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Giracula
"Read about the title character, a giraffe that has become a vampire with a sweet tooth for bakery goods."--Provided by publisher.
Zooapalooza in the Park
"What we need is one super, can't fail idea..." The Raccoon River kids are back to help a very special dog named Spunky, who needs a new home. Calls to the mayor, secret dog walks, and a whole lot of list-making are all part of their plan to organize the town's first pet showcase. But time is running out Do Hannah and her friends have a few more tricks--and dog treats--up their sleeves? Lauren L. Wohl brings us the third installment in the Raccoon River Kids Adventures series and reminds readers that real change starts with a little bit of courage and even more compassion. Mark Tuchman illustrates the small town adventures and makes us wish we called Raccoon River home.
Beauty and the Beak
Beauty and the Beak is a nonfiction picture book about Beauty, the wild bald eagle that made world news when she was illegally shot, rescued, and received a pioneering, 3D-printed prosthetic beak. Beauty and the Beak follows Beauty close up from the moment she uses her baby beak to emerge from her egg, through her hunt when she uses her powerful adult beak to feed herself, to the day her beak is shot off, leaving her helpless. This brave and uplifting story continues through her rescue, into the months of engineering her 3D-printed prosthetic beak and intense hours of her beak surgery, to the moment she takes the first drink of water by herself with her new beak. Beauty and the Beak captures...
Hush Up and Migrate
From carseats to caribou herds, kids everywhere are asking "Are we there yet?!" Make traveling fun again with Hush Up and Migrate, the second book in the Hush Up series for families! A tiny, green sprout pushes through a snowdrift, the first sign of spring, and Mama Caribou knows it's time to migrate. Baby Bou has other ideas--he wants to stay and play with his friends! Walking north for the summer is booooring, but without his herd, Baby Bou isn't safe from predators. Will Mama Caribou get her son to safety, or will Baby Bou miss out on the big surprise waiting for him at the summer range? Find out in Hush Up and Migrate! "Familiar, familial fun!"-- KIRKUS REVIEWS
Elementary Science Methods
This book is designed to meet the needs of future elementary teachers preparing to teach science using an assets-based approach to science teaching and tools for advocating for scientific teaching and learning with respect to the NGSS.
Astronauts Zoom!
Winner of the 2021 DeBary's Children's Science Book Award! Chosen for the 2023 Story Time From Space program launched with NASA Crew 6 to the International Space Station to be filmed and read by a real life astronaut to children around the world! "A fizzy mix of space fun and science!" --KIRKUS REVIEWS From A to Z, "you are there" NASA photos capture real women and men astronauts on the International Space Station doing all kinds of work--and having fun! Diverse astronauts from around the world include NASA'S first all-woman spacewalk team and the first African American astronaut on a 6-month mission to the space station. With STEM-rich text and action words, ASTRONAUTS ZOOM! gives kids a space-eye view from the time astronauts awake till they're zipped in for the night. Kids will also discover how astronauts practice on Earth, getting dressed in spacesuits and "spacewalking" in NASA's training pool. Lots of hands-on STEAM ideas are included--like exploring science and engineering activities, making videos "from space," even throwing a space pizza party! 20 YEARS OF ASTRONAUTS ON THE SPACE STATION!
Pushinka the Barking Fox
Lyudmila Trut, a lead researcher in a silver fox domestication experiment, met Pushinka, a silver fox, that she decided to take the experiment a step further with by moving into a small house.
The Nancy Book
From 1963 to 1978 Joe Brainard (author of I REMEMBER) created more than 100 works of art that appropriated the classic comic strip character Nancy and sent her into an astonishing variety of spaces, all electrified by the incongruity of her presence. Whether inserted into hypothetical situations, dispatched on erotic adventures, or seemingly rendered by the hands of artists as varied as Leonardo da Vinci, R. Crumb, Larry Rivers, and Willem de Kooning, Brainard's Nancy revels in as well as transcends her two-dimensionality. Together these works accumulate into a sophisticated, complex work of great wit, equal parts surprise and subtlety.The Nancy Book is the first published collection of Brai...
Reciprocal Teaching at Work, 3rd Edition
In this fully revised and expanded third edition of the bestselling Reciprocal Teaching at Work, Lori D. Oczkus provides both tried-and-true and fresh solutions for teaching reading comprehension. Reciprocal teaching is a scaffolded discussion technique that builds on the Fab Four strategies that good readers use to understand text: predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing. With a focus on these four evidence-based and classroom-tested strategies, Oczkus presents new ways to use reciprocal teaching to improve students' comprehension while actively engaging them in learning and encouraging independence. Appealing to students and teachers alike, reciprocal teaching encompasses soci...
I Love Birds!
Prowl for owls by ear, discover the science of feathers, and become familiar with the birds in your neighborhood and beyond—52 activities for kids ages 4 to 8 Calling all birders! It’s time to share the joy of birds with the kids in your life. I Love Birds! is chock-full of activities, information, and rich resources that will fuel discovery and inspire families. Through sensory, hands-on, and creative explorations that involve birding basics and the hows and whys of bird behavior, the activities here will engage children’s imagination and sense of wonder as they observe birds in the wild, become citizen scientists, and forge a deeper understanding, appreciation, and stewardship toward nature, our planet, and all things feathery.
