Exotic environments like the African savanna have long held a fascination for young readers. This colorful picture book beautifully evokes that realm with images of giraffes, lions, hippos, elephants, and many more animals of the plains. Through cumulative, singsong verse, young readers learn how all living things in this important ecological community rely on one another for their existence. The book brings home the important lesson that when one of these animals or plants is killed off or goes extinct, the web of life is broken. Luminous paintings by Tom Leonard capture the untamed beauty...
Exotic environments like the African savanna have long held a fascination for young readers. This colorful picture book beautifully evokes that realm ...
Set in Australia s Great Barrier Reef, this lyrical rhyming tale introduces young readers to some of the coral reef s most striking residents. From the sleek shark to the colorful parrotfish to the deceptively beautiful sea anemone, each creature in this abundant undersea world relies on another for its existence. Beginning with coral, the very element that defines this ecosystem, Madeleine Dunphy uses a cumulative approach, combining simple yet forceful verse with repetition to reveal the fragile chain that links each of the plants and animals in this unique environment. Tom Leonard's...
Set in Australia s Great Barrier Reef, this lyrical rhyming tale introduces young readers to some of the coral reef s most striking residents. From th...