![Rescue on the Oregon Trail (Ranger in Time series)](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/054563914X.jpg?itok=ioZw--9j)
Meet Ranger! He’s a time-traveling golden retriever who has a nose for trouble … and always saves the day! This is the first book in the historical fiction chapter book series titled Ranger in Time.
Rescue on the Oregon Trail (Ranger in Time series)
![Gator Dad](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0544534336.jpg?itok=dGjIc1gu)
Simple, everyday activities enjoyed by a father and his children become a vivacious romp as this is no ordinary family. They are, after all, alligators (though their antics are highly recognizable!) making the joy even more jubilant and the frolic more playful.
Gator Dad
![Appleblossom the Possum](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0803741332.jpg?itok=H8qf4gFs)
Young possums work together to overcome the trouble they find themselves in. A lively but sweet story read with humor.
Appleblossom the Possum
![Shelter Pet Squad: Paloma](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0545636043.jpg?itok=DkpuCUx6)
Can Suzannah bear to let Paloma, the puppy she’s cared for ever since she arrived at the shelter, be adopted into a permanent home? Her dilemma is happily resolved in the latest installment of the Shelter Pet Squad. Information about shelter dog adoptions is included at book’s end.
Shelter Pet Squad: Paloma
![Way to Glow! Amazing Creatures that Light Up in the Dark](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/054590661X.jpg?itok=72hxMN8M)
Whether they’re fish or fungi, these creatures share the ability to create their own light or glow. Most live in deep seas but some – like fireflies – are easily seen on land particularly at dusk. Two volumes present information about bioluminescent animals in amazing photographs and lucid text.
Way to Glow! Amazing Creatures that Light Up in the Dark
![Glow: Animals with Their Own Nightlights](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/054441666X.jpg?itok=fwkwT9X7)
Why be afraid of the dark when there is so much to see? Whether it’s used to hunt, hide, find a friend, or escape an enemy, bioluminescence—the ability to glow—is a unique adaptation in nature. In this fun and fascinating nonfiction picture book, join world-renowned photographers and biologists on their close encounters with the curious creatures that make their own light.
Glow: Animals with Their Own Nightlights
![Yaks Yak: Animal Word Pairs](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0544391012.jpg?itok=99sIBI4d)
Sometimes animal names are also verbs. See what happens when “Bats bat” or “Slugs slug” in each vivacious, double page spread. The definition of the verb is included for each pairing. Additional information (including etymology) on the animal names and verbs is appended.
Yaks Yak: Animal Word Pairs
![Whose Eye Am I?](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/082343558X.jpg?itok=a7sGjp-p)
“Each animal has its own special way of seeing.” Clear, close-up photographs of animals’ eyes and the question posed in the title are followed by more information about other animals. A variety of animals appear, from owls and pigeons to alligators and frogs. Information about the human eye concludes this fascinating look at ways of seeing.
Whose Eye Am I?
![Treat](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0544472705.jpg?itok=RKx-xiJH)
A pudgy brown and white dog looks everywhere for a treat — from granny’s bedroom to the baby’s crib. Nothing … until the girls offer a special treat to the greedy canine. Cartoon illustrations and the word “treat” in different fonts in a comic book format move the slapstick humor along to a satisfying conclusion.
Treat
![The Thank You Book](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1423178289.jpg?itok=O0SzVIkQ)
When Piggie decides to thank everyone that has ever appeared in a book with him and Gerald, he forgets someone very important – Gerald! But Gerald reminds Piggie that one more thank you is needed. Fans of Elephant and Piggie will delight in what is supposed to be the final book.
The Thank You Book
![The Real Poop on Pigeons](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1935179934.jpg?itok=3cvEQijv)
When a couple complains about pigeons in the park, two children in pigeon costumes come to give them the real story about pigeons. Done in an open comic book format, this easier-to-read book is sure to entertain as well as inform.
The Real Poop on Pigeons
![Follow the Moon Home](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/145211241X.jpg?itok=jq9D-vb7)
Loggerhead turtles are confused by artificial lights on the beach. A group of children work to turn them out so that turtle hatchlings can follow the moon to the sea. The story of how children became activists and can continue to contribute positively is engagingly presented. Suggestions conclude this attractive, can-do book.
