Природа и животные
4082 кн.
Пропал артефакт. Джунгли, полные улик. Может ли один кот-детектив спасти национальное достояние? Если вы и ваш ребенок любите новые культурные опыты, детективы о животных и рассказы о совместной работе, то вам понравятся глобальные приключения Р. Ф. Кристи. Нажмите на ссылку, чтобы купить книгу сегодня! Пропал артефакт. Джунгли, полные улик. Может ли один кот-детектив спасти национальное достояние? Инка Сибирский котенок не может дождаться, чтобы добавить Шри-Ланку в список мест, которые она...
| Автор | R. F. Kristi |
Did you know that we humans are monitored by Mouseweb International, a worldwide network of mice working undercover to lend a paw whenever we need it most? This is the story of Lily Jane Watson, a 13-year-old in desperate need of some help from the spies at Mouseweb International Department 29 (MI29). Operating out of the lost property cupboard at Abbotsford airport, Agent Windsor Smith and his family devise a clever plot to come to her rescue. But with Mr Clamp, the airport manager, laying...
| Автор | Sarah Tozer |
Sprinkle the pig has moved to a new house, with a new family, but he misses his old family. On his first day at school his classmate yells at him, and everything gets too much. He cries and cries, and soon the tears become a river and carry him away! Wise monkey spots Sprinkle, but he is too far away. Can he help Sprinkle to find hidden strengths to survive the river of tears? This therapeutic picture book is written to help children aged 4-10 and adults to talk about being separated from or...
| Автор | Anne Westcott |
In a deep dark forest, Little Coyote grows up with a tough gang of big strong coyotes. They are cruel, call him names and order him about all day long. Little Coyote is too small to run away or to stand up for himself, so he learns to do what he's told and makes his body small so nobody notices him. Then, one day he goes on an adventure and ends up discovering new hidden strengths that he never knew he had. This therapeutic picture book is written to help children aged 4-10 and adults to...
| Автор | Anne Westcott |
One sunny day, Bomji the rabbit and his friend Spotty the cat meet something very scary while picking flowers in the woods. The friends manage to escape, but afterwards Bomji just doesn't feel safe anymore. His body feels a bit different and he starts to have bad dreams. His friend Spotty is worried about Bomji – how can her friend be helped? Luckily, wise Teacher Owl is there for them. This therapeutic picture book allows children and adults to talk about a frightening experience. The...
| Автор | Anne Westcott |
There's always something happening at Crawdad Creek. That's what Lizzie and Michael call the stream that runs behind their house. Come pan for gold, hunt for fossils, find an arrowhead in the mud or a crayfish under a stone. Watch whirligig beetles and water striders skate across the water, teasing the fish below, and count the turtles sunning themselves on moss-covered logs. Follow tracks along the bank, then sit in quiet amazement as deer, raccoons, and other animals visit the creek....
| Автор | Scott Russell Sanders |
Young Scott and his father have a personal way of learning the trees and remembering their names. It's a game they like to play, one you'll want to play too!Learn the name of the swallowtail butterfly who loves to sit on the dogwood branch, see the majestic beauty of the black-and-yellow Argiope spider, or see what makes the beech tree so special (its bark is smooth and gray just like the skin of a hippo).Featuring beautiful paintings by nature artist Robert Hynes and the exquisite...
| Автор | Scott Russell Sanders |
Only English children's book series on the animals of the Chinese New Year11th in the annual series (12 planned)60,000 copies sold across the series to dateappeals to families with pre-school & elementary school age children, teachers, librarians, educatorsgrowing number of Chinese language (Mandarin) programs nationwideSan Francisco and London both claim to have the largest Chinese New Year parade outside of Asia.The Asian-American population (5% in 2010) will nearly double by 2050...
| Автор | Oliver Chin |
"The books celebrate the very meaningful idea of friendship."—Amy Poehler's Smart Girls In the critically acclaimed middle grade chapter book series The Nocturnals , we meet three unlikely friends—Dawn, a serious fox, Tobin, a sweet pangolin, and Bismark, a pint-sized sugar glider. Discover the friendships, teamwork, and humor as the Nocturnal Brigade solves the unpredictable mysteries of the night. GREAT FOR HOMESCHOOLING! Download the series's complimentary printable...
| Автор | Tracey Hecht |
Critical Acclaim The Nocturnals was launched to critical acclaim in 2016 with The Mysterious Abductions , a Kids' Indie Next List Pick, and The Ominous Eye. The Fallen Star published in May 2017, and the first Early Reader in September 2017. The fourth book, The Hidden Kingdom , published in February 2018. The Nocturnals features three unlikely friends: Dawn, a serious fox, Tobin, a sweet pangolin, and Bismark, the loud mouthed, pint-sized sugar glider. The stories all play out in...
| Автор | Tracey Hecht |
Critical Acclaim The Nocturnals was launched to critical acclaim in 2016 with The Mysterious Abductions , a Kids' Indie Next List Pick, and The Ominous Eye. The Fallen Star published in May 2017, and the first Early Reader in September 2017. The fourth book, The Hidden Kingdom , published in February 2018. The Nocturnals features three unlikely friends: Dawn, a serious fox, Tobin, a sweet pangolin, and Bismark, the loud mouthed, pint-sized sugar glider. The stories all play out in...
| Автор | Tracey Hecht |
"The books celebrate the very meaningful idea of friendship."—Amy Poehler's Smart Girls In the fourth middle grade chapter book, The Hidden Kingdom , animals in the valley start to trip on the crumbling ground beneath them, water disappears, and strange voices are heard. Everyone assumes the forest is under a spell. However, it’s a group of veiled creatures—a chameleon, stick bugs, leaf bugs, and other assorted camouflaged insects—that are upset because they want the valley’s...
