![Whose Footprint Is That?](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1580898343.jpg?itok=RLzYkrV8)
A pictorial clue accompanies the question, “Whose footprint is that?” The footprint appears on the opposing page. A turn of the page reveals the answer with a picture of the mystery animal. What animal can change footprints? Only one! When humans change footwear so does their footprint, and different footwear may lead to further exploration.
Whose Footprint Is That?
![Welcome Home: Where Nature’s Most Creative Creatures Dwell](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/125021162X.jpg?itok=GQ7XxpbK)
The places where animals live are specifically named and presented in illustration. Turn the page and the animal is placed in a very human setting (e.g., otters’ resting place is a “couch”) to allow children to glimpse the dual meaning of (generally) familiar words.
Welcome Home: Where Nature’s Most Creative Creatures Dwell
![Truth or Lie: Sharks!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/052557879X.jpg?itok=srJvgtSr)
Truth or Lie: Sharks!
![Fly Guy Presents: Sharks](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0545507715.jpg?itok=W6FhQEsZ)
Fly Guy and his owner, Buzz, are back! This time they’re on a field trip to the aquarium. With a bit of trepidation (which he loses along the way), Fly Guy agrees to tour the shark exhibit with Buzz acting as guide. Mixing photos of fish tanks with notebook-lined journal pages, taped pictures, and handwritten notes about the predators, Buzz introduces readers to a sampling of the more than 400 kinds of sharks.
Fly Guy Presents: Sharks
![National Geographic Readers: Sharks!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/142630286X.jpg?itok=acF_TpJe)
Meet the shark — the fish who ruled the deep before dinosaurs roamed the Earth! This fish has soft cartilage so he can glide, twist, and turn. He can smell a single drop of blood in 25 million drops of ocean. He can feel electricity given off by his prey. He will lose and replace more than 10,000 teeth in his lifetime. Cool photos bring kids into the shark’s world. Fun facts go deep into the science of sharks.
National Geographic Readers: Sharks!
![Swimming with Sharks: The Daring Discoveries of Eugenie Clark](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0807521876.jpg?itok=0rJVJ-XA)
From the first time she saw a shark in an aquarium, Eugenie was enthralled. Instead of frightening and ferocious eating machines, she saw sleek, graceful fish gliding through the water. After she became a scientist — an unexpected career path for a woman in the 1940s — she began taking research dives and training sharks, earning her the nickname “The Shark Lady.”
Swimming with Sharks: The Daring Discoveries of Eugenie Clark
![Hammerhead vs. Bull Shark (Who Would Win?)](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/054530170X.jpg?itok=lQPtlnJ2)
What would happen if a hammerhead and a bull shark met each other? What if they had a fight? Who do you think would win? This nonfiction reader compares and contrasts two ferocious shark species. Kids learn about the sharks’ anatomies, behaviors, and more. Inckludes photos, charts, illustrations, and amazing facts.
Hammerhead vs. Bull Shark (Who Would Win?)
![My Little Pond](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1328544850.jpg?itok=Hnqfq7Ff)
Who lives in a pond? There are fish and fowl, insects and plants. Some live in the water, others near it. Straightforward questions are asked and answered as each is identified. Simple illustrations on sturdy, non-glossy pages made from recycled material are used in this and in the author/illustrator’s My Little Ocean (opens in a new window) to provide a quick way to introduce environments and words to young children.
My Little Pond
![Moth: An Evolution Story](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1547600209.jpg?itok=ukysVQ0E)
The story of one Lepidoptera as it evolved in England is a story of “change and adaptation, of survival and hope…[that] starts with a little moth.” Lyrical narration is accompanied by stunning but simple illustration in dark, dramatic hues and bold forms that chronicle the evolution of the Peppered Moth. A brief afterward discusses basic ideas of natural selection.
Moth: An Evolution Story
![Ocean: Secrets of the Deep](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1999968077.jpg?itok=SNWp031A)
An engaging, informative introduction brings the idea of “one planet, one ocean” to light. The author then goes on to bring sea creatures and their habitats into focus. Handsome illustrations float through the pages of this fascinating if brief exploration of a little known world that surrounds lands and what can be done to improved the oceans’ health. Glossary and index are included.
Ocean: Secrets of the Deep
![America’s National Parks](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1788681150.jpg?itok=mBx6l0aa)
National Parks span the United States from Maine to California. Take a glimpse at 60 of them through a brief introduction, tidbits of information about size and special things to see, photographs and playful cartoons. A map of the U.S. begins the journey to the parks and corresponds to the numbers given to the parks on the map. An index concludes a short but engaging look at some of America’s parks.
America’s National Parks
![The Tornado Scientist: Seeing Inside Severe Storms](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0544965825.jpg?itok=bAcmiwJG)
Tornadoes are complex weather phenomena that can be highly destructive. Follow scientist and storm-chaser, Robin Tanamachi, as she researches the genesis of tornadoes and tornadic behavior. Dramatic photographs show not only storm clouds but the aftermath. Charts and other graphics help explain more technical aspects of tornadoes.
