Describes the qualities to consider in selecting the perfect rock for play and pleasure.
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Parnell, Peter
Parnell Peter
*****The three-time Caldecott Honor partnership of Baylor and Parnall presents a radiant prose-poem about a girl who shares her love of desert life as she tells of treasured experiences such as dancing in the wind on Dust Devil Day and sleeping outside during the Time of the Fall...
Simple text and illustrations describe the characteristics of the desert and its plant, animal, and human life.
Text and illustrations describe how people all over the world celebrate the sunrise.
After hoping and trying, the narrator is finally able to hear the hills singing.
A girl discovers that her impoverished family is rich in things that matter in life, especially being outdoors and experiencing nature.
A wolf-dog instinctively travels 2000 miles from Washington to Alaska to return to the boy who once saved his life.
A dilapidated old barn shelters a wide variety of animals, including snakes, porcupines, cats, and a skunk, during the sub-zero winter temperature of Maine, while they wait for the first signs of spring.
Describes the many ways an apple tree interacts with insects, birds, and other animals during a full year of its development.
After hoping and trying, the narrator is finally able to hear the hills singing.
Determined to learn to fly, Rudy adopts a hawk hoping that their kinship will bring him closer to his goal.
A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.
Describes the many ways an apple tree interacts with insects, birds, and other animals during a full year of its development.
A huge, wild cat faces new dangers when he moves from his marshland home to a barn during the winter months.
A simple introduction to the plant and animal life that flourishes in a marsh.
Retells the Paiute legend of the way the Coyote helped an Indian boy bring fire to his tribe.
Considers the pleasures to be found in one's very own private place, whether it be a hollow in a tree, a sandy gully, or a secret sand dune.
Describes the activities of one day, from dawn to dusk, in the life of a road runner living in the desert.
Over the years a rock provides homes, shelter, food, and a place to sit for visiting animals and people.