| Автор | Tracey Hecht |
Irwin LaLune is a skunk detective who likes the smell of a good mystery. But he gets more than he bargained for when a squirrel tips him off to the antics of the panda Ling Ming—the local zoo’s star attraction. Someone is driving the panda crazy, but no one’s saying who—not even the panda himself. Can Irwin solve the mystery before things get really out of hand? Irwin’s mission will take him from the anaconda cage to the lion’s den—and that’s before it gets really dangerous! The Case of the...
| Автор | Bruce F. Murphy |
Short-listed for the 2001 Silver Birch Award, How did we get to be US? Who are WE? This story for the younger reader, set in the period some 50,000 years ago when an almost explosive change in people's behaviour occurred, addresses these questions. From this period on, people, the Cro-Magnon or Homo sapiens sapiens who are considered to be our ancestors, became what we term human. This recreated story presents a sister and brother in a sequence of events that fits what little is known...
| Автор | Henry Shykoff |
Life is changing for Canada's Anishnaabe Nation and for the wolf packs that share their territory. In the late 1800s, both Native people and wolves are being forced from the land. Starving and lonely, an orphaned timber wolf is befriended by a boy named Red Wolf. But under the Indian Act, Red Wolf is forced to attend a residential school far from the life he knows, and the wolf is alone once more. Courage, love and fate reunite the pair, and they embark on a perilous journey home. But with...
| Автор | Jennifer Dance |
Fifteen-year-old Zoe is many things, but confident is not one of them. Perhaps that’s why she prefers the company of animals. A self-professed advocate for their rights, Zoe is not above taking matters into her own hands. But the stakes are raised when she finds herself at the centre of a dangerous conspiracy involving the disappearance of animals from a shelter. She turns to street-savvy Alex Fisher, her troubled Social Studies partner, to help unravel the mystery. Zoe soon learns that nothing...
| Автор | Lucy Lemay Cellucci |
First book in Great Mistake Mysteries trilogy where an overly anxious young sleuth tries to protect his canine clients and his friends Fast-paced middle-grade mystery where sleuth deals with a mysterious threat and his own insecurities Funny animal story written by Canada’s premiere dog story writer Sylvia McNicoll (Bringing Up Beauty series) Author’s books have won the Forest of Reading Silver Birch Award and been nominated for the Arthur Ellis Award in the YA category and the Rocky Mountain...
| Автор | Sylvia McNicoll |
Can a high-seas, whale-saving adventure repair the hurt between two friends? How do you decide where your heart lies when it’s being tugged at from so many sides? When Robin and Zo-Zo discover that their beloved lake has become a toxic sludge – the result of an algae bloom – they know they have to do something to fix it. But trouble begins when the two friends develop a crush on the same boy during a community meeting to save the lake. To help repair things between the girls, Robin’s...
| Автор | Karen Hood-Caddy |
Vivid writing and luminous art combine to tell a modern story that introduces young readers to the wonders of bees For city kids like Sophie and Matthew, growing pumpkins is a big thrill.But they're worried. They know they need bees to make their pumpkins grow. But will the bees find their garden? Are there even bees in the city? So one day, Grandpa and the children set out to look for bees. They arrive downtown just in time to see something amazing: a buzzing ball of bees hovers from the...
| Автор | Maggie de Vries |
Robin is kidnapped by dangerous poachers while trying to save leatherback turtles in Central America. Robin Green is carrying on her work rescuing vulnerable animals at The Wild Place Animal Shelter when she and Zo-Zo get an amazing chance to help protect sea turtles in Central America. Worried about the bugs, the heat, and the threat of poachers, Robin faces her fears and travels there with Zo-Zo, her brother, Squirm, and her eccentric grandmother, Griff. It only takes one scorpion sting...
| Автор | Karen Hood-Caddy |
1. Supports Common Core.<BR> 2. Includes Spanish Vocabulary.<BR> 3. Includes Glossary.<BR> 4. Reading Group Questions in back.<BR> 5. The second book in the growing “Range Riders” series.<BR> 6. Again Fleming portrays animal rescue (this time an old dog from a shelter, in the last book, a horse from an abusive owner) in a non-preachy, heartwarming, empowering way. 7. As in CASSIE AND JASPER, Fleming portrays numerous positive character traits like loyalty,...
| Автор | Bryn Fleming |
Time is short. A horse is in danger. Can cowgirl Cassie and her sidekick Jasper rescue the horse from the owner’s villainous son? Or will the mare go to the local auction and meet a bad end? The ranch kids, raised on rodeos and cattle drives, resurrect the dilapidated corral and barn of an abandoned homestead to house the soon‑to‑be‑rescued mare. The kids hide, sneak, and spy on the neglectful horse owners. Then, in a desperate night ride, Cassie and Jasper attempt to lead the rescued horse to...
| Автор | Bryn Fleming |
Fire and Water is the first written collection of stories based on Hawaiian legends told on Maui. It is a classic Hawaiian children's book.The setting for this delightful collection of stories is the volcanoes and mountains, the blue seas, white sands, and clear skies of Maui Island in Hawaii—a place as rich in legends and myths as any in the world.Fire and Water is the first written collection of stories based on legends told on Maui. They have been retold in a style that will...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
**WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL 2013-2014 MORNING CALM MEDAL** [b]This multicultural children's book presents a heartwarming Korean fairy tale about a little girl and a fortunate encounter. Poverty is all Maya has ever known, but she doesn't allow it to stop her from caring for her father, and others, as best she can. Kind and gentle, she is a lovely young girl who always puts others first. One day, she finds a little turtle and takes him home, raising and loving him, never knowing that...
| Автор | John C. Stickler |