Caroline Arnold
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
The arctic wind howls, but the two polar bear cubs are warm inside their den. They snuggle tight against their mother and drink her milk. Three months later, they tumble outside for their first walk in the snow. Bundle up and find out what happens in a polar bear's world.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Follow a classroom of kindergartners as they participate in a popular activity: hatching chicks. Readers learn about the life cycle of a chicken, incubating eggs, watching them hatch, and raising the chicks until they are old enough to return to the chicken coop. Caroline Arnold's simple text and close-up photographs are instructive and adorable.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Over the past several decades, our world has been warming at a faster rate than ever before. Winters are shorter. Sea levels have risen. Territories of predators and prey have shifted. To survive in this new environment, animals everywhere have had to adapt, or face extinction. Complemented by Jamie Hogan's rich collage illustrations, A Warmer World offers young readers a clear-eyed look at the effects of climate change on animals around the world....
9) Taj Mahal
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Recounts the love story behind the building of the Taj Mahal in India, discussing how it was constructed and providing information on Indian culture.
Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Introduces "living fossils, or modern-day animals that very closely resemble their ancient relatives. Meet the coelacanth, horseshoe crab, dragonfly, tuatara, nautilus, and Hula painted frog. All are living fossils. Why have they changed so little over time, while other animals evolved or went extinct?"--Amazon.com.
14) Bat
Author
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the physiology and behavior of this mammal as well as the fears, misconceptions, and superstitions which have given it a bad reputation.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the logs and adventures of Juliet Fish Nichols, a female lightkeeper who kept the light shining through the fog following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
Juliet Fish Nichols is the lightkeeper on Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay Area and her job is to keep the light shining and the fog bell ringing, even when there is an earthquake. Inspired by her logs, includes biographical and historical notes.
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