April Pulley Sayre
Author
Language
English
Description
How can a leaf become a fish? Join two young children and their dads to find out, as they observe life in and around a stream. Energetic collage art and simple, lyrical text depict the ways plants and animals are connected in the food web. Back matter provides information about the trout life cycle as well as conservation efforts that kids can do themselves. It's a natural choice for Earth Day.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this latest book by acclaimed science writer April Pulley Sayre, young readers follow along as a mother humpback whale and her calf make their annual trek from the warm waters of the Caribbean to their summer feeding grounds off the coast of New England and back again. Within this extraordinary story of migration, Sayre provides information about how humpback whales breathe, sing, and how they got their name-a secondary layer of text expands upon...
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
In rhyming text reminiscent of the traditional song, If you're happy and you know it, presents various animals that are hoppy, sloppy, growly, flappy, or slimy, scaly, and mean.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Where in the world can you take a dip in a volcanically heated pool, while snow is on the ground around you? Where can you find the world's largest country? Where can you sail past ancient ruins? The continent of Europe!
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Humans offer a helping hand. Sea turtles face many dangers as they grow, eat, travel, and breed. In this dramatization of one female turtle's challenges, acclaimed nature writer April Pulley Sayre highlights the role that humans have in helping this endangered species. Previously published, this story has been re-illustrated by Annie Patterson. Information on sea turtle conservation efforts and the seven species of sea turtles is included.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Meet the bad boys (and girls) of the primate world. Playful, poetic text and vibrant art introduce young readers to howler monkeys. Extra facts within the text give readers the low-down on these loud, sloppy, and rude rain forest dwellers.
Author
Language
English
Description
Lyrical text just right for young nature lovers describes the life of a typical North American bumblebee queen. Follow the queen as she finds a nest, gathers nectar, lays eggs, and tends her colony through spring, summer, and fall. Scientifically accurate illustrations include captivating details of hive life.
Author
Publisher
NorthWord Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Teaches kids the names of insects through rhyming text that begs to be read or shouted out loud, and a four-page glossary gives details about each bug featured.
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
176 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Collects facts about the slowest aspects of nature, animals, plants, geology, arts, and outer space.
14) Eat like a bear
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Follows a bear from the time she emerges from her den in April after four months without food, through months of eating fish, ants, and huckleberries, to midwinter when the arrival of two cubs interrupts her long winter's rest. Includes facts about brown (grizzly) bears of the Yellowstone National Park/Glacier National Park region.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A love letter to the Earth shares striking images from around the world that introduce such concepts as nature and science.
16) Being frog
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 19 x 27 cm
Language
English
17) Best in snow
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A photographic non-fiction picture book about the wonder of snowfall and the winter water cycle--Provided by publisher.
18) Happy sloth day!
Author
Publisher
Beach Lane Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 19 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"Take a sloth's-eye view of the world in this beautiful and informative photographic picture book. Young readers will see where sloths live, what they eat, how they hide from predators, and much more. They'll learn about the creatures that interact with and depend on sloths in the interconnected and fragile tropical forest ecosystem"--
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books/Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged): color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
"Skyscraper babies grow up, up high. Close to their families. Close to the sky. This perfectly poetic story is an ode to family and nature in the big city. Squirrels and humans alike rush to get from place to place, all returning to their nooks and nests at the end of the day atop skyscrapers, amidst the stars."--Provided by publisher.