The Tornado Scientist: Seeing Inside Severe Storms
![Rotten! Vultures, Beetles, Slime and Nature’s Other](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1328841650.jpg?itok=_N0pvafu)
When things come to an end by various means (natural or induced such as roadkill), they decompose. Young readers may just revel in the gleeful grossness in well researched narrative and lighthearted illustrations. A glossary and bibliography conclude this enlightening but entertaining informational book.
Rotten! Vultures, Beetles, Slime and Nature’s Other
![Song for a Whale](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/152477023X.jpg?itok=8hheOba1)
Iris is the only Deaf student in her class. Though sometimes frustrated, she reads lips though prefers to use American Sign Language (ASL). She’s also most comfortable when working with old radios and their components. When she learns about a unique whale, Blue 55, that is not part of a pod she becomes convinced that it, too, is deaf and thus separate from others. And unlikely but riveting adventure with her grandmother leads to healing and a satisfying conclusion.
Song for a Whale
![Polar Bears Survival on the Ice](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1626728240.jpg?itok=-7CNzsXl)
Join two curious polar bear cubs as they prepare to live and thrive in an extremely harsh environment, presented as a comic book. Fact and fiction combine in this informative but engaging and entertaining look at climate change and the impact on these animals. Back matter includes a glossary, bibliography, and source notes.
Polar Bears Survival on the Ice
![The Hyena Scientist](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0544635116.jpg?itok=A4ZpXHkR)
Readers may have to change their opinion of spotted hyenas after meeting them as they are studied in the wild. Fluid prose and stunning photographs combine insight into the field scientists and information about the animals they study. While they remain formidable carnivores, hyenas are surprisingly brave and social animals and appealing in appearance. Thoroughly resourced and documented, this is narrative nonfiction at its best.
The Hyena Scientist
![Explorer: Plants!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0995577080.jpg?itok=HYDzMjWm)
Join Ada Osprey, Senior Librarian of the Eagle-Eyed Explorer Club as she dashes out, inviting readers to explore plants with her. From plant origins to those modified by humans, plants are examined in understandable language enhanced by clearly labeled, highly detailed illustrations. A long, meticulous timeline folds out to summarize and complete this unique exploration.
Explorer: Plants!
![Wild Horse Annie: Friend of the Mustangs](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0374303061.jpg?itok=fh7SGwjw)
Velma Bronn Johnson, nicknamed Wild Horse Annie, was born in Nevada. In spite of having polio, Annie was able to ride horses again. Later, when she saw hundreds of wild horses killed to make room for cattle, Annie became an activist. She worked to pass the 1971 law protecting mustangs on federal land. Conversational text is accompanied by loose, swirling illustrations to present an overview of one woman’s fight to save a piece of the Wild West.
Wild Horse Annie: Friend of the Mustangs
![Ocean Emporium: A Compilation of Creatures](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1580898289.jpg?itok=ydlb-Mjk)
If you travel to the sea, consider the varied animals and sea creatures that live in the world’s oceans. Glimpse some of them on the oversized pages of this informative, beautifully illustrated emporium — a diverse undersea world teaming with life. If you take that trip to the sea, you might come across seashells. Have you ever wondered why there are so many different shapes? Explore this and find out who the shells’ residents may be in Seashells: More than a Home (opens in a new window) by Melissa Stewart, realistically illustrated by Sarah Brannen.
Ocean Emporium: A Compilation of Creatures
![My Happy Year](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0823438376.jpg?itok=OdT8kFm_)
Short, readable entries each with a date, chronicle the first year of a bluebird as told by the newly hatched narrator. Information about bluebirds’ range appears on front endpapers while a glossary is placed on back endpapers. Dramatic illustrations show the dangers faced by the young bluebirds until the following June when A. Bluebird shows off the “my beautiful chicks!”
My Happy Year
![The Frog Book](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0544387600.jpg?itok=7roog0e-)
There are approximately 5000 species found world over (with the exception of Antarctica), in different sizes, many shapes and in various colors. Open the pages of this lushly illustrated book to meet some of the frogs from around the world, many of which are now threatened. Handsomely crafted and presented, dip in or read cover-to-cover, these frogs will remain with readers long after the covers are closed.
The Frog Book
![The Fisherman and the Whale](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1534415742.jpg?itok=W4hyhUBL)
A boy insists that they not leave until the whale accidentally caught in their fishing net is extricated. No words are needed as the tale is revealed in dramatic illustrations from various perspectives. The author cautions readers that this is more fable rather than a realistic portrait but effectively conveys the whale’s struggle and one child’s empathetic response to it.
The Fisherman and the Whale
![Crab Cake](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0544959000.jpg?itok=nvMYtsW0)
The sea turtle, pufferfish, octopus and other sea creatures do what they do; crab bakes cakes. One day, however, there’s a huge splash and sunshine no longer reaches the bottom; crab bakes a cake. Fortified by cake, the sea critters turn the tide on polluters in a droll, dramatic, and effective tale told with visual elements of a graphic novel. Final resources include links to information about oceans and pollution.
Crab Cake
![When the Bees Buzzed Off](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1848694393.jpg?itok=RTMKJ6pY)
What happens when the bees buzz off? Who will pollinate? Where could they have gone? Follow brave bugs as they work to bring the bees back. Clues and the occasional bee are hidden beneath flaps on each sturdy page. This playful story has a satisfying conclusion and is infused with information about bees and more.