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The tiny seed
In autumn, a strong wind blows flower seeds high in the air and carries them far across the land. One by one, many of the seeds are lost -- burned by the sun, fallen into the ocean, eaten by a bird. But some survive the long winter and, come spring, sprout into plants, facing new dangers -- trampled by playing children, picked as a gift for a friend. Soon only the tiniest seed remains, growing …
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- 9780140557138
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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- CA
Sky tree : seeing science through art
“A fascinating, even glorious celebration of nature that will stir both children and adults to a finer appreciation of a wondrous, surprising world that’s right within their grasp.” —Booklist (starred review) In this stunning book by Thomas Locker, exquisite paintings are paired with questions about nature, making science comes alive through art. In spring, a snapping turtle lays …
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- 9780064437509
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- 40 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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- 582 LOC
A tree is nice
"Trees are very nice," says Janice May Udry in her first book for children. She goes on to explain that even one tree is nice, if it is the only one you happen to have. Some of the reasons why trees are so good to have around are funny. Some are indisputable facts. But in all of them there is a sense of poetic simplicity and beauty which will be sure to entrance any young child. Whether he k…
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- 9780064431477
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 27 cm
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- 582 UDR
The tiny seed
In autumn, a strong wind blows flower seeds high in the air and carries them far across the land. One by one, many of the seeds are lost -- burned by the sun, fallen into the ocean, eaten by a bird. But some survive the long winter and, come spring, sprout into plants, facing new dangers -- trampled by playing children, picked as a gift for a friend. Soon only the tiniest seed remains, growing …
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- 014055713X
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- 32 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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- C
The little island
There is a little island in the ocean—and this book is about how it is on that little island, how the seasons and the storm and the day and night change it, how the lobsters and seals and gulls and everything else live on it, and what the kitten who comes to visit finds out about it.
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- 9780385746403
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- 44 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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- B
The growing story
From this simple beginning grows a story that celebrates those little changes that tell us we're growing up! This Ruth Krauss classic enchanted young readers when it was first published in 1947. Now it blooms again with lush illustrations by one of the world's best-loved illustrators: Helen Oxenbury.
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- 9780007233328
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- 34 pages : illustration ; 28 cm
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- K
Spot's busy year
Spot rides his sled in January, flies a kite in March, digs in the garden in May, has a picnic in July, picks apples in September, plays in the leaves in November, and wraps presents in December.
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- 9780434943036
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- 12 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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- A book to read and colour
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- H
Apple trees
Text and photographs describe an apple tree as it goes through the seasons. In spring, apple trees have many blossoms. Find out other facts about apple trees inside this book.
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- 1560659491
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- 24 pages : illustration ; 17 cm
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- 634 SAU
Ox-cart man
Thus begins a lyrical journey through the days and weeks, the months, and the changing seasons in the life of one New Englander and his family. The oxcart man packs his goods - the wool from his sheep, the shawl his wife made, the mittens his daughter knitted, and the linen they wove. He packs the birch brooms his son carved, and even a bag of goose feathers from the barnyard geese. He travels…
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- 0140504419
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- 38 pages : illustration ; 20 cm
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- HA
Time of wonder
Out on the islands that poke their rocky shores above the waters of Penobscot Bay, you can watch the time of the world go by, from minute to minute, hour to hour, from day to day . . . So begins this classic story of one summer on a Maine island from the author of One Morning in Maine and Blueberries for Sal. The spell of rain, the gulls and a foggy morning, the excitement of sailing, the quiet…
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- 0140502017
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- 63 pages : illustration ; 25 cm
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