Showing 1–12 of 12 titles

• Audience: Younger
• Format: Book
• Genre: Animals

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  A Chicken Followed Me Home! Questions and Answers about a Familiar Fowl

  By Robin Page

  Whether they own chickens or not, young readers will use this handy guide to answer their basic questions about the familiar fowl.

  • Nonfiction, Science, Animals
  • Notable Children's Books 2016
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9781481410281
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  Coyote Moon

  By Maria Gianferrari, Bagram Ibatoulline (Illustrator)

  Striving to feed her pups, a coyote hunts in the moonlight until dawn. This strikingly illustrated, nonfiction offering holds many facts and celebrates this skilled predator.

  • Nonfiction, Science, Animals
  • Notable Children's Books 2017
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9781626720411
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  Crossings: Extraordinary Structures for Extraordinary Animals

  By Katy S. Duffield (Author), Mike Orodán (Illustrator)

  This nonfiction picture book explores the variety of accommodations built around the world so that animals can safely access areas encroached upon by humans.

  • Nonfiction, Animals, Social Sciences, Nature
  • Notable Children's Books 2021
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9781534465794
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  Fabulous Frogs

  By Martin Jenkins, Tim Hopgood (Illustrator)

  Frogs of all sizes and colors, bearing a variety of unique characteristics, hop through this beautiful nonfiction picture book.

  • Nonfiction, Science, Animals
  • Notable Children's Books 2017
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9780763681005
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  Hello, Bumblebee Bat

  By Darrin Lunde, Patricia J. Wynne (Illustrator)

  Nine questions and answers introduce the world's smallest bat in “Hello, Bumblebee Bat,” an informational book for emerging readers. Straightforward text pops out of a sparse background allowing this little mammal to describe its habitat and characteristics in an intriguing and accessible way.

  • Nonfiction, Science, Animals
  • Theodor Seuss Geisel Award 2008 (Honor Title)
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9781570913747
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  Hippos Are Huge!

  By Jonathan London, Matthew Trueman (Illustrator)

  The hippo, with its monstrous jaw and razor-sharp tusks, is the most dangerous animal in Africa. Filled with fascinating facts about the fierce, but sometimes playful, hippopotamus.

  • Nonfiction, Science, Animals
  • Notable Children's Books 2016
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9780763665920
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  If You Take Away the Otter

  By Susannah Buhrman-Deever (Author), Matthew Trueman (Illustrator)

  What happens to an entire habitat when a single element is depleted by hunters? Through striking illustrations, the role of sea otters over time in the Pacific Coast of North America is explored in detail.

  • Nonfiction, Science, Animals, Nature
  • Notable Children's Books 2021
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9780763689346
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  In the Past: From Trilobites to Dinosaurs to Mammoths in More than 500 Million Years

  By David L Elliott, Matthew Trueman (Illustrator)

  Short, pithy poems and dynamic illustrations take the reader through 500 million years of life on earth.

  • Nonfiction, Science, Animals, Poetry
  • Notable Children's Books 2019
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9780763660734
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  The Most Amazing Creature in the Sea

  By Brenda Z. Guiberson, Gennady Spirin (Illustrator)

  A dozen intriguing sea animals in the ocean explain their unique characteristics. Readers are invited to choose which is the most amazing.

  • Nonfiction, Science, Animals
  • Notable Children's Books 2016
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9780805099614
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  Parrots over Puerto Rico

  By Susan L. Roth, Cindy Trumbore

  “Parrots over Puerto Rico,” published by LEE & LOW BOOKS Inc., is the story of the rescue and return of the Puerto Rican parrot, a species once so abundant it blotted out the sun.  Through the efforts of a valiant, dedicated and committed team of scientists and island residents the fate of this native bird is now inching out of extinction.

  • Nonfiction, Science, Animals
  • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal 2014 (Medal Winner)
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9781620140048
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  Vulture View

  By April Pulley Sayre, Steve Jenkins (Illustrator)

  In “Vulture View,” rhyming lyrical text, juxtaposed with dramatic textured collage come together in an innovative combination of science and poetry for new readers. Spare text placed on vivid backgrounds introduces new readers to a day in the life of turkey vultures.

  • Nonfiction, Science, Animals
  • Theodor Seuss Geisel Award 2008 (Honor Title)
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9780805075571
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  Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator

  By Sarah C. Campbell, Richard P. Campbell (Illustrator)

  An exciting nonfiction look at the carnivorous wolfsnail trapping and devouring its victim, this science book uses bold block type against a white background to enhance the ease of reading. The magnified, detailed photographs and playful, informative text will amaze and attract readers.

  • Nonfiction, Science, Animals
  • Theodor Seuss Geisel Award 2009 (Honor Title)
  • Younger
  • ISBN: 9781590785546