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Books with author Barbara Renner

  • Walt Disney's the Penguin That Hated the Cold

    Barbara Brenner

    Hardcover (Random House Childrens Books, Sept. 1, 1973)
    Pablo, a penguin, leaves his home at the South Pole to search for a warmer climate
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  • Quincy the Quail Leads His Family on an Adventure

    Barbara Renner

    Paperback (Booklocker.com, Inc., Nov. 10, 2016)
    Do you know anyone who is a little clumsy? Trips on a log? Bumps into a cactus?Quincy the Quail is the leader of his covey, but sometimes he gets into a little trouble. Follow Quincy and his family around the desert and chuckle at his antics.Read about Quincy's adventures teaching his family how to hunt for food. Be surprised by who saves his life.Listen to quail calls using a QR Code Reader App.Fun for ages 3-7, and anyone who wants to learn more about quail.
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  • Lonnie the Loon Learns to Call

    Barbara Renner

    Paperback (Booklocker.com, Inc., Feb. 15, 2015)
    Lonnie the Loon Learns to Call is a picture book appropriate for children ages 2-7 and beginning readers. Lonnie is a juvenile Loon who lives on a lake with his Mom and Dad. He hears the calls of ducks and geese and wants to learn to call too. With a free QR Code Reader App the reader can listen to the beautiful Loon calls and learn along with Lonnie as his father gives him lessons. The book contains interesting facts about Loons.Lonnie the Loon Learns to Call is a fun story that is both educational and entertaining for preschool and elementary school children. See also: Lonnie the Loon Finds His Home, Lonnie the Loon Learns to Fly, and Lonnie the Loon Flies South for the Winter.
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  • Spring! Time to Build a Nest, A Story about Trumpeter Swans

    Barbara Renner, Rita Goldner

    language (, Nov. 19, 2019)
    Pen and Cob Swan listen as ice pops and crackles on the lake announcing the arrival of Spring. Realizing she will be laying her eggs soon, Pen urges Cob to find a place to nest. After being shooed away from a beaver's lodge and muskrat's den, they hurry to build their own home before it's too late.Interesting facts about Trumpeter Swans make this book educational as well as entertaining. An audio QR code allows the reader to hear the Trumpeter Swan's call using a QR Code Reader App.
  • If You Were There in 1776

    Barbara Brenner

    Hardcover (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, May 1, 1994)
    Period prints and drawings highlight a fascinating look back at what life was like in colonial America in 1776, exploring the ways in which children lived on a New England farm, a southern plantation, and on the frontier.
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  • Have You Ever Heard of a Kangaroo Bird?: Fascinating Facts About Unusual Birds

    Barbara Brenner

    Hardcover (Putnam Pub Group, July 1, 1980)
    Illustrations complement profiles of eighteen unusual birds, spotlighting cuckoos, chimney swifts, oilbirds, oxpeckers, zebra birds, and bowerbirds
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  • Lonnie the Loon Learns to Call

    Barbara Renner

    Paperback (Renner Writes, June 12, 2020)
    A curious little loon named Lonnie wants to learn how to call like his Dad. In this concept book, loon lovers of all ages will discover the purpose for the four distinct sounds made by the Common Loon. Practice along with Lonnie by scanning the QR Codes using a QR Code Reader App to hear actual loon calls.
  • Walt Disney's The penguin that hated the cold

    Barbara Brenner

    Hardcover (Random House, March 15, 1973)
    Tired of always being cold, Pablo, a penguin, decides to move from the South Pole to a warmer climate.
  • Lonnie the Loon Finds His Home

    Barbara Renner

    Paperback (Booklocker.com, Inc., June 15, 2014)
    Lonnie the Loon Finds His Home is a picture book about a young Loon who explores nests around his lake, looking for the perfect home. As he tries to convince his mother where he wants to live, he asks a lot of questions. Lonnie thinks it would be fun to live on an eagle's nest, or under a beaver's dam, or in a muskrat's water hole. His mother explains to him why this is not possible. The book also contains interesting facts about the Common Loon.Lonnie the Loon Finds His Home is a fun story that is both educational and entertaining for preschool and elementary school children. Also see: Lonnie the Loon Learns to Fly, Lonnie the Loon Learns to Call, and Lonnie the Loon Flies South for the Winter.
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  • Lonnie the Loon Flies South for the Winter

    Barbara Renner

    Paperback (Booklocker.com, Inc., Jan. 15, 2016)
    While flying south for the winter, Lonnie the Loon is blown off course by strong winds. Instead of landing on coastal waters, he ends up on a lake in the middle of the desert. Lonnie becomes friends with an unlikely character, a Gambel's Quail named Quincy. Quincy teaches Lonnie about the desert animals. Using a free QR Code Reader App, the reader is able to listen to a variety of animal calls and songs.Lonnie the Loon Finds Flies South for the Winter is a fun story that is both educational and entertaining for preschool and elementary school children. Also see: Lonnie the Loon Finds His Home, Lonnie the Loon Learns to Fly, and Lonnie the Loon Learns to Call.
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  • Tremendous Tree Book

    Barbara Brenner

    Library Binding (Boyds Mills Press, Feb. 1, 1992)
    Boyds Mills Press publishes a wide range of high-quality fiction and nonfiction picture books, chapter books, novels, and nonfiction
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  • If You Were There in 1492: Everyday Life in the Time of Columbus

    Barbara Brenner

    Paperback (Aladdin, Sept. 1, 1998)
    Instead of focusing on Christopher Columbus himself, this unique historical guide explores the world he left behind, offering little-known facts and stories about fifteenth-century Spain that will expand children's understanding of the world at that time. Reprint.
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