Follow the Moon Home
![There Is a Tribe of Kids](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1626720568.jpg?itok=boaazmdL)
A colony of penguins, a pod of whales, a formation of rocks, and other groups of animate and inanimate things bring a lonely child to his own group. The joyful reunion creates a family. Stylized illustrations are rich with humor and liveliness, deserving of many readings.
There Is a Tribe of Kids
![Run for Your Life: Predators and Prey on the African Savanna](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823435555.jpg?itok=uO8qqBXr)
Energetic illustrations depict a day in the life of animals on the African savanna. They lunge and trot, leap and scurry as they hunt and are hunted. The animals’ speeds are noted in a concluding note.
Run for Your Life: Predators and Prey on the African Savanna
![Opposite Zoo](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0553511270.jpg?itok=i4BBNLIk)
When the zoo closes at dark, a monkey opens his cage to explore. It sees a hairy lion and a bald hippo; noisy monkeys and a quiet turtle and more. When the sun comes up, the monkey’s door closes and the zoo opens for visitors. Playful, evocative illustrations complement the charming zoo and its varied inhabitants.
Opposite Zoo
![Flying Frogs and Walking Fish](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0544630904.jpg?itok=uwnUZaUg)
A walking octopus? A swimming elephant? A flying snake? Yes! Animals move in varied, unexpected ways. Stunning collage illustrations and informative text present a range of animals and how they move. Additional information about where these animals live is included.
Flying Frogs and Walking Fish
![Flora and the Peacocks](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1452138168.jpg?itok=oKUpRxKW)
Though Flora has danced with a flamingo (Flora & the Flamingo) and even a penguin (Flora & the Penguin), this is her first dance with 2 handsome peacocks with huge tails. How they manage their performance and develop a friendship is revealed in lush illustrations, flaps and a huge foldout but no words.
Flora and the Peacocks
![Animal Talk: Mexican Folk Art Animal Sounds in English and Spanish](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/194102632X.jpg?itok=N1T_9LZ9)
Animals sound different in other languages just like people do! Here, handsome folk art presents similar but distinguishable folk creations of familiar animals and what they sound like in English and in Spanish on opposing pages. Readers are asked “can you repeat the sound?”
Animal Talk: Mexican Folk Art Animal Sounds in English and Spanish
![Touch and Explore the Ocean](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/2745976192.jpg?itok=oH-7a1OP)
Look at some of the amazing animals found near or in the ocean in colorful, sometimes sparkly illustration. Lift the flap; touch the texture to find out a bit more about them in this sturdy, appealing, and informative, surprisingly sophisticated book.
Touch and Explore the Ocean
![Numbers](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0544512650.jpg?itok=6L4vpGYD)
Crisp color photographs of living creatures not only encourages counting from 1 to 10 but introduces a range of animals. Find a similar use of photographs in Colors (opens in a new window), another title in the series.
Numbers
![Crocopotamus](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763681024.jpg?itok=xug3wvOl)
What do you get when a crocodile is crossed with a hippopotamus? A crocopotamus, of course! Split images on sturdy pages encourage the creation of new and imaginative creatures.
Crocopotamus
![Baby Animals](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1452145199.jpg?itok=f4-QLMVo)
Small hands can trace shapes of young animals while discovering other tidbits about them. Simple, bright forms on sturdy pages with related words make this an engaging, multisensory experience. Also in the series, similarly presented and equally appealing, is Homes (opens in a new window).
Baby Animals
![Itty Bitty](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763636169.jpg?itok=pLMsN9Xh)
Itty Bitty is a very, very tiny dog. But when he finds an enormous bone, he goes straight to work, gnawing out doors and windows and hollowing out the entire inside. When his work is done, however, his cavernous house still feels incomplete. Where can he find some itty-bitty things that will make this bone a home?
Itty Bitty
![I Yam a Donkey!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0544087208.jpg?itok=KFjkE3Qm)
A donkey announces excitedly, “I yam a donkey!” Unfortunately the donkey’s audience happens to be a yam, and one who is particular about sloppy pronunciation and poor grammar. An escalating series of misunderstandings leaves the yam furious and the clueless donkey bewildered by the yam’s growing (and amusing) frustration.