Books with author Dee Phillips

Written and published by Dee Phillips, “The Kids Book of African Animals” is a marvel of fun facts for kids to learn all about the animals in Africa. 16 different African animals are represented, accompanied by bright colorful images your child is sure to love.Learn about the: * Elephant * Lion * Zebra * Rhinoceros * Giraffe * Ostrich * Cheetah * Gorilla * Warthog * Hippopotamus * Hyena * Gazelle * Meerkat * WildebeestIs the giraffe really silent? How fast can a cheetah run? Where does a meerkat live? Find out in this great kids book on African Animals!

I carried messages for the Resistance. Secret messages from fighter to fighter. There were German soldiers everywhere. I was always in danger.These graphic and colorful 48-page books meet Common Core genre requirements and feature a fictional story, two pages of nonfiction, and two pages of activities, giving students some background knowledge necessary to understanding historical events. Using fiction to amplify history also allows students to think critically about the pas--and piques curiosity, leading to further exploration and discovery.

It?s winter, and the cold Arctic landscape is covered with snow. That?s not a problem for a lemming, however. The tiny animal has dug a network of tunnels through the snow. Now the little creature leaves its cozy underground home and scurries along the snow tunnels, popping up here and there to find twigs and bark to eat. Filled with information perfectly suited to the abilities and interests of its primary-grade audience, this colorful, fact-filled book gives readers a chance not only to learn all about lemmings and how they are adapted to the extreme cold, but also to develop their powers of observation and critical thinking. Built-in activities, such as guessing how a lemming stays safe from its many predators and figuring out how many babies a female lemming has in a year, give readers a chance to gain, insights beyond the facts and figures.

A long green snake has just finished a large meal. Now it loops its body around a tree branch and rests, its green skin helping it blend in with its treetop rain forest home. The beautiful snake is a green tree python, and now that it has fed, it will simply hang from a branch and relax for the next two weeks. Filled with information perfectly suited to the abilities and interests of its second-grade audience, this colorful, fact-filled volume introduces young readers to the everyday life of a green tree python. What does the snake eat? How does it catch its prey? Where does it lay its eggs? And how do adults and young pythons stay safe from predators in the forest? Throughout the book, readers are encouraged to make scientific observations based on the book's images and answer questions about green tree pythons' lives and physical characteristics. This innovative approach to teaching about wild animals gives young scientists the chance not only to read and learn the facts, but also to develop their own powers of observation and critical thinking.

Written and illustrated by Dee Phillips, “Moose Quest” is a brightly illustrated new story about Billybull the Moose. Billybull is unhappy with the black flies that are biting him and moves on from his home at a northern lake to find a new home. This great new book is a fun story for kids to read (or be read to) and is filled with vivid pictures of Billybull’s adventures. It is a perfect bedtime story book, or one kids will enjoy reading on their own, done in easy to understand language.“Moose Quest” is set at a low introductory price and can easily be downloaded at the Amazon Kindle store so that you and your kids can start enjoying this book immediately.