From the Newbery Medal-winning author of Seedfolks, Paul Fleischman, Joyful Noise is a collection of irresistible poems that celebrates the insect world.Funny, sad, loud, and quiet, each of these poems resounds with a booming, boisterous, joyful noise.The poems resound with the pulse of the cicada and the drone of the honeybee. They can be fully appreciated by an individual reader, but they're particularly striking when read aloud by two voices, making this...

Pumpkins and monsters and bats! Oh My! These aren't your typical grade school papier-mache projects. Get ready to let your creepy, creative juices flow, and sink your teeth into some chill inspiring Halloween projects. For more projects, check out Papier-Mache Monsters.

“Tales of The Friendly Forest” is a colorfully illustrated collection of fairy tales for children. The book contains ten instructive fairy stories about the adventures of kind and funny inhabitants of the forest: the traveling Hedgehog, the hare Turbo, the wolf Straight Tail and other great beasts. These tales teach the children friendship, humanity and respect to each other, the ability to perceive everything in positive manner and create good mood.

They live all over North America. There may even be one living in your house! How much do you know about these wily creatures? Do you know:Do people eat raccoons?How many babies does a raccoon mother have?Where do raccoons live?Can a raccoon reach up and turn the knob to open a door?Find out what a raccoon looks like, where it lives, what it eats, what eats it, how babies are born, and other fun facts.All measurements in American and metric....

Harry the Hedgehog is a curious hedgehog who wants to travel the world. One day he decides to pack a bag and explore beyond his field, where he meets lots of interesting and new creatures. This is the second in the series and Harry visits the zoo! But, Harry has run out of the food - what is he going to do?

Frogs seem like cute little creatures. But did you know they can also be downright strange? Not everything about these creatures is what it seems. Here are some interesting and strange things you may not know about our amphibious friends.Do you know the answers to these questions?How do frogs drink?How big is the smallest frog?How big is the largest frog?What happens to a frog's skin after they shed it?How long does it take a frog to change from a ...

In the year 2070, a valley in California is left desolate, with most people having fled eastward, except for David's family. Throughout his short life, David has faced unimaginable challenges, including resorting to eating insects and worms to satisfy his constant hunger. With animals, plants, and clean water all vanished, the only well in California that once provided drinking water is now dry.David's father decides they must head east, where the government claims there's plenty o...

The proud black and white speckled hen was different to all the other hens in the farmyard. She had black and white feathers,and all the others hens had brown ones. She considered that being different meant being better and, when an opportunity arose where she thought she could demonstrate that fact,she took it without pausing for a second thought. The error of her decision however,is obvious to all the other occupants of the farmyard except herself,and the consequences are very final.

A frog is an animal that spends part of its life in water and part of it on land.Frogs come in all shapes and sizes. Some are round and fat and some are long and skinny.The smallest frog is only as big as your fingernail. The biggest frog is bigger than a plate.This book is a shortened version of our popular "Frogs and Toads: In and Out of the Water" and is intended for beginning readers. With only 1454 easy to read words, young children can experience for themselves t...

Ponds are the most fabulous place for discovering all kinds of wonderful things! There are plants, insects, birds... and, of course, beautiful green frogs. Sometimes, one can even find fish, such as the flamboyant koi. But the koi has not always been king of the pond. There was a time when it was just an ordinary black-and-white fish. This was before Bekko, a young koi, fell in love with Matsou, the pretty frog. Here is a colourful love story like no other.The book was originally p...

"This book is the third one in children's reading material. However, the author is a writer of collections of prose-poetry, humor and biography. The seven pieces in this book cover the following genre: JUV002000 JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / General, JUV044000 JUVENILE FICTION / Readers / Intermediate and JUV038000 JUVENILE FICTION / Short Stories. The reading is appropriate for children ages 9 to 12."

Into the Big, Big World is the story of an inquisitive and determined beetle called Souski who wants to learn and discover life in the world.She leaves her fathers home to educate herself and to take control of her destiny. In her quest for discovering what life is about, she travels far and encounters several animals: a mouse, a squirrel, a ladybug, an ant, and finally a moth. Only the moth provides the best answer to her quest: that life is about freedom and happiness. They unit...