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Young readers get a mole's-eye view of marsh life, following one star-nosed mole on an expedition through a dark tunnel deep underground and out into a sparkling pond.
From School Library Journal
PreS-Gr 2-The engaging subject of this poetic picture book is a star-nosed mole, an unusual wetland creature that feels as much at home underwater as it does beneath the ground. Framed double-page paintings, done in oil and gouache, bring its marsh home to life and capture the lush flora and fauna that thrive there. "Pebbly paws, left, right./Underground is dark as night./ Nestled deep, bulbs sleep./Bugs creep, creep deep." From the dark and murky depths, the velvety mammal tunnels and scrabbles its way until it reaches water, where it becomes a "furry boat w | |  | | Mama Mama
For babies just entering the world, this comforting poem affirms the special bond between mothers and babies everywhere.
| |  | | Spots Counting Creatures from Sky to Sea
Description: Featuring a wide range of animals, including jaguars, seals, squids, salamanders, giraffes, and trout, each of the ten creatures depicted lives in one of the earth's biomes (a community of living organisms defined by its environment). A glossary describes each biome and includes information about its inhabitants.
From Melinda Medley Sprinkle - Children's Literature
This uniquely designed number book introduces children to the magnificent world of spotted creatures from around the world. From one leopard ray to ten tundra butterflies, a different animal represents each number from one to ten. Lesser's use of word play and colorful rhyming language create a warm, rich atmosphere all children will love. Adorned with their spots and glorious colors, the animal paintings are alive--jumping, looping, prowling, and flying from page to page. This book not only teaches numbers but also presents a sense o | |  | | Sun Song
The sun greets everyone and everything. It paints the sky with glorious colors. Marzollo's hymn to the sun, rich with vivid images of the natural world, is captured perfectly in the radiant paintings of Regan, who renders the profound effect of the sun with joy and reverence.
Children's Literature Review: Sun Song is a colorful poem that salutes the day. Done in gentle pastels, with large appealing illustrations of nature, this book of verse takes us through a 24-hour period starting at the dawn of a new day. The pictures bring us to various settings; we see a mother bird feeding her young, and a panoramic view of sheep grazing on rolling hills. The verse is sweet. On the page that takes us into the bedroom of a young boy, we read "Sun, kiss the faces / Of a child and a pup / With a gentle touch, tickle, / So they both wake up. A nice book to share with young child | |  | | Tiger Trail
A poem by Kay Winters telling of the life of a tigress and her cubs as she raises them to be independent like herself. Full page oil and gouache illustrations by Laura Regan
A tigress must teach her cubs to be independent. She is both tender and stern as she carries her kits to safety, snarls to teach them manners, and demonstrates swimming, stalking, and hunting. And while the tigress is a powerful hunter, danger lurks in her wild surroundings...
Suspense simmers in this evocative exploration of tigers and how they survive. Kay Winter's text is bold and dramatic like the tigress herself, yet packed with information about these amazing animals. Laura Regan's lush artwork, alive with vivid detail, captures the many facets of the tigress and her cubs - proud | |  | | Welcome to the Green House
Jane Yolen invites children to a tropical rainforest that is a hot house, a wet house, a bright house, a loud house. It has trees for walls, a canopy of leaves for a roof, and is home to many exotic and colorful animals. The lyrical text and Regan's brilliant closeup paintings of creatures and plant life draw readers in until they can almost smell the earth and feel the moist heat.
Here is the mysterious world of the tropical rainforest, brought to life in skillfully chosen words and rich, evocative pictures. This is a house where giant forest trees form the walls, and vines frame the views, and there is no roof overhead, only a canopy of leaves. Everywhere color threads through the hot green house. By day you can hear exotic noises, and even at night the green house is full of sounds and shapes. Written by Jane Yolen. This was Laura Regan’s picture book debut.
| |  | | Welcome to the Ice House
Poetic text and dramatic illustrations authentically capture the powerful majesty of Arctic flora and fauna in this companion volume to "Welcome to the Green House" and "Welcome to the Sea of Sand" .
Welcome to the ice house where through the long winter night of the Arctic prowl all kinds of animals--the fox looking for lemmings, the howling wolf pack on the trail of snowshoe hare, the lynx, the polar bear, and a thundering herd of moose. Beyond the ice, in a blue-black sea, swim seals, herds of walrus, and killer whales on the hunt. Then, suddenly, spring and summer return together in a burst of color as poppies and lupines bloom where once grew only ice and snow. