Kategoria BISAC: Juvenile Fiction >> Animals - General

The second in the Shakespeare's Paragon series, this volume continues where Shakespeare's Zoo left off, pairing the lesser-known words of the great William Shakespeare with Laudea Martin's incredible textured illustrations. Just as with a simple phrase, a line, or even part of a line in a poem or play, Shakespeare is able to convey the richness of a scene, so, too, can Laudea Martin capture the essence of an animal with her illustrations.
William Shakespeare was famous for many phrases that we still use today; these are not those phrases. Included in this book are the often...

Shakespeare's Complete Paragon combines all 42 illustrations and quotations from the first two volumes in the series, Shakespeare's Zoo and Shakespeare's Menagerie. The series was originally envisioned as a 42 illustration set, and this book makes it a reality.
Laudea Martin is a long-time student of Shakespeare, as well as both art and wildlife. Her delightful illustrations are created digitally with layers of texture, capturing the essence of various animals mentioned by William Shakespeare. The quotations included in this book are not Shakespeare's most famous...

Now in a sturdy bilingual English-Spanish board book edition
A day at the park. A ride on Daddy s back. Run, Daddy Faster Faster How fast can Daddy go? Faster than a dog? A horse? How about a cheetah? Leslie Patricelli reprises the duo from Boston Globe Horn Book Honor winner Higher Higher in another humorous riff on a favorite pastime a laugh-out-loud-funny tale of few words about doting dads and high-energy kids whose imaginations know no bounds."

This lively and lyrical jaunt from actor and author John Lithgow comes with a CD of his celebrated song

Oh, children Remember Whatever you may do,
Never play music right next to the zoo.
They'll burst from their cages, each beast and each bird,
Desperate to play all the music they've heard.

A concert gets out of hand when the animals at the neighboring zoo storm the stage and play the instruments themselves in this hilarious picture book based on one of John Lithgow's best-loved tunes. This package includes a CD of John and an orchestra...

The world depends on William Worm, a dedicated tunnel engineer and his hard-working family of earthworms. These recycling experts face great dangers on a daily basis to make the world a better place. Join William and the rest of the Worm family on their adventures above and below ground Bilingual children's graphic comic book in English and Spanish.

Everyone has a skill that is their best...., This illustrated children's book follows Hanna the hippo as she searches for just the right skill suited for her. Join Hanna as she asks for help from her animal friends. Who will end up helping her? Charlie the cheetah? Peter the pup? Franny the flamingo? Felicity the fish or perhaps Oskie the owl? What will be her new skill? Will she be a runner, a dancer, a swimmer, a baseball catcher or perhaps something else?

The Adventures of Katie and George is a series of books for children ages 6 to 9 and for parents looking for a fun, magical story to share Katie's birthday is in 3 days As she counts how many "sleeps" or "dodos" until her special day, Katie hears a noise from her bedroom She is amazed to see Dodo birds magically appear What is she going to do?

Sam and Sandy the Ant meet Drag the Dragonfly as he rescues them from what appears to be a flood. Told in English and Spanish, the three central characters represent key intrinsic values demonstrated by children as role models for adults.

• Sam the Ant persists even as fears are confronted, and is always looking to build community with others.
• Sandy the Ant affirms and trusts Sam, and learns how to risk.
• Drag the Dragonfly loves to fly high in the sky to gain a broader perspective.

Sam the Ant was created by Samantha "Sam" Feldman and her father,...

Little Tiger learns that you don't have to travel across the world to have an adventure. Adventure is in your own neighborhood. You just have to look around you, have the courage to take the first step, and listen to the small voice inside you that says, "Let's go on an adventure."

Follow Throckmorton, the red-headed green worm, as he searches for friendship through Miss Sally's beautiful garden. Throckmorton considers becoming playmates with some unusual companions but really he's looking for a worm just like himself. He never expects to find that true kinship comes in many shapes and sizes. Children and parents will be delighted by this warm-hearted tale of friendship.

Follow Throckmorton, the red-headed green worm, as he searches for friendship through Miss Sally's beautiful garden. Throckmorton considers becoming playmates with some unusual companions but really he's looking for a worm just like himself. He never expects to find that true kinship comes in many shapes and sizes. Children and parents will be delighted by this warm-hearted tale of friendship.

The Piggy with the Curly Tail is about a little pig who has the cutest curly tail. His mother also loves his cute tail. Little Piggy doesn't listen to his mother and loses something that is very precious to him. Learn what he loses and how he gets it back.

Finny the city cat has just moved out to the wilderness. He finds what he thinks is a giant mice from outer space. But no one will believe him.

ROnan and Ciorstag visit their grandmother on the croft and the dog promptly zooms off to tell all the animals the news. While he's doing that, we also find out what all the animals say in Gaelic - from the brown Highland cow and her calf, the duck and her ducklings, the geese, the cockerel and the hens, the horse and donkey to the bees and the cat and all the other animals on the croft - even the whale. Yes, the whale says something in Gaelic and if you didn't know that, here's your chance to find out.

The Gaelic audio can be downloaded from the publisher's website.

Ronan and Kirree visit their grandmother on the croft and the dog promptly zooms off to tell all the animals the news. While he's doing that, we also find out what all the animals say in Manx - from the brown Highland cow and her calf, the duck and her ducklings, the geese, the cockerel and the hens, the horse and donkey to the bees and the cat and all the other animals on the croft - even the whale. Yes, the whale says something in Manx Gaelic and if you didn't know that, here's your chance to find out.

The Manx audio can be downloaded from the publisher's website.

Everybody loves some bunny and some bunny loves you. Can you guess who the some bunny of this story is? Written by the award winning author, attorney and former teacher, Penelope Dyan, and illustrated with her very kid-friendly drawings, this book is sure to make a kid smile. But most importantly, this book is built around the first grade Dolch Reading Word List, and the rhyme and drawings, along with the 'cartooned character' recognition allows the child to guess and shout out what is coming next, and all of this contributes to the love and joy of the reading experience. This book also has a...

Little Baylee wants a giraffe (or maybe she wants two giraffes or three or four) and her mother brings her a very small kitten, It isn't that Bailey doesn't like the kitten, it is just that Bailey has always wanted a giraffe, because giraffes make Baylee laugh. Find out why Baylee simply can't have a giraffe. (Perhaps you know the answer to THAT question already ) Also discover how Baylee's mother comes up with a good solution to this somewhat perplexing problem, and what that solution is. Have fun again practicing your reading skills and enjoy the Dyan kid friendly drawings as you practice...

Did you ever wonder how a hockey puck became a hockey puck? Melvin and the Big Hockey Game is the first book in a new series by author Christina Burke. Each enchanting, yet educational tale in the Melvin The Mouse series follows a resourceful, studious and hockey-loving mouse named Melvin, as he and his animal friends in the town of Shinny discover the fascinating origins of hockey. In this book, Shinny is hosting a big hockey game at the barn. After everyone in town tries various objects, unsuccessfully, to use for a puck (even meatballs ), it is Melvin who saves the day with the perfect...