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  • Turtles & Snails

    Jeunesse Gallimard

    Hardcover (Scholastic Inc., Aug. 1, 1998)
    Introduces turtles and snails and describes how they function in their daily lives.
    K

  • The Weather

    Sophie Kniffke

    Board book (Moonlight Publishing, March 18, 2009)
    Follow the changing weather through the seasons of the year.
    M

  • Fruit

    Pierre-Marie Valat

    Spiral-bound (My First Discoveries, Aug. 1, 2009)
    Slice open an apple and look at the seeds, plant the seeds and watch them grow, see the blossom burst and ripen into the fruit you can pick and eat.
    J

  • The Human Body: A First Discovery Book

    Sylvaine Perols, Gallimard Jeunesse

    Spiral-bound (Cartwheel Books, Sept. 1, 1996)
    A detailed and straightforward first guide to the wonders of the human body helps young readers discover how their bodies work, both inside and outside.
    O

  • Baby Lions Join the Pride

    American Museum of Natural History

    Hardcover (Sterling Children's Books, July 9, 2019)
    Come along as two lion cubs explore the world—and learn all about these amazing creatures in this nonfiction picture book from the American Museum of Natural History! Deep in the African grassland two lions are born, a brother and a sister. See how these babies, small four-pound cubs born with their eyes shut, turn into full-grown adults with families of their own. The siblings wrestle, play, and learn to hunt; later, the brother will join a new pride, while the sister stays with her mother and aunts. Developed with the American Museum of Natural History, this nonfiction picture book features beautiful nature photography and an engaging narrative that kids will love!
    M

  • The Body

    Sylvaine Peyrols

    Spiral-bound (My First Discoveries, May 1, 2012)
    Readers will find out what happens to food and air and blood in our bodies; where our bones, muscles, veins, and nerves are; and how our brain works and controls what we do.
    A

  • Where Animals Hide

    Sylvaine Peyrols

    Spiral-bound (My First Discoveries, May 1, 2016)
    It is often difficult to see animals in the wild because they hide so well. The magic torch in this book helps you see them clearly in long grass, in thickets, through dense foliage, in holes underground and in well camouflaged dens and nests on the ground, in trees, on cliff tops and even in snow and ice.
    J

  • DK Discoveries: Castle at War

    Andrew Langley

    Hardcover (DK CHILDREN, Sept. 15, 1998)
    Describes, in brief text and illustrations, how the inhabitants of a medieval castle prepared for war and endured a siege.
    U

  • Ants

    Rene Mettler

    Spiral-bound (Moonlight Publishing, Dec. 1, 2015)
    Learn all about ants, one of the strongest and most well-organized of creatures on the planetThis book provides a vivid visual demonstration on why the reputation of ants for organization and hard work is fully justified. They live in large communities and build impressive homes in the form of anthills with multiple chambers inside. There are 12000 different kinds of ants, some carnivorous, who eat other insects, and some vegetarian. They are remarkable in being able to carry objects as much eight times their size and 20 times their own weight. They show clear signs of intelligent communication and high levels of collaboration. Yet for some other animals and birds ants are simply their favorite food!
    H

  • How Animals Sleep

    Sylvaine Peyrols

    Spiral-bound (Moonlight Publishing, Dec. 1, 2015)
    A unique look at the many varying ways, times, and places that different animals sleepMammals, insects, fish, and reptiles all get tired like us and need to sleep. This book illustrates vividly how and where they sleep in many different ways and at different times. Fish, snakes, and insects sleep with their eyes open. Birds sleep perched in trees without falling off. Bats sleep upside down for 20 hours a day. Sleeping whales and dolphins keep a part of their brains awake at all times so that they can go to the surface when they need air. Horses, elephants, zebras, and giraffes sleep standing up and for less than 4 hours a day.
    K

  • The Impressionists

    Jean-Philippe Chabot

    Spiral-bound (Moonlight Publishing, June 1, 2017)
    This book explains what Impressionism is and presents the favorite themes of the most distinguished impressionist artists (Courbet, Degas, Renoir, Monet, Pissaro, Sisley, Seurat, Cézanne and Van Gogh). Readers will look at the way they portray city and country life, the sea, summer and winter. Six transparent pages reveal hidden surprises.
    R

  • Landscapes

    Claude Delafosse, Tony Ross

    Spiral-bound (Moonlight Publishing, May 1, 2018)
    Explore another world in a landscape by Van Eyck. Watch Monet add the finishing touches to a sunrise. Wander through a gallery of landscapes by Vermeer, Hokusai, Van Gogh, Magritte, and more.
    J