K-2 math concepts include power of 10. Let's learn to count by 10 with sea creatures! Kids will learn the different combinations that add up to ten and how to count by tens as they explore the ocean and its dazzling array of sea creatures. Forty jellyfish, fifty reef fish, sixty corals, seventy manta rays help illustrate groups of 10 to aid kids in counting, building up to 100. Kids can count, then watch the playful dolphins surf the waves! ABOUT THE SERIES: In Nature Numbers, math is beautiful, recognizable, and all around us! Highly engaging pictures of animals and nature scenes, along with cool chalk illustrations, are used to introduce basic math concepts and encourage kids to see a world of numbers all around them.
Dolphins are one of Earth’s smartest and friendliest wild animals. They live together in groups called pods, which can include just two dolphins or hundreds of them. Readers discover what life in a pod is like through fun facts. Dolphins form friendships that last for a lifetime, and readers see bright photographs of dolphins in the water among their friends. Accessible text, colorful photographs, and an eye-catching graphic organizer guide readers as they independently explore exciting information about these popular animals.
Dolphins are one of Earth’s smartest and friendliest wild animals. They live together in groups called pods, which can include just two dolphins or hundreds of them. Readers discover what life in a pod is like through fun facts. Dolphins form friendships that last for a lifetime, and readers see bright photographs of dolphins in the water among their friends. Accessible text, colorful photographs, and an eye-catching graphic organizer guide readers as they independently explore exciting information about these popular animals.
“This powerful exploration of how we become human and how the soul endures is a song of beauty and sorrow, haunting and unforgettable.” —School Library Journal (starred review) A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year An ALA Best Book for Young Adults A Book Links Best Book of the Year A New York Public Library Children’s Title for Reading and Sharing Mila becomes famous around the world when she is rescued from an unpopulated island off the coast of Florida. Years ago, Mila went missing from a boat crash, and she has been raised by dolphins from the age of four. Researchers teach Mila language and music. But she also learns about rules and expectations, about locked doors and broken promises, disappointment and betrayal. The more Mila finds out about what it means to be human, the more she longs for her home in the ocean . . . “As moving as a sonnet, as eloquently structured as a bell curve, this book poignantly explores the most profound of themes—what it means to be human . . . All together, a frequently dazzling novel.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Her mind and spirit shaped by the dolphins who raised her, a feral child views herself and her human captors from a decidedly unusual angle in this poignant story . . . A probing look at what makes us human, with an unforgettable protagonist.” —Kirkus Reviews “Mila’s rich inner voice makes her a lovely, lyrical character.” —VOYA Magazine
A young girl and her mother go to the beach, wait for the dolphins to arrive, then swim, glide, laugh, and swim with them until it is time to go home. Includes facts about dolphins and their encounters with people.