![The Wild Weather Book](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0711232555.jpg?itok=eBaa4LDr)
There’s always something to do outside regardless of the weather. A range of activities are presented through short descriptions and photographs with notation to indicate if the activity can be done independently or if adult help is needed. Some are messy, all are doable.
The Wild Weather Book
![Too Hot? Too Cold? Keeping Body Temperature Just Right](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1580892760.jpg?itok=H5ljkAhn)
Find out the difference between “warm blooded” and “cold blooded” creatures, learn why sweat is important, how to stay warm or cool, and how animals cope with temperature changes. Attractive illustrations and crisp text will inform and engage.
Too Hot? Too Cold? Keeping Body Temperature Just Right
![Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763661406.jpg?itok=nPnw_3iz)
Stink is still afraid to put his head underwater so fears he’ll remain a “polliwog”. When frogs start to appear everywhere, however, Stink learns about them, what’s really going on, and learns to swim! The latest installment about Judy Moody’s little brother is sure to please.
Stink and the Freaky Frog Freakout
![Snow School](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1580894100.jpg?itok=51my29Pa)
In the spring in Pakistan’s Hindu Kush Mountains, two hungry snow leopard cubs wait for their mother. As they grown, they must learn to survive on their own in a harsh environment. Stunning illustrations and dramatic narration provide a glimpse of the animals’ lives.
Snow School
![National Geographic Kids Bird Guide of North America](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1426310943.jpg?itok=6ZPPTlkb)
This handsome book invites readers to look at birds while learning about their habits and habitats; clearly organized by region and illustrated with illuminating photographs for identification. Easy activities, positive actions, and additional resources are also included.
National Geographic Kids Bird Guide of North America
![Seashells: Treasures from the Northeast Coast](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1934031798.jpg?itok=um4U-gnr)
No visit to a beach is complete without finding shells. Those who visit the Northeast coast of the U.S. are sure to gain information and insight from a small but instructive, clearly illustrated book on seashells.
Seashells: Treasures from the Northeast Coast
![Look!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823426076.jpg?itok=Y1kE4YLg)
Look! Watch various animals in their own environment with a young dreamer. Here, expressive but realistic watercolor illustrations are truly worth a thousand words. They are accompanied by brief, repeating language just right for new readers.
Look!
![A Long Way Away: A Two-Way Story](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0316221961.jpg?itok=XLsnRH7X)
Starting in space, an alien family bids adieu to their offspring (they look a lot like octopuses) who then head for earth landing in the ocean. When read the other way, he journeys home. The vertical format and strong design create a sophisticated literary and visual jaunt.
A Long Way Away: A Two-Way Story
![Inside Outside](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1452106444.jpg?itok=mc2m4GrY)
There are things to do indoors and outside. But the inside goes outside and the reverse with cutouts on pages in this attractive wordless book. Simple lines and flat colors are appealing on brown paper, and encourage careful — and multiple — examinations.
Inside Outside
![If You Want to See a Whale](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1596437316.jpg?itok=atnxBoyO)
If a whale is what you want to see — as does the boy in this expressive, delicately illustrated tale — then patience (plus an ocean) is needed. Images combine with poetic language to create a quiet, deeply satisfying book rich enough for multiple readings.
If You Want to See a Whale
![Here Come the Humpbacks!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1580894054.jpg?itok=b7QEu4cK)
A mother humpback whale and her calf travel from the Caribbean Sea to the coast of New England and back over a year. Informative text is formatted to be read as a whole or in chunks and illustrated with luminous pastel illustrations. Additional information is included.
Here Come the Humpbacks!
![Who's Hiding?](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763659320.jpg?itok=pDkCc1mc)
Who’s hiding? Lift the flap to find out! Sturdy pages and flaps combine with simply shaped, brightly colored illustrations for a playful game even for the youngest child.
Who’s Hiding?
![Slow Snail](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1406339083.jpg?itok=RluJmytJ)
Fast and sluggish, over and under, in and out as well as other concepts are simply demonstrated by a cheerful, quick duck and a comical, slow snail in companion board books. Also see Quick Duck (opens in a new window) by the same author.
Slow Snail
![Ocean Counting](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1426311168.jpg?itok=gz2CWY_a)
Meet marine animals in lush photographs and informative, straightforward text. Count familiar and lesser known sea animals from 1 to 10 and learn more from factual back matter.
Ocean Counting
![Maisy Grows a Garden](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763662429.jpg?itok=HKS9iOfP)
Maisy and her friends plant a garden, tend it, and watch the vegetables and flowers grow. Pull tabs on sturdy pages let young readers see the results in this participatory garden tale.
Maisy Grows a Garden
![Butterfly Colors and Counting](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1570918996.jpg?itok=VpI2Y60P)
Count colorful butterflies in natural settings in this small, sturdy, attractively illustrated concept book. Each of the colorful ten butterflies is identified by name on the back cover.
Butterfly Colors and Counting
![Spring Blossoms](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1580894127.jpg?itok=TrVwxPiT)
Two girls explore the spring colors of blossoming trees. Bold block prints show entire trees and provide a close-up of the blossoms, ideal to help identify familiar and less familiar trees from the dogwood, American beech, and magnolia.
Spring Blossoms
![Picture a Tree](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0807565261.jpg?itok=CCoa93h2)
There are many ways to picture a tree throughout the seasons. Sometimes a tree plays “a game of dress-up”, or serves as a “high-rise home sweet home.” Textured collage illustrations extend meaning of the simple, evocative text in a joy-filled celebration of trees.
Picture a Tree
![999 Frogs Wake Up](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/073584108X.jpg?itok=feajnaPM)
998 of the 999 frogs (who were once 999 Tadpoles (opens in a new window)) awaken their big brother for an action-packed spring. Simple, childlike illustrations on open backgrounds leave plenty of room for imagination as the frog family and other animals celebrate the season.
999 Frogs Wake Up
![Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763645613.jpg?itok=H3w_mj6M)
They can be observed anywhere; in fact, “You don’t have to go anywhere fancy to watch birds!” The informative, informal and playful guide encourages close observation and identification as well as tips for recording and finding out more about these ubiquitous creatures.
Look Up! Bird-Watching in Your Own Backyard
![Frog Song](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0805092544.jpg?itok=rAK2FOco)
Stunning, realistic illustrations of frogs and onomatopoeic language combine to present frogs and their songs from around the world. A brief warning about threats to frogs’ environments and additional information conclude this engaging book just right to read aloud.
Frog Song
![The Year Comes Round: Haiku through the Seasons](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0807581291.jpg?itok=NdfJNBSS)
The seasons of a year are presented in realistic illustrations and thoughtful, evocative haikus. A brief note about the form is followed by a final poem: “Earth circles the sun/spinning a tapestry of/days, months, seasons — life.”
The Year Comes Round: Haiku through the Seasons
![There Was a Tree](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0399257411.jpg?itok=U5GcI_qJ)
Textured borders contain each double-page illustration which places the familiar cumulative song on an African savannah. Rebuses are included in the body of the book and again in a key; music is also included to make this version ideal for sharing.
There Was a Tree
![Stripes of All Types](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1561456950.jpg?itok=-rs5OIUN)
Stripes are found in nature in a variety of flora and fauna in many habitats. From exotic to domestic, revel in observing stripes in carefully crafted illustrations and lyrical text. Additional information and a playful call to match animal with stripe ends this handsome volume.