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Look-it-up: Baby Animals In The Wild
Gallimard Jeunesse, Ute Fuhr & Raoul Sautai
Board book (Cartwheel, April 1, 2002)This innovative new FIRST DISCOVERY LOOK-IT-UP board book about baby animals features a "pictorial tab index" that allows even the youngest child to "look up" the subject of interest to them.Baby Animals, one of the most popular subjects in early childhood curriculum, comes to life in this sturdy board book that allows even the youngest child to "look it up". With die-cut tabs running down the right hand margin, toddlers can point to the picture of the animal that appeals to them, then turn to that spread and find out interesting facts through easy-to-understand captions and photo-realistic paintings. Ingenious formats are the hallmark of First Discovery, and First Discovery Look-It-Up: BABY ANIMALS IN THE WILD is no exception.
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All about Time
Andre Verdet, Celine Bour-Chollet, Daniel Moignot
Hardcover (Scholastic, Sept. 15, 1995)A guide to telling time features brightly colored, transparent pages that cover an oversized clock, enabling young readers to learn about the progression of minutes into hours, day into night, and season into season.
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Scholastic First Discovery: Whales
Jeunesse Gallimard, Gallimard Jeunesse, Ute Fuhr
Paperback (Scholastic Reference, Jan. 1, 2008)The next wave of titles in the relaunch of the highly popular First Discovery series. Big, colorful illustrations and simple, direct text show kids the wonders of whales.Scholastic First Discovery: Whales, with its fresh cover design, kid-friendly paperback format, and larger trim size, offers young readers an easy-to-use, easy-to-understand introduction to whales and other marine animals. Full-color, highlighted illustrations are accompanied by brief, simple text full of fun facts. Four transparent acetate pages in this title add a fun visual kick.
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The Weather
Sophie Kniffke
Hardcover-spiral (Moonlight Publishing, May 1, 2005)Follow the changing weather through the seasons of the year.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Yann Walcker, Charlotte Voake
Hardcover (Moonlight Publishing, Sept. 1, 2017)Mozart was already writing music by the age of five, and when he was still very young, he traveled all over Europe and played for the Emperor of Austria, the King of France, and the Queen of England. Children who know songs from different countries, or who have tried writing songs of their own, they'll find that they have much in common with Mozart. The CD contains recordings of some of his most famous works and the narration of the story.
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Paintings
Claude Delafosse, Gallimard Jeunesse, Tony Ross
Hardcover (Scholastic, Feb. 1, 1996)Provides readers with before-and-after transparent overlays and a die-cut magnifying glass that introduce young readers to such masterpieces as Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam and Degas's The Dance Class.
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Atlas of Plants
Gallimard Jeunesse, Claude D. Delafosse, Sylvaine Perols
Hardcover (Cartwheel Books, March 1, 1996)Vivid illustrations, transparent overlays, and simple, factual text introduce young readers to more than fifty plants from around the world, explaining such transformations as how a cotton flower becomes a ball of white fibers.
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Baby Dolphin's First Swim
American Museum of Natural History
Hardcover (Sterling Children's Books, June 6, 2017)“A good addition to science collections, this is one that young dolphin fans will enjoy.” —Booklist Meet a baby dolphin and see how he spends his first day in the ocean! Developed in conjunction with the American Museum of Natural History, this nonfiction picture book follows a dolphin from birth as he swims with his mom; learns to eat, jump, and play with his pod; and even escapes a shark. With its beautiful ocean photography and fun dolphin facts, this sweet story will make a splash with any young reader.
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Boats
Gallimard Jeunesse, Christian Broutin
Hardcover (Cartwheel Books, Sept. 1, 1993)The illustrated transparent cells in a spiral-bound board book aid young minds in identifying large ships and small boats, exposing the inner framework of an early sailing ship, and viewing life near the ocean floor.
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