Books with author Ann McGovern

Little Wolf is an Indian boy who will not hunt. Instead he brings home injured animals and birds. He makes them well again, using the secrets of the woods. When the Chief's son falls ill, Little Wolf becomes a hero in a surprising way. Written in stately rhythmic prose in Ann McGovern's acclaimed style, this book--with beautiful illustrations by Nola Langner--will charm the imagination of young readers. Will help children understand the differences in people and that each one has a contribution to make. Recommended by The American Humane Association for ages five through eight.

Young hobgoblins will be squiggling and giggling at this madcap treasury of spooky poems, tricks, games, stories, and limer-eeks. Stage a scary treasure hung with Outwitting the Witch. Tell your friends to Feel the Corpse--but don't tell them what the grisly parts really are! Be clever wizards when you make handkerchiefs disappear with the Galloping Ghost trick. Shiver at chilling stories, like The Velvet Ribbon. Fill in in the rhymes in The Terrible Talky Not-Quite. Put on Dr. Diabolical skit and you'll split your sides laughing. For Halloween and all year long. Delightful illustrations add to the fun.

Scuba diving in the waters of Australia's Great Barrier Reef is magical, especially to a twelve-year-old girl. Living on a dive boat, she experiences all the beauties of the reef. Every day is filled with thrilling adventures - and sometimes more danger than she ever expected. She dives with monster-size fish that weigh 200 pounds. One day she is surrounded by poisonous sea snakes, ten times more deadly than the cobra. Another time she feeds sharks from the platform of the dive boat and watches as they go into a feeding fren zy right in front of her! She explores a ghost ship where fish are said to be as big as cars, meets one-horned unicorn fish, adorable clown fish, and tests the old myth of just how dangerous a giant clam can be. Ann McGovern blends her own diving experiences with poetic science and uses her skill as a storyteller to bring readers a science story as absorbing and accurate as her book Night Dive, named an Outstanding Childrens Science Book for Children: National S cience Teachers Association and the Childrens Book Council. 1984