Watercolor illustrations show young readers the clever ways animals hide, including deer, snowshoe hares, trout, and other animals with protective coloration.
I see, I see... is a series of books written with simple words and colorful pictures where the narrator describes what he sees. The book is written in rhyme and it is great for the beginning reader. Patterns of words and phrases encourage the child to read the book with the help of cute illustrations. Each page introduces a new animal, including an elephant, a panda bear, a fox, a penguin, a cat, a turtle, a butterfly and a bee. In the final page, the author invites children to mention what they see, and also encourages them to recognize the main words in the book as they identify the pictures.
Profiles a series of animals with unusual eyes and explains how such animals use their uniquely evolved eyes to gain essential information about the biological world.
Look! How many animals do you see? The Counting Animal series uses exciting and familiar animals to support early readers quest to count. The simple text makes it easy for children to engage in reading, and uses the Whole Language approach to literacy, a combination of sight words and repetition that builds recognition and confidence. Bold, colorful photographs correlate directly to the text to help guide readers through the book.
What do children see in their everyday lives? This series looks at the different locations children may be on a day to day basis. Pointing and naming different objects and animals they may see can help them build their vocabulary using items all around them.
Peek through the pages in this busy board book to discover fun facts about many types of wild animals. Young readers will love to peek through the pages of this busy book to discover fun facts about animals that live in the wild!
In this informational picture book, award-winning author and illustrator Cybèle Young interweaves the science of animal eyesight into a clever whodunit involving a haughty queen. It is during the Queen's Ball, at which ?society's most important nobility? are in attendance (all of whom are animals), that a ?major crime has been committed?: the queen's shadow has been stolen! Mantis Shrimp, the Royal Detective, takes the lead in the investigation to find the perpetrator, and one by one the animal suspects defend their innocence. From a shark and a snake to a dragonfly and a goat, each creature's testimony explains their version of the scene of the crime based on their own unique eyesight, while the finely textured and detailed artwork illustrates the ballroom as viewed by that animal. In sidebars to the story, the author provides factual information about how the eyesight of each animal works, and why. As each animal's perspective sheds new light on the mystery, it becomes clear to children that there are many different ways to see what goes on in the world. A section on how human vision works, background on each of the animals mentioned in the story and a glossary are provided at the back of the book. This is a unique and sophisticated book unlike any other. It would be an excellent resource for life science lessons on animal and human characteristics. The sly humor, engaging storytelling and layered narrative also make it a terrific mystery read.