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Les oiseaux (L' imagerie des bébés. Livre sonore)
Par Émilie Beaumont, Emilie Beaumont, Nathalie Bélineau. 2022
Mes animaux préférés (Mon livre sonore à toucher)
Par Sam Taplin. 2022
Looking at bears
Par Dorothy Patent. 1994
When bears are born they weigh less than a pound, but they can grow to stand ten feet tall on…
their hind legs. A zoologist describes the different kinds of bears in the world including polar bears, black bears, and grizzlies, and tells what they eat. For grades 3-6The book of North American owls
Par Helen Sattler. 1995
The large eyes of an owl take up more space in the owl's head than its thimble-sized brain. Because owls…
can't roll their tube-shaped eyes, their necks are extremely flexible, allowing them to turn their heads backwards or upside down. Humans are the main enemies of owls. The author discusses these and other facts about owls and describes members of the two owl families. For grades 4-7Birds, beasts, and fishes: a selection of animal poems
Par Anne Carter. 1991
Fifty-one poems all have one thing in common: animals. There are poems about cats, bats, octopuses, fish, lizards, lions, and…
many other species. Poets include Robert Browning, Ted Hughes, D.H. Lawrence, Ogden Nash, and William Blake. For grades 3-6Rascal
Par Sterling North. 1963
Although his life is full with a Saint Bernard, a family of skunks, a raucous crow, and an unfinished canoe,…
Sterling is captivated by a tiny raccoon kit he names Rascal. The ingenious animal quickly takes over the house and Sterling's heart but also makes enemies by stealing corn and raiding chicken coops. Until he gets too big, Rascal shares many adventures with Sterling in the Wisconsin countryside. For grades 4-7Animals who have won our hearts
Par Jean George. 1994
Ten true tales of intelligent and brave animals. Blind Tom was a horse who helped build the transcontinental railroad in…
the 1860s. Half-wolf, half-malamute sled dog Balto delivered antitoxin to stop diphtheria in Alaska in 1925. Gorilla Koko learned sign language and communicates with humans. Since 1871, Pennsylvanians have been naming groundhogs Punxsutawney Phil and relying on them to predict the coming of spring. For grades 3-6What does the crow know?: the mysteries of animal intelligence
Par Margery Facklam. 1994
Alex the African grey parrot can say what is the same and what is different about a blue bead and…
a blue key. Ruby the elephant paints a picture of the fire truck that comes to her zoo. Malia the dolphin makes up amazing tricks each day to get more treats. These are examples of how animals think, remember, and learn. For grades 3-6Bats: mysterious flyers of the night
Par Dee Stuart. 1994
The shy, gentle bat is one of the most misunderstood creatures. Bats are more helpful than harmful, eating tons of…
insect pests each night. Others pollinate plants while eating fruit and nectar. Only the vampire bat drinks blood, by making small cuts in other animals. Bats feed at night, using their ears to "see." One kind of bat is as small as a jellybean. For grades 2-4 and older readersPredator!
Par Bruce Brooks. 1991
A predator is an animal or plant that kills animals for food. The author discusses various predators along the food…
chain including birds, tigers, crocodiles, spiders, hyenas, and snakes. He explains how they hunt (either by themselves or in groups) and how they kill the prey when they find it. Brooks also describes the methods preyed-upon animals have of staying alive. For grades 5-8Sister Shako and Kolo the goat: memories of my childhood in Turkey
Par Vedat Dalokay. 1994
An old man likes to recall his life as a boy in a small Turkish village where his father was…
a landlord. A woman called Sister Shako lived in their stable with her goats, six of her own and Kolo, who just appeared one day and soon became her favorite. The storyteller tells about Shako's way with animals, her superstitions, her generosity, her love of nature, and finally her death. For grades 5-8Shadows of night: the hidden world of the little brown bat
Par Barbara Bash. 1993
Bats, who come out at night to hunt, are the only mammals that fly. There are nearly a thousand different…
kinds of bats. The author describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, and habits of the little brown bat, one of the most common species in North America. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe moon of the gray wolves
Par Jean George. 1969
The leader of the Toklat River wolf pack--which included his mate, three adult helpers, and five pups--sniffed the subzero November…
air heavy with the scent of caribou. A herd 1,000 strong was approaching Toklat Pass in Alaska on their yearly migration. The gray wolves would strike down for food the sick, weak, or old, and the pups would have the major test of their first year of life. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe moon of the monarch butterflies
Par Jean George. 1993
The warm, moist weather and lengthening days of May that trigger the migration of birds in groups of uncountable numbers…
also cause a monarch butterfly's solitary migration. She leaves her winter home in Mexico and flies northeast, on her way to the place where she was born--a meadowland in Ontario, Canada. Along the way she mates and lays eggs that will hatch, repeating the life cycle. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe moon of the fox pups
Par Jean George. 1992
Five fox pups, nine weeks old, are brought out of their den in Pennsylvania's Cumberland Valley by the dog fox…
and vixen--their father and mother. June is the "growing up" month for the pups--when they will explore the woods and fields with their parents and learn to hunt so that by fall they will be ready to survive on their own. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe moon of the chickarees
Par Jean George. 1992
Red squirrels, who live across North America, are known as the chatterboxes of the forest, and they scream and scold…
to protect their rights. The author describes the activities of a feisty red squirrel, called a chickaree in the West, during the month of April. Now she is particularly frantic and loud as she nurtures her newborns in the Bitterroot River valley in Montana. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe moon of the alligators
Par Jean George. 1991
The six-foot alligator that lives in Sawgrass Hole in the Florida Everglades is hungry. She has eaten little since June,…
when the rainy season flooded her water hole and the wildlife she fed upon left. Now it is October, the beginning of the dry season in southern Florida. The water will fall, and the fish, frogs, and birds will come back to Sawgrass Hole. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe moon of the wild pigs
Par Jean George. 1992
On a July morning in the Great American Desert, as temperatures soar over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, a peccary piglet stands…
lost and squealing for his clan. In the Northern Hemisphere, July is the hottest and driest time of the year--with violent thunderstorms. These conditions are most extreme in the desert, where the piglet learns the discomfort of aloneness and explores his environment. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe moon of the salamanders
Par Jean George. 1992
On a wet March night--the night of the first spring rain after the first spring thaw--a spotted salamander in Michigan…
comes out of hibernation to act out a strange mating drama that is more than 300 million years old. Hidden in caves and under rocks and logs, and moving around only in the darkest hours of the night, salamanders have evolved but little from the first salamanders on earth. For grades 3-6 and older readersThe moon of the moles
Par Jean George. 1992
The little eastern mole, silvery-brown and as small as a child's hand, lives two feet under the ground near Crooked…
Creek, Kansas. Awakened by earth tremors, she speeds in total darkness along one of the tunnels in her underground network. The author calls the moon of December-January, when the nights are darkest in the Northern Hemisphere, the moon of the moles. For grades 3-6 and older readers