Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Author: Verna Aardema
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0803760892
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
"In this Caldecott Medal winner, Mosquito tells a story that causes a jungle disaster. "Elegance has become the Dillons' hallmark. . . . Matching the art is Aardema's uniquely onomatopoeic text . . . An impressive showpiece." -Booklist, starred review. Winner of Caldecott Medal in 1976 and the Brooklyn Art Books for Children Award in 1977.

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears; A West African Tale

Author: Verna Aardema
Publisher: Everbind
ISBN: 9780784831908
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Mosquito tells a story that causes a jungle disaster. "Elegance has become the Dillons' hallmark...Matching the art is Aardema's uniquely onomatopoeic text...An impressive showpiece." --Booklist

Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears

Author: Verna Aardema
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0140549056
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Mirette on the High Wire

Author: Emily Arnold McCully
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0399221301
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
One day, a mysterious stranger arrives at a boardinghouse of the widow Gateau- a sad-faced stranger, who keeps to himself. When the widow's daughter, Mirette, discovers him crossing the courtyard on air, she begs him to teach her how he does it. But Mirette doesn't know that the stranger was once the Great Bellini- master wire-walker. Or that Bellini has been stopped by a terrible fear. And it is she who must teach him courage once again. Emily Arnold McCully's sweeping watercolor paintings carry the reader over the rooftops of nineteenth-century Paris and into an elegant, beautiful world of acrobats, jugglers, mimes, actors, and one gallant, resourceful little girl.

Head, Body, Legs

Author: Won-Ldy Paye
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780805078909
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
A creation story originating from Liberia.

Dear Treefrog

Author: Joyce Sidman
Publisher: HMH Books For Young Readers
ISBN: 0358064767
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 45

Book Description
"With magical, concise and perceptive poems, Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman captures the life of a tree frog in an intimate and moving way. A master of the science note, her fascinating sidebars help bind the twin poems together and ground our perspective. We learn how treefrogs have sticky toe pads, how they still themselves when in danger, how they can change from green to gray to camouflage themselves - even how they eat their own skins, which is full of nutrients. The narrator's connection with this small creature brings solace, comfort, and a sense of mystery"--

Who's in Rabbit's House?

Author:
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780812431292
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Rabbit finds his neighbors' help almost as bothersome as the threatening occupant.

The Hueys in What's The Opposite?

Author: Oliver Jeffers
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0698174399
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Explore the humorous world of opposites with the #1 bestselling illustrator of The Day the Crayons Quit and his band of Hueys! "What's the opposite of the beginning?" A sensible question to ask when opening a book that teaches the reader about opposites. But maybe we should start with something a little easier? For example, it's quite unlucky when a Huey finds himself stranded on a hot, deserted island—but how lucky it is when a fan arrives to provide some cool air! Oh, wait . . . nowhere to plug it in? Unlucky, once again. Now for a harder one: What’s the difference between half full and half empty? Stumped? Don’t worry, that one will make a Huey’s head hurt too. In this funny concept book from the illustrator of the #1 New York Times bestselling The Day the Crayons Quit, Oliver Jeffers takes us on a delightful ride through the world of contraries. Praise for The Hueys in What's the Opposite? * "Even readers who know the basics of opposites will get their minds blown here, as a glass is considered half full on one page but also half empty on the next. It’s not easy to be so very simple and so very clever, but Jeffers manages in this laugh-aloud offering that will get groups giggling."—Booklist, starred review * "An amusing twist on the traditional concept book by a beloved master of shape and line."—School Library Journal, starred review "A clever concept book from beginning to end."—Kirkus Reviews

Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain

Author: Verna Aardema
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 9780333351642
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Find out how Ki-pat the herd boy ended a dreadful drought. An enjoyable and vividly illustrated rhyming story.

Olympians: Athena

Author: George O'Connor
Publisher: First Second
ISBN: 1466819197
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 84

Book Description
Boom! Pow! Crash! Greek Gods as you've never seen them before! The strong, larger-than-life heroes of the Olympians can summon lightning, control the sea, turn invisible, or transform themselves into any animal they choose. Superheroes? No! Greek gods. The ancient pantheon comes to explosive life in this new series where myth meets comic books. Epic battles, daring quests, and terrible monsters await readers within the pages of these books. Volume 2, Athena: Grey-Eyed Goddess, is the tale of the goddess of wisdom and war, recounting her many adventures. This title has Common Core connections.