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- All Around Me, I See
Author: Laya Steinberg Illustrator: Cris Arbo Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 Web Only Price: Paperback • $8.05 With eyes wide open to the mysteries of nature, a child on a hike discovers that “a leaf is a boat for a beetle” and that “a nest is a cradle for eggs.” Tired from her long walk, [...]
- Because Brian Hugged His Mother
Author: David Rice Illustrator: K. Dyble Thompson Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 | Hardback • $16.95 Web Only Price: Paperback • $8.05 | Hardback • $15.25 A simple, small act of kindness may go much farther than you think. Brian wasn’t looking for anything in return when he gave his mother a great big hug. [...]
- Dandelion Seed
Author: Joseph Anthony Illustrator: Cris Arbo Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 | Hardback • $16.95 Web Only Price: Paperback • $8.05 | Hardback • $15.25 The humble dandelion. By roadside or mountainside, it flowers every month of the year throughout the world, a fitting symbol of life. Its journey is our journey, filled with challenge, [...]
- Discover the Seasons
Author/Illustrator: Diane Iverson Retail Price:Paperback • $9.95 Web Only Price Price:Paperback • $8.95 Author/illustrator Diane Iverson introduces the young child to the wonders of the changing seasons in Discover the Seasons. Rich illustrations and sensitive poetry vividly capture the unique spirit of each part of the year: Celebration for spring, Learning for summer, Work for [...]
- Do Animals Have Feelings, Too?
Author: David Rice Illustrator: Trudy Calvert Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 Web Only Price: Paperback • $8.05 Do animals have feelings? Until recently most scientists didn’t think so. They thought that most animals behave instinctively – that they don’t have feelings such as happiness, sadness, grief, vengefulness, or compassion. Many scientists are now changing their [...]
- Earth Day Birthday
Author: Pattie Schnetzler Illustrator: Chad Wallace Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 | Hardback • $16.95 Web Only Price: Paperback • $8.15 | Hardback • $15.25 Here is a sing-along, read-along book that honors the animals, the environment, and a universal holiday all in one fresh approach. To the tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” [...]
- Forest Bright, Forest Night
Author: Jennifer Ward Illustrator: Jamichael Henterly Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 | Hardback • $16.95 | Board • $7.95 Web Only Price: Paperback • $8.05 | Hardback • $15.25 | Board • $7.15 Someone is always awake in the forest – and someone else is always asleep! Some animals are alert in daytime and sleep [...]
- Going Around the Sun: Some Planetary Fun
Author: Marianne Berkes Illustrator: Janeen Mason Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 | Hardback • $16.95 Web Only Price: Paperback • $8.05 | Hardback • $15.25 Our Earth is part of a fascinating planetary family – eight planets and an odd bunch of solar system “cousins” that spin, roll, tilt, blow and whirl around the Sun! [...]
- If You Were My Baby: A Wildlife Lullaby
Author: Fran Hodgkins Illustrator: Laura J. Bryant Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 | Hardback • $16.95 | Board • $7.95 Web Only Price: Paperback • $8.05 | Hardback • $8.48 | Board • $7.15 Just as baby duck and baby possum bask in the loyal care of a parent, so does baby human. Baby mountain [...]
- Inside All
Author: Margaret H. Mason Illustrator: Holly Welch Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 | Hardback • $16.95 Web Only Price: Paperback • $8.05 | Hardback • $15.25 Sometimes the universe seems so big, so scary. All over the world, children want the same thing – the comfort of knowing that they belong, that they are part [...]
- In a Nutshell
Author: Joseph Anthony Illustrator: Cris Arbo Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 Web Only Price: Paperback • $8.05 An acorn drops from a great oak and grows. Animals nibble at it, a fire threatens it, but overcoming many challenges it eventually towers high in the forest, observing the changing human scene below. Eventually its energy passes [...]
- In the Trees, Honey Bees
Author: Lori Mortensen Illustrator: Cris Arbo Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 | Hardback • $16.95 Web Only Price: Paperback • $8.05 | Hardback • $15.25 This inside-the-hive view of a wild colony of honey bees offers close-up views of the queen, the cells, even bee eggs. Simple verse will engage a young child, while sidebars [...]
- Lifetimes
Author: David Rice Illustrator: Michael S. Maydak Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 | Hardback • $16.95 Web Only Price: Paperback • $8.05 | Hardback • $15.25 The Universe is our school, nature our teacher, and every species has a lesson for us. With delightful simplicity, Lifetimes introduces some of nature’s longest, shortest and most unusual [...]
- Little Brother Moose
Author: James Kasperson Illustrator: Karlyn Holman Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 Web Only Price: Paperback • $8.05 Lured by the sights, smells, and sounds of civilization, little brother moose ventures far from home and gets lost in urban adventures. How Moose finds his way home again by listening with his whole being to the prompting [...]
- My Favorite Tree
Author/Illustrator: Diane Iverson Retail Price: Paperback • $9.95 Web Only Price: Paperback • $8.95 From the aspen to the yew, the native trees of North America have given us food, shelter and an important part of our heritage. Naturalist-illustrator Diane Iverson’s book is both useful and fun. It combines a sweet intimacy with the most [...]
- Stickeen: John Muir and the Brave Little Dog
Author: Donnell Rubay Illustrator: Christopher Canyon Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 | Hardback • $16.95 Web Only Price: Paperback • $8.05 | Hardback • $15.25 John Muir’s favorite story of – the most memorable of all my wild days – his classic adventure on an Alaskan glacier with the dog Stickeen – is now retold [...]
- There’s a Babirusa in My Bathtub: Fact and Fancy About Curious Creatures
Author: Maxine Rose Schur Illustrator: Michael S. Maydak Retail Price: Paperback • $8.95 | Hardback • $16.95 Web Only Price: Paperback • $8.05 | Hardback • $15.25 Humorous rhymes and magical illustrations illuminate the lives and careers of little-known animals. There’s a loris in your chorus? He’s quite a singer! Care to play bingo with [...]