Janet Halfmann

While Little Skink hunts for breakfast, she is attacked by a crow. To escape, she snaps off her tail. Little Skink's tail follows her as she daydreams of having the tails of other animals in the forest. Includes "For Creative Minds" section with information on tail adaptations and communications and a mix-and-match tail activity.

A story of a young girl who dreams that howling winds whisk fur and feathers right off her animals friends. Trying to help, she sews each of them a new "coat."

Provides an illustrated biography of Robert Smalls, a slave who escaped to freedom in the north during the Civil War on a Confederate supply ship and eventually became a sea captain for the Union Navy. Includes sidebars, a timeline, a glossary, and further resources.

Baby Bat loves his cave home and never wants toleave. While practicing flapping his wings one night,he falls and Pluribus Packrat rescues him. They thenexplore the deepest, darkest corners of the cavewhere they meet amazing animals-animals that don'tneed eyes to see or colors to hide from enemies. BabyBat learns how important bats are to the cave habitatand how other cave-living critters rely on bats forfood. Will Baby Bat finally venture out of the...

Cuando Sofía sueña que el viento se lleva los pelajes y las plumas de sus amigos animales, ella comparte algunas de sus ropas con ellos. Pero su ropa no les funciona bien. Viéndoles su decepción, ella se ofrece a coserle a cada uno el abrigo "correcto". Los animales se ponen en fila para explicar lo que necesitan y el por qué. El oso polar necesita un abrigo blanco para mantenerse tibio y esconderse en la nieve. El pez necesita escamas, pero...

¡Mientras que la Pequeña Lagartija anda en busca de deliciosas hormigas para su desayuno, es atacada repentinamente por un cuervo! Pero ella tiene un truco para escaparse - ¡se desprende de su colita, y ésta se sigue moviendo! La Pequeña Lagartija está contenta de estar viva, pero extraña su brillante cola azul. Los lectores van a disfrutar pretendiendo con ella, probándose colita tras colita. La primera cola es muy suavecita - esponjosita,...

"A biography of Robert Smalls who, during the Civil War, commandeered the Confederate ship Planter to carry his family and twelve other slaves to freedom, and went on to become a United States Congressman working toward African American advancement"--Provided by publisher.

Examines the history, design, construction, and uses of Greek temples and describes some notable examples.

Examines the history, design, construction, and uses of theaters and describes some notable examples.

"What's a great way for kids to learn about learning? Tell them how an otter takes swimming lessons, or how a chick learns to peck! Short entries portray how twelve different animals are taught various "lessons." Loads of information about nature is offered in brief, kid-friendly explanations paired with striking illustrations"-- Provided by publisher. "Short entries portray how 12 different animals are taught various "lessons." Chicks learn to peck...