Jonathan London
4) Jackrabbit
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
c1996.
Language
English
Description
When a baby jackrabbit's home is destroyed by developers, she is cared for by a human family until she is big enough to live on her own in the wild.
Author
Publisher
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
Pub. Date
c1997.
Language
English
Description
Captures the dramatic beauty and danger of the SaharaSeated atop his camel, Ali felt the desert roll beneath him. Three days' ride ahead lay the Moroccan market town of Rissani, at the edge of the Great Sahara, where Ali and his father would sell their camels. But suddenly, out of nowhere, the wind came howling, and the whirling sand swallowed the sun, the camel herd, and his father. Stranded on the vast Sahara, Ali must summon all his courage to...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Little Hippo loves to play pretend, and today he's going to be a shopkeeper! Little Hippo has a goal--he is determined to buy his mama a special gift. With goodies filling his shop, Shopkeeper Hippo is excited to see his many friends stopping by for a treat. Filled with silly animal antics and culminating in the beautiful bond between mother and child, this heartwarming story shows all readers the joy in being kind and the impact of being brave.
12) Hippos are huge!
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
What's the deadliest animal in Africa? It's not the lion or the crocodile--it's the hippopotamus! Hippos have razor-sharp tusks, weigh as much as fifty men, and can run twenty-five miles per hour! Follow these hefty hulks as they glide underwater, play tug-of-war, swat balls of dung at one another, and nuzzle their young in the mud. Just don't get too close--they could chomp you in two!
13) Little swan
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Children
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
A trumpeter swan family stays close together as the cygnets learn how to feed themselves, honk when predators are nearby, and develop flight feathers. Includes facts about the trumpeter swan, the largest waterfowl in the world.
15) Giving thanks
Author
Publisher
Candlewick
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A boy's father celebrates the interconnectedness of the natural world through his daily words of thanks and assures his son, who finds it a little embarrassing to thank trees and such, that it becomes a habit and makes one feel good.
16) Puddles
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
When the rain stops falling and the skies clear, it's time to put on boots and go outside to play in the puddles.
17) Flamingo sunset
Author
Publisher
Marshall Cavendish Children
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
Watch a flamingo hatch from its egg until it becomes a full-grown flamingo.
18) Sleep train
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
After climbing into bed with his book, a little boy goes on a bedtime adventure as he counts the train cars between the engine and the caboose.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Ka-splash! "Head to the river, where a frolicsome bunch of otters plays all year round in a nonfiction story sprinkled with facts and loaded with fun.--
It's spring, and a litter of baby river otters emerges from a den . . . to play! Follow the otters through the seasons as they chase one another, slide down a mudbank, jump in a pile of leaves, and learn to swim. Even while catching fish for their dinner or grooming themselves in the snow, otters...