Discover what these animals do in this playful board book by award-winning author Douglas Florian. Flamingos fly. Sailfish swim. Monkeys swing on a jungle gym! Discover what different animals do in this fun, rhyming story by award-winning author Douglas Florian! Animals include flying flamingos, swimming sailfish, swinging monkeys, diving dolphins, soaring swallows, creeping starfish, digging prairie dogs, lunging lizards, plunging pelicans, jumping jaguars, leaping llamas, and sleeping sloths.
Reading Gems is a series designed to spark a love of reading. It is a supplementary reading programme that is graded into four levels to perfectly suit a child's reading ability from an emerging reader to a confident, independent reader. Parents and teachers can be reassured that children are reading books that support their ability, challenge their reading skills and encourage reading confidence with every word on the page.
?Can Pink Flamingos Fly? is an imaginative, uplifting work from the bright new poet Becky B. Carlson. The poems are written in concrete style, using a bold and visual format. Even those who are ?poetry-impaired? will enjoy this first collection.
HAPPINESS is the seed of good health. And poems are an effective means to achieve this in young children. In the age of digital and virtual technologies, joyful poems bring alive imagination and provide means for parents, teachers, and other caregivers to connect with children organically, fortifying the emotional life of both involved. A handy guide of sorts, the book highlights the ways in which poems serve as an opportunity to bond as well as educate children in ingenious and creative ways, altering your relationship to both poems and your children. Penned by an educator with decades of experience of educating and enriching children through creativity, her poems have made many a child giggle and prance around happily as they sang them.
Ever wonder about those funny, big, pink birds that stand on one leg and eat upside down? This book answers 20 questions about flamingos to teach you a lot about those big pink birds. In addition to finally understanding why they stand on one leg and eat upside down, you'll learn the answers to questions like these: How do flamingos stay dry? Can flamingos salute? How can flamingos bend their knees backwards? Why do flamingos have webbed feet? How many eggs does a flamingo lay? Are baby flamingos pink? So come along and lets take a world tour to see where flamingos live and why they do what they do. You'll even learn how to draw them and how to make one from a candy cane. Next in series > > See all of the books in this series
A detailed monograph on an iconic bird of tropical wetlands around the world, the flamingo. With their curious feeding behaviour, peculiar elongated body, gregarious social lives and exotic pink plumage, flamingos are among the most familiar and popular of all the world's birds. They have inspired artists, poets and amateur naturalists for centuries, but until 50 years ago very little was known about their biology. A growing number of scientists have directed their attention to these magnificent birds over recent years; this book summarises current understanding of flamingo biology, with detailed discussion of population dynamics, ecology, movements, feeding, breeding biology and conservation, with emphasis placed on the authors' work on the famous population of Greater Flamingos in the Camargue region of southern France. There is also a detailed guide to breeding areas, and an outline of future challenges for research.
Unlock the secrets behind the behavior of the world's most fascinating creatures-from the Adélie penguin to the plains zebra to the giant panda-in this wonderfully written, beautifully illustrated book. In The Secret Language of Animals, biologist Janine Benyus takes us inside the animal kingdom and shows us the whys and the hows behind the distinctive behavior of creatures great and small in their natural environments. Divided geographically into five sections-Africa, Asia, North America, the oceans, and the poles-the book examines and describes the behavior, body language, and patterns of communication of 20 different animals: the gorilla, lion, African elephant, plains zebra, black rhinoceros, giraffe, ostrich, greater flamingo, Nile crocodile, giant panda, peacock, Komodo monitor, bottlenose dolphin, California sea lion, gray wolf, bald eagle, sandhill crane, beluga whale, polar bear, and Adélie penguin. For each animal, Benyus describes and explains basic behaviors (locomotion, feeding, drinking, bathing, grooming, sleeping), communication behavior (greeting, social play, group defense, conflict, aggression/submission, fighting, courtship, copulation), and parenting behavior (birth, care and feeding, teaching, communal care). The book is illustrated throughout with tender yet precise line drawings that beckon us to the animals and vividly capture everything from changing facial expressions to nurturing postures to playful and aggressive interactions. The text, too, is both intimate and informative, allowing for a deep connection with, and a great admiration for, each one of the animals.
"The first things kids notice about flamingos is their startling color: pink! But there's so much more to know about these leggy birds. First of all, despite how still they seem to stand at the zoo, flamingos fly in the wild! This volume introduces even more fun facts about flamingos, written in language chosen especially for the youngest readers. From flamingo habitats to why they look so pink, the information engages young bird enthusiasts as well as any adult reading along with them"--
