing down in their own beds for the night, imparting a sense that even the most endangered animals feel safe at this peaceful time of day. In successive spreads, a baby giant panda, yellow-footed rock wallaby, California condor, Ariel toucan, American red wolf, Sumatran tiger, polar bear, Javan rhinoceros, Vaquita dolphin, Northern spotted owl, Hawaiian goose, and Key deer are snuggled to sleep by attentive parents in their dens and nests under the moon and stars. Brief descriptions of each animal appear in the back of the book.
Author: Stephie Morton
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
ISBN: 0884487660
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 38
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To author Stephie Morton, nature's powerful forces are a metaphor for the hardships faced by displaced children. Kids, like seeds, thrive when given a chance. Each of the three seeds in this story—a cherry seed in the Middle East, an acacia seed in Australia, and a lotus seed in Asia—survives a difficult journey through flood, fire, or drought, then sprouts (in the case of the lotus seed, a hundred years later) and flourishes. Stephie's verses and Nicole Wong's art make a picture book to treasure.
Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1465421181
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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A beautifully clear, detailed, and fully revised and updated guide, DK's Reference World Atlas gives a superb overview of all the world's regions. Providing a detailed reference map set, the atlas also features computer-generated terrain-modeled maps and the landscapes, bringing an all-new dimension to cartography. This ninth edition of DK's respected Reference World Atlas includes all recent border, place name, and flag changes from around the world, including the emerging state of South Sudan.
Author: Mary Beth Owens
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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Just like the many animal parents who wish their babies good dreams at bedtime, a human father wishes sweet dreams to his child.
Author: Ian Lendler
Publisher: Clarion Books
ISBN: 1328585522
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 69
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Honoring the path of a slave, this dramatic picture-book biography and concise anthology of Aesop's most child-friendly fables tells how a child born into slavery in ancient Greece found a way to speak out against injustice by using the skill and wit of his storytelling--storytelling that has survived for 2,500 years. Stunningly illustrated by two-time Caldecott Honor winner Pamela Zagarenski. The Tortoise and the Hare. The Boy Who Cried Wolf. The Fox and the Crow. Each of Aesop's stories has a lesson to tell, but Aesop's true-life story is perhaps the most inspiring tale of them all. Gracefully revealing the genesis of his tales, this true story of Aesop shows how fables not only liberated him from captivity but spread wisdom over a millennium. This is the only children's book biography about him. Includes thirteen illustrated fables: The Lion and the Mouse, The Goose and the Golden Egg, The Fox and the Crow, Town Mouse and Country Mouse, The Ant and the Grasshopper, The Dog and the Wolf, The Lion and the Statue, The Tortoise and the Hare, The Boy Who Cried Wolf, The North Wind and the Sun, The Fox and the Grapes, The Dog and the Wolf, The Lion and the Boar.
Author: Mary Beth Owens
Publisher: Tilbury House Nature Book
ISBN: 9780884484462
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A lyrical celebration of the caribou.
Author: Mary Beth Owens
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9780689805462
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
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Presents prayers for each of the months of the year, including search-and-find paintings of plants, animals, and insects.
