Helen Frost
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
How can a firefly find the one, among so many? Exquisite photographs and poetic text evoke a sense of mystery and magic. On a summer evening, just as the stars blink on, a firefly lands on a flower. Lights start to flash all around her first one, then three, seven. Hundreds. Thousands. How will she find just one flash among them? And will he see her flash in return? In evocative photographs and lyrical language, Rick Lieder and Helen Frost, creators...
4) Wake up!
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Simple poetic language and close-up photographs invite readers to explore all the baby animals who are born during spring.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A poetic text and wonderfully intimate photographs follow a newborn sandhill crane as it takes its first steps into the world. Will my legs hold me? What if I fall? Peek in as a sandhill crane hatchling makes its first wobbly stand and takes its first steps alongside its brother. With their parents close by, they flap their wings and dance before enjoying a buggy treat. Someday they will fly with the majestic cranes overhead, but for now, Mama's soft...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Appears on these lists
World War I - Women's Experience
World War I Collection Spotlight - Books for Teens
World War I Collection Spotlight - Essentials [Youth]
World War I Collection Spotlight - Homefront
World War I Collection Spotlight - Books for Teens
World War I Collection Spotlight - Essentials [Youth]
World War I Collection Spotlight - Homefront
Description
In their own voices, four young people, Muriel, Frank, Emma, and Ollie, tell of their experiences during the first World War, as the boys enlist and are sent overseas, Emma finishes school, and Muriel fights for peace and women's suffrage.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
In a remote area of Alaska, twelve-year-old Willow helps her father with their sled dogs when she is not at school, wishing she were more popular, all the while unaware that the animals surrounding her carry the spirits of dead ancestors and friends who care for her.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
When you are outside on a summer's day, have you ever seen fine powder on a flower or floating on the breeze? That's pollen, almost invisible, waiting for the only thing it needs -- a ride on the wind, or a wing, or a feather. And it's the pollinators, small and mighty, who hold the world together with their work.
10) Blue Daisy
Author
Publisher
Margaret Ferguson Books, Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Friends Sam and Katie try to help a stray dog and, in the process, bring their neighbors closer together. Includes a recipe for dog biscuits.--
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus, Giroux
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Claire and Abi have always loved their summers at the lake house, but this year, everything's different. Dad and Pam, their stepmom, are expecting a new baby, and they've cleared out all of Mom's belongings to make room. And last summer, Abi was looking at boys, but this summer, boys are looking back at her. While Abi sneaks around, Claire is left behind to make excuses and cover up for her. Claire doesn't want her family to change, but there doesn't...
12) Sweep up the sun
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Illuminated by ... photographs of eleven species of birds, a spare poem inspires readers to open their wings and soar"--
13) Wait -- and see
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"With lyrical language and stunning photographs of praying mantises, Helen Frost & Rick Lieder...invite young readers to observe the beauty of the natural world."--
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