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Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A compelling history of seashells and the animals that make them, revealing what they have to tell us about nature, our changing oceans, and ourselves. Seashells have been the most coveted and collected of nature's creations since the dawn of humanity. They were money before coins, jewelry before gems, art before canvas. In The Sound of the Sea, acclaimed environmental author Cynthia Barnett blends cultural history and science to trace our long love...
4) The slug
Author
Series
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Covers such topics as the slug's two pairs of tentacles--one pair for seeing, one pair for smelling--its breathing hole (on the side of its head), and its pretty gross mucous covering (in order to find a partner, the slug can follow another slug's mucous trail. True love!).
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Young naturalists discover thirteen seashells in this elegant introduction to the remarkable versatility of shells. Dual-layered text highlights how shells provide more than a protective home in this expository nonfiction exploration. The informative secondary text underscores characteristics specific to each shell. Elegant watercolor illustrations create a scrapbook feel, depicting children from around the world observing and sketching seashells...
7) Slugs
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces slugs to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--
11) A shell is cozy
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From the acclaimed duo Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long comes this gorgeous look at the fascinating world of shells. From land snails to freshwater mussels, giant clams to tiny, an incredible array of shells are showcased in all their splendor. Poetic in voice and elegant in design, this carefully researched book will spark the imaginations of children in classroom reading circles as well as on parents' laps"--
13) Group hug
Author
Publisher
Godwin Books/Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
A slug gets a hug, and passes along the kindness to other animals.
Author
Series
Rotten School volume 3
Publisher
Spotlight
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Rotten School's bad boy, Bernie B., is trying to turn over a new leaf in order to date the prettiest girl in school, but he may trip over his own slime trail.
16) Where's Speedy?
Author
Publisher
Berbay Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
George and his sister Lotta have found a new slug friend named Speedy. They can't wait to introduce him to the family, but Speedy has other plans. He escapes! The whole family helps to bring their lost critter home. But is George and Lotta's jar really his home, or does Speedy belong outside with his fellow slugs?
17) Slug in love
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Doug the slug needs a hug. But who wants to hug a slug called Doug? Snuggle up with lonesome Doug on his search for love in this completely charming picture book which shows that you just never know when love might come flying by... (And which introduces an unsuspecting world to snail superstar, Gail!).
Author
Publisher
A.A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Peter Bogdanovich, known primarily as a director, film historian and critic, has been working with professional actors all his life." "Now, in his new book, Who the Hell's in It, Bogdanovich draws upon a lifetime of experience, observation and understanding of the art to write about the actors he came to know along the way; actors he admired from afar; actors he worked with, directed, befriended." "Bogdanovich captures - in their words and his -...
Author
Publisher
Little Island Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Two slug brothers travel happily together until an old crow asks them where their home is. The younger brother, feeling embarrassed, makes himself a shell, and calls himself a snail. The older brother carries on as he is. At first, the brothers grow apart. But in time they learn to respect each other's way of life."--Back cover.
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