Helen Ahpornsiri's intricate artwork transforms leaves, petals, and seeds into bounding hares, swooping swallows, and blossoming trees. Using nothing but pressed plants, this journey through the seasons captures the wonder and magic of the natural world between the pages of a book. This standout title with beautiful nonfiction text will take readers through an extraordinary year in the wild.
If you were there when they signed the Constitution you would see --Why the Constitution is called a miracle. --The first big argument. --What was missing from the Constitution. This books takes you behind the locked doors of Philadelphia's State House during the history-making summer of 1787. You will meet the key delegates and find out what is going on.
You may think of the desert as a harsh, dry place where no one would ever want to live -- but think again. The Desert People know. so do the animals. Both love the land, and "share the feeling of being brothers in the desert, of being desert creatures together." Byrd Baylor's spare, poetic text and Peter Parnall's striking illustrations lime the sky, stone and sand of the desert in this haunt…
Describes the need for unification in a growing country and discusses the problems and decisions of the men who drafted the Constitution of the United States.
Teaching Students About What A Democracy Is And How Our Country Was Founded On The Constitution, Which Protects Our Rights And Freedoms, Is The Main Focus In This Title. Filled With Democracy Fact Boxes Which Include Information To Reinforce The Text.
Provides answers to children's questions about animals, plants, and the world around them.
The Where I Live series provides a glimpse of everyday life in a variety of settings. Each book introduces a different type of location from the viewpoints of children who live there. The interesting, on-level information satisfies beginning readers' curiosity and the simple language satisfies their desire to read on their own.
This colourful book brings culture to life in every school and classroom. Children will learn how to write a book about their own familys culture or about the cultures of their friends.