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"Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman explores the extraordinary life and scientific discoveries of Maria Merian, who discovered the truth about metamorphosis and documented the science behind the mystery in this visual biography that features many original paintings by Maria herself."--
5) Round
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As a little girl spends a day with her family, she finds round things all around her and explains why she likes them. This nonfiction picture book briefly explains why there are so many round things in nature.
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In this outstanding picture book collection of poems by Newbery Honor-winning poet, Joyce Sidman (Song of the Water Boatman, Dark Emperor and Other Poems of the Night), discover how animals stay alive in the wintertime and learn about their secret lives happening under the snow. Paired with stunning linoleum print illustrations by Rick Allen, that celebrate nature's beauty and power.
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A collection of poems that celebrates the wonder, mystery, and danger of the night and describes the many things that hide in the dark.
Welcome to the night -- Snail at moonrise -- Love poem of the primrose moth -- Dark emperor -- Oak after dark -- Night-spider's advice -- I am a baby porcupette -- Cricket speaks -- Mushrooms come -- Ballad of the wandering eft -- Bat wraps up -- Moon's lament.
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"With magical, concise and perceptive poems, Newbery-Honor winning author Joyce Sidman captures the life of a tree frog in an intimate and moving way. A master of the science note, her fascinating sidebars help bind the twin poems together and ground our perspective. We learn how treefrogs have sticky toe pads, how they still themselves when in danger, how they can change from green to gray to camouflage themselves - even how they eat their own skins,...
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There's no relationship quite like the ones we have with our dogs-dogs who befriend us; dogs who annoy, perplex, and accept us. This book explores the special bond between teenagers and their dogs-how days of crowded hallways, pointless assignments, and blinding crushes are brought to balance by our dogs.
Including insightful poems by Joyce Sidman and essays in which teens speak for themselves, as well as beautiful photographs by Doug Mindell, The...
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In spring, Red sings from treetops: cheer-cheer-cheer, each note dropping like a cherry into my ear. Sleepy Yellow sticks to summer. Yet ocean Blue stays cool and alive. Green fades in fall, turns to dust, and no longer keeps Brown at bay. In winter, Pink blossoms on chilled cheeks. And Black echoes through the still of winter's night. But spring comes again, and Red returns-flitting and fluttering, bright as a Cardinal bird.