"Cumulative text based on an old folksong alternating with additional scientific information explores the role of prairie dogs, a keystone species in North America's grasslands, and conservation efforts to restore the balance of plants and animals of the Janos, Mexico, prairie do...
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Bat, who has both wings and teeth, plays an important part in a game between the Birds and the Animals to decide which group is better.
"A combined history of the Puerto Rican parrot and the island of Puerto Rico, highlighting current efforts to save the Puerto Rican parrot by protecting and managing this endangered species"--Provided by publisher.
Construction workers ask Kristen, a young apprentice, to bring them snacks and supplies. Provides information on the workers' jobs and equipment.
Two very large and silly birds accidentally create thunder and lightning as a way to warn the Choctaw people of coming rainstorms.
When Siddhartha, a prince, journeyed outside palace gates and saw suffering, he began the journey that lead him to become Buddha, the Enlightened One.
Susan L. Roth teaches about bowerbirds by explaining how their displays are similar to her collage works.
"A collection of original poems about New Year celebrations throughout the year and around the world. Includes an introduction about worldwide New Year celebrations plus a map, information about calendars, New Year greetings in many languages, additional factual information about...
Two mice walk along describing love in comparison to animals from one bear to ten lovebirds.
Discusses Greg Mortenson's first building project in Pakistan which was the building of a school.
The author finds miracles everywhere--in nature, on city streets, and at home.
A guinea pig tells her child the true story of giant guinea pigs that lived in Venezuela about eight million years ago.
When a thirsty frog drinks up all the water in Australia, the other animals must think of a way to make him give it up.
A girl whose mother has called her to get up and go to school imagines all the things she would be free to do if she were a princess.
The son of a North Carolina sharecropper recalls the hard times faced by his family and other African Americans in the first half of the twentieth century and the changes that the civil rights movement helped bring about.
A baby sister must wait to grow up before doing big sister things, such as ballet dancing and eating spicy Korean food.
"A cumulative verse, alternating with additional narrative, describes the ecological and social transformation resulting from the work of Dr. Gordon Sato, a Japanese American cell biologist who made saltwater and desert land productive through the planting of mangrove trees in th...
For many years, Guido d'Arezzo, a young man from Tuscany, has imagined that his system of lines and spaces can be used as a written language of music and he is determined to make his ideas work.
In Watts, California, over a period of many years, a man known to all as Uncle Sam spends his free time collecting broken bits of pottery, glass, and other scraps and turning them into a work of art.