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
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Close-up photos and lightly-rhymed declarative verse capture a bug's-eye view of nature and encouarge children to experience the world outside their doors with care and openness. Includes insect facts.
"Step gently out, be still and look closely at the world just outside your door-you are sure to be amazed by the tiny creatures you can find. You might see a cricket leap and land, a moth open her wings, a spider walking across the air, or maybe even...
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
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.--
11) Independence Day
Author
Series
Publisher
Pebble Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Simple text and photographs explain Independence Day, how and why we celebrate it to honor the founding of the United States.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"When the first apple falls from the tree, Faith and Peter know that it's applesauce weather, even though Peter is getting a little old for such things. It also means Uncle Arthur should be here to tell his stories, with a twinkle in his eye as he spins tales about how he came to have a missing finger. But this is the first year without Aunt Lucy, and when Uncle Arthur arrives, there's no twinkle to be found and no stories waiting to be told. Faith...
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...
14) 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"--
15) 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."--
16) All he knew
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In 1939 six-year-old Henry, who is deaf, is taken from his family and placed in a home for the feeble-minded where, years later, his friends include a conscientious objector serving there during World War II.
17) The Five Senses
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Explores the five senses we use everyday.
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