Brenda Z. Guiberson
2) Frog song
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Text and color illustrations introduce frogs and their vital role in environmental balance in places all over the world.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Which creature is the deadliest? Is it the insect that bites, the ostrich that kicks, the snake that squeezes, or the shrew that paralyzes? Is it the most venemous, the most poisonous, or the one that infects its victims with a fatal disease? Fascinating facts and spectacular illustrations will inspire young readers to choose which creature they think is the deadliest in this newest picture book collaboration between Guiberson and Spirin. --Publisher...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Natural and manmade disasters have the power to destroy thousands of lives very quickly. Both as they unfold and in the aftermath, these forces of nature astonish the rest of the world with their incredible devastation and magnitude. In this collection of ten well-known catastrophes such as the great Chicago fire, the sinking of the Titanic, and hurricane Katrina, Brenda Guiberson explores the causes and effects, as well as the local and global reverberations...
7) Moon bear
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Moon bears, or Asiatic black bears, are becoming increasingly rare in the wild. They have distinctive blazes on their chests that resemble the crescent moon. Follow one moon bear in the wild as she eats, plays, hibernates, and wakes up again in the spring.
9) Ocean life
Author
Language
English
Description
Learn all about ocean life in this book full of facts and photographs.
13) Into the sea
Author
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Follows the life of a sea turtle from its hatching on a beach, through its years in the sea, and its return to land where it lays its eggs.
14) Lobster boat
Author
Publisher
H. Holt and Co
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Tommy spends the day on a lobster boat helping Uncle Russ tend the traps, set bait, pull up the traps, and sell their catch.
15) Cactus hotel
Author
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Describes the life cycle of the giant saguaro cactus, with an emphasis on its role as a home for other desert dwellers.
Author
Publisher
H. Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
The shallow lake is crowded with flamingos. A few stand on a toothpick leg and doze. Others dip their heads upside down into the cloudy water to eat. But most sit on a mud nest to shade an egg from the blistering sun. Follow a flamingo from egg through adulthood in this fascinating tale. On a muddy mound in a salty lake, a mother and father flamingo take turns protecting their egg from the hot sun. Soon a fluffy white chick hatches in the nest near...
