Kapoc, the Killer Croc
Author: Marcia K. Vaughan
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780671751258
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA crocodile and a sloth have a life-or-death race on the Amazon.
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Kapoc, the Killer Croc
Author: Marcia K. Vaughan
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780671752361
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA crocodile and a sloth have a life-or-death race on the Amazon.
The Storymakers
Author: Canadian Children's Book Centre
Publisher: Pembroke Publishers Limited
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9781551381077
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis valuable resource features the colourful biographies of 72 illustrators and artists whose works are considered among the best in the world. Told in the artists' own words, these biographies offer fascinating insights into their lives, and feature a sample illustration from one of their favourite books. Discover how these fantastic artists work, what their favourite books are, who influenced them, and how they came to illustrate children's books.
Connecting Cultures
Author: Rebecca L. Thomas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 1996-01-30
Total Pages: 691
ISBN-13: 0313080224
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA comprehensive guide to multicultural literature for children, this valuable resource features more than 1,600 titles—including fiction, folktales, poetry, and song books—that focus on diverse cultural groups. The selected titles, pubished between the 1970s and 1990s are suitable for use with preschoolers through sixth graders and are likely to be found on the shelves of school and public libraries. Topics are timely, with an emphasis on books that reflect the needs and interests of today's children. Each detailed entry includes bibliographic information. Use level is also included, as are cultural designation, subjects, and a summary. The invaluable Subject Access section incorporates use level culture information.
Annual Conference
Author: American Library Association
Publisher:
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCanadian Children's Books
Author: Raymond E. Jones
Publisher: Don Mills, Ont. : Oxford University Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 556
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book provides teachers, librarians, and other educators, parents and relatives, and students with a comprehensive and detailed examination of Canadian children's books. Each of the 133 entries on authors and illustrators presents factual and critical information along multiple dimensions. In addition to authors and illustrators of historical and contemporary importance in the English mainstream, creators of ethnic, Aboriginal, and French-Canadian origin also are included. There are representatives of regions--the North, the East, the West, and the rest between--and of all genres: retold folktales and myths, mystery, science fiction, fantasy, sports, wilderness adventure, animal epic, chapter books, picture books, poetry, stories for reluctant readers. Appendices list the winners of the major English-Canadian children's book awards and sources for further reading.
Travel the Globe
Author: Desiree Webber
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 286
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book allows you to take children on reading excursions to such far-away places as Australia and China, as well as to people (e.g., Native Americans) and places (e.g., Mexico) close at hand. Each chapter highlights a specific country or cultural group, recommending books for read-alouds and stories appropriate for flannel board, overhead projector, or simple puppetry presentations. Fingerplays, action rhymes, songs, games, puppet patterns and instructions, and directions for other simple, inexpensive crafts and activities accompany the stories. A treasure trove of ideas and reproducible activities, this is a perfect resource for busy children's librarians, educators, and anyone else who works with young children. Grades PreK-3.
Crocodile Rescue! (Wild Survival #1)
Author: Melissa Cristina Márquez
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2021-02-02
Total Pages: 145
ISBN-13: 1338635077
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor fans of The Trail, Out of My Shell, and The Honest Truth, Wild Survival is the story of a girl finding her voice . . . and fightingfor survival. Twelve-year-old Adrianna Villalobos and her older brother Feye travel the globe with their parents, the hosts of a suspenseful nature show called "Wild Survival!" The show features daring animal rescues and the work the family does at their animal sanctuary. They've recently gotten an offer to take the show from YouTube to a TV network, and Adrianna is thrilled. So far, she's always been behind the scenes, but now she gets to join the rest of her family onscreen. She can't wait to bring her passion for animals to a wide audience.Their first stop is the lush mangrove forests of Cuba, where they're going to help rescue an injured crocodile. But things get off to a rocky start when Feye is injured in an accident partially caused by Adrianna. The status of the show is in jeopardy, and Adrianna's parents want her back behind the scenes, or maybe even back at home.Adrianna is determined to prove herself, and save the show-whatever it takes. Even if that means confronting the legendary Mega Croc of Cuba that's rumored to inhabit the murky waters around their base camp.Based on the author's real-life wildlife encounters, this middle-grade series will include real animal facts, light illustration of the creatures mentioned in each book, and an Author's Note from Melissa.
