Helen Frost
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A poetic text and wonderfully intimate photographs follow a newborn sandhill crane as it takes its first steps into the world. Will my legs hold me? What if I fall? Peek in as a sandhill crane hatchling makes its first wobbly stand and takes its first steps alongside its brother. With their parents close by, they flap their wings and dance before enjoying a buggy treat. Someday they will fly with the majestic cranes overhead, but for now, Mama's soft...
3) Hidden
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Award-winning poet Helen Frost received the Michael L. Printz Honor for her acclaimed debut novel, Keesha's House. Written in free verse, Hidden is a compelling tale about an unlikely friendship between two girls. Darra Monson and Wren Abbott first cross paths when Darra's deadbeat dad is arrested for theft and kidnapping after he steals a car- unaware that Wren was sitting in the back. Years later, the girls- now teens- attend the same summer camp,...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2010.
Language
English
Description
Maybe you won't rock a cradle, Muriel.
Some women seem to prefer to rock the boat.
Eighteen-year-old Muriel Jorgensen lives on one side of Crabapple Creek. Her family's closest friends, the Normans, live on the other. For as long as Muriel can remember, the families' lives have been intertwined, connected by the crossing stones that span the water. But, now that Frank Norman, who Muriel is just beginning to think might be more than a friend-has...
5) Blue Daisy
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Friends Sam and Katie try to help a stray dog and, in the process, bring their neighbors closer together. Includes a recipe for dog biscuits.
6) All he knew
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In 1939 six-year-old Henry, who is deaf, is taken from his family and placed in a home for the feeble-minded where, years later, his friends include a conscientious objector serving there during World War II.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Publisher Marketing: Anikwa and James, twelve years old in 1812, spend their days fishing, trapping, and exploring together in the forests of the Indiana Territory. To Anikwa and his family, members of the Miami tribe, this land has been home for centuries. As traders, James's family has ties to the Miami community as well as to the American soldiers in the fort. Now tensions are rising—the British and American armies prepare to meet at Fort Wayne...
8) Parrots
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
Simple text and photographs from the rain forest present the characteristics and behavior of parots.
16) Triceratops
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
Español
Description
Conozca las características físicas, los hábitos alimentarios y la extinción del Triceratops.
Learn about the physical characteristics, the eating habits, and the extinction of the Triceratops.