Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest

Author: Steve Jenkins
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547349831
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Climb the tallest mountain, dive into the deepest lake, and navigate the longest river in Steve Jenkins' stunning new book that explores the wonders of the natural world. With his striking cut paper collages, Jenkins majestically captures the grand sense of scale, perspective and awe that only mother earth can inspire.

Biggest, Strongest, Fastest

Author: Steve Jenkins
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547349297
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37

Book Description
An informative introduction to the "world records" held by fourteen members of the animal kingdom. Each spread portrays an animal that is the largest, slowest, longest lived. Readers can see the animal's size in relation to something familiar.

Extreme Places

Author: David Atkinson
Publisher: AA Publishing
ISBN: 9780749571603
Category : Extreme environments
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description
This is beautiful book transports you to the highest, hottest, coldest, most dramatic and most remote places on earth. Discover the icy expanse of the Baltoro Glacier in Pakistan, the bizarre and exotic wildlife of Madagascar, the searing heat of the Australian Outback and the power of the Iguassu Falls in South America.

Inchworm and A Half

Author: Elinor J Pinczes
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547530625
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37

Book Description
What’s a fraction? A puzzled inchworm finds out when she enlists the aid of H-inch, N-inch, and G-inch worms in her quest to measure all the vegetables in their garden. New lengths bring new fractions to conquer, but the clever worms prove equal to every challenge, triumphantly munching their way through this tasty tale of math and measuring.

The Most Beautiful Roof in the World

Author: Kathryn Lasky
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780152008970
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52

Book Description
From Newbery Honor author Kathryn Lasky comes a fascinating journey through the rainforest canopy that's perfect for budding environmentalists.

Impossible Extinction

Author: Charles Cockell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521817363
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 212

Book Description
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Miss Rumphius

Author: Barbara Cooney
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101654929
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
A beloved classic—written by a beloved Caldecott winner—is lovelier than ever! Barbara Cooney's story of Alice Rumphius, who longed to travel the world, live in a house by the sea, and do something to make the world more beautiful, has a timeless quality that resonates with each new generation. The countless lupines that bloom along the coast of Maine are the legacy of the real Miss Rumphius, the Lupine Lady, who scattered lupine seeds everywhere she went. Miss Rumphius received the American Book Award in the year of publication. To celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of two-time Caldecott winner Barbara Cooney's best-loved book, the illustrations have been reoriginated, going back to the original art to ensure state-of-the-art reproduction of Cooney's exquisite artwork. The art for Miss Rumphius has a permanent home in the Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

Cold, Colder, Coldest

Author: Michael Dahl
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9781404817418
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28

Book Description
A description of several different animals that are suited to living in the world's most coldest climates.

Matching Books and Readers

Author: Nancy L. Hadaway
Publisher: Guilford Press
ISBN: 1606238833
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 273

Book Description
Providing practical guidance and resources, this book helps teachers harness the power of children's literature for developing ELLs' literacy skills and language proficiency. The authors show how carefully selected fiction, nonfiction, and poetry can support students' learning across the curriculum. Criteria and guiding questions are presented for matching books and readers based on text features, literacy and language proficiency, and student background knowledge and interests. Interspersed throughout are essays and poems by well-known children's authors that connect in a personal way with the themes explored in the chapters. The annotated bibliography features over 600 engaging, culturally relevant trade titles.

Suki’s Kimono

Author: Chieri Uegaki
Publisher: Kids Can Press Ltd
ISBN: 1554539862
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33

Book Description
Suki's very favorite thing is her blue cotton kimono and she is determined to wear it on her first day back to school--no matter what anyone says.