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Animal Migration series.
Short, factual overviews of the featured mammals precede basic surveys of their migrations. The books explore each creature's reasons for migrating and observes its behaviors before, during, and after the journey. Engaging photographs, which span across the gutter of the wide-horizontal-trim books, elevate the introductory texts. An appended page shows a map of each species' migration routes. Glos., ind. Review covers these Animal Migration titles: Humpback Whale Migration, Walrus Migration, and Wildebeest Migration.
32 pp.
| Little Bee
| May, 2017
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TradeISBN 978-1-4998-0421-8$17.99
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Two cockatoos (Cockatoo, Too) mix two cans together to make a stew. Two toucans arrive to share a meal but are appalled to realize it's "toucan stew???!" ("Two-can stew / Oooooooooooh..."). All is resolved when a herd of gnus joins ("New two-can stew!"), but what chaos will ensue when cuckoos fly in? Bright colors, expressive characters, and endless wordplay combine for read-aloud fun.
32 pp.
| Candlewick
| June, 2015
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TradeISBN 978-0-7636-7561-5$14.99
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K-3
Illustrated by
Cat Chapman.
Best friends Yak, who has a kayak, and Gnu, who has a canoe, rejoice that "there's nobody else / like me and you" on the water...or so they think. The nimble-witted art shows the water gradually overrun with creatures in this silly book-length exercise in rhyming the names of boats with animals ("And a herd of giraffes / on hovercrafts!").
40 pp.
| Viking
| May, 2014
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TradeISBN 978-0-670-01227-5$17.99
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Nelly Gnu and her father use two large cardboard boxes to build a fine playhouse, complete with colorful painted flowers. The cheery rhyming couplets are full of Nelly's admiration for Daddy Gnu: "A great big box, some tape, and string-- / Daddy can make anything!" Depicting father and daughter from many different angles, the bright, expressive illustrations put their warm relationship front-and-center.
32 pp.
| Raintree
| January, 2011
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LibraryISBN 978-1-4109-3935-7$29.00
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K-3
Predator vs. Prey series.
The struggle between predator crocodile and its wildebeest prey is described in clear language and illustrated with engaging color photographs. Meinking's careful choices about which parts of the animals' anatomy are aids or liabilities in terms of hunting or defense are parceled out at a pace that will keep readers with a bloodlust on the edges of their seats. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.