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E BERKES

A counting book in rhyme presents various Australian animals and their offspring, from a mother crocodile and her “little hatchling one” to a huge father emu and his “little chicks ten.” Includes related facts and activities.

E DAVIS

Can you find all the hidden animals?

E GIBBS

Peeking through the pages, children will be able to spot a different colored animal every time, and guess what it is using a simple, factual clue. Bold illustrations and die-cut holes will absorb young readers as they learn about colors and animal names.

E SAYRE

In rhyming text reminiscent of the traditional song, “If you’re happy and you know it,” presents various animals that are hoppy, sloppy, growly, flappy, or slimy, scaly and mean.

ANIMALS J591.5 ARN

Identifies some of the things happening in nature while one goes about an ordinary day, such as a shark circling a reef while one brushes one’s teeth, or puffins eating fresh-caught fish while one eats dinner.

ANIMALS J591.65 BUC

Learn amazing facts about dangerous animals with sharp teeth, fangs, and claws.

SCIENCE ENVIRON J591.734 CAL

This book describes the life cycles of ten amazing animals and one creepy plant—how they live and reproduce and how they link with other creatures in food chains and food webs.

ANIMALS J591.468 CUS

Explores the different types of animal eggs, from insects to reptiles, fish, and birds, and describes how different adult animals care for their eggs and the strange places they place them.

ANIMALS MAMMALS ORANGUTANS J590.222 DAV

This book of up-close animal photographs is full of facts that will fascinate young animal lovers.

ANIMALS J590 ANI

Discover the amazing variety of animal life on Earth, meet endangered species, and learn about conservation and what you can do to help keep animals alive.

ANIMALS MARINE J591.77 GUI

Many amazing creatures live underwater. Learn all about ocean life in this book full of facts and photographs.

ANIMALS J591.53 RIL

Marvel at the amazing strategies animals deploy to track, catch, and kill their prey and how they defend themselves from attack.

ANIMALS J591.5 RUU

Did you know that the oldest insect lived more than 350 million years ago? That’s more than 100 million years before the dinosaurs! Did you know that a slug has three noses, an octopus has three hearts and that an earthworm has no eyes, no nose, no ears and no lungs but it has five hearts?

J APPELT

An old hound that has been chained up at his hateful owner’s run-down shack, and two kittens born underneath the house, endure separation, danger, and many other tribulations in their quest to be reunited and free.

HORSES J GIBSON

As she fearfully begins learning to ride and manage the horses she never wanted her family to own, Sophie Groves also begins to acquire friends on the Maine island she calls home.

J SALISBURY

When Calvin gets a school assignment to do some original research, he decides to investigate his dog’s stinky breath and ends up learning about more than just smells.

MICH J STAUFFACHER

Ten-year-old Keisha and her family’s animal rescue center face more challenges involving a baby crow in a mailbox and a skunk found in the nearby community garden.