![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
![The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1368046452.jpg?itok=vOtmT_7c)
Why does the Pigeon have to go to school? He already knows everything! And what if he doesn’t like it? What if the teacher doesn’t like him? What if he learns TOO MUCH!?!
The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!
![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
![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
![The Unexpected Love Story of Alfred Fiddleduckling](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0763664324.jpg?itok=EBgrpYbN)
Captain Alfred is sailing home with new ducks for his farm when his little boat is caught in an unexpected and mighty storm. Everything aboard the ship is flung to the far reaches of the sea, including the very special and beautiful duck egg he had nestled safely inside his fiddle case. But perhaps all is not lost: the little duckling stumbles out of his shell and discovers Captain Alfred’s fiddle, floating not too far away in the waves. And when the duckling embraces the instrument with all his heart, what happens next is pure magic.
The Unexpected Love Story of Alfred Fiddleduckling
![Stand on the Sky](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1328557464.jpg?itok=pRniQYK5)
Aisulu’s brother, Serik, wants to become an eagle hunter but ill health prevents it. When Serik is diagnosed with cancer, Aisulu finds the orphaned eaglet and becomes a rare female eagle hunter and competes to win money to pay for Serik’s treatment. Sophisticated readers are likely to enjoy the fast-paced action set in contemporary Western Mongolia.
Stand on the Sky
![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
![Pony Camp Diaries: Chloe and Cookie](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1680104411.jpg?itok=2F6ETdFt)
Jess runs Sunnyside Stables where Chloe is going to spend a week learning how to jump a horse. But will she be able to learn anything with the horse named Cookie? Not only does Chloe learn to trust and enjoy Cookie, she learns a great deal about herself and her expectations. Like others in the Pony Camp series, this is told as though written in Chloe’s diary. Line illustrations are sprinkled throughout.
Pony Camp Diaries: Chloe and Cookie
![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
![Bat and the End of Everything](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/0062798448.jpg?itok=JnkkNKpR)
As Bat’s year in third grade nears its end, he begins to worry about releasing his skunk kit into the wild; he worries that his best friend will forget him during his summer away, and more. But Bixby Alexander Tam (Bat for short) still looks forward to working with his veterinarian mom and time with his sister. This is the third book about Bat (who is likely on the autism spectrum and first introduced in A Boy Called Bat (opens in a new window)) but this book stands alone.
Bat and the End of Everything
![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
![Stubby: A True Story of Friendship](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1783447435.jpg?itok=LVdzfvmQ)
A young soldier narrates the story of how he met a podgy pudgy dog soon named Stubby. Stubby and Corporal Conroy soon became inseparable friends and more; Stubby was adopted into Conroy’s regiment to become a heroic soldier in his own right. This true story of World War I is illustrated in light hues with gentle lines, accompanied by a straightforward text. An afterward includes a photo of Stubby and provides a bit of additional information.
Stubby: A True Story of Friendship
![The Quiet Boat Ride and Other Stories](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1452152896.jpg?itok=Tg2roggB)
Two friends, Fox and Chick, are quite different. But they find common ground to enjoy a boat ride, chocolate cake, and even the sunrise, in three short, generously, gently illustrated chapters. As with their first adventure, The Party: and Other Stories (opens in a new window), Fox and Chick star in short tales presented in easy graphic novel style just right for readers just starting longer chapter books.
The Quiet Boat Ride and Other Stories
![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
![Good Dog, McTavish](/sites/default/files/styles/book_cover_mobile_1x/public/book/1536200581.jpg?itok=poBEAZQ7)
McTavish knew he’d chosen the right family to rescue when he met the Peachey family although the family thought that they had saved a shelter dog. With a little help from young Betty, McTavish straightens out the family after Mum quit being mum. Wry, understated humor in crisp prose from both human and canine perspectives is complemented by clever drawings.
Good Dog, McTavish
![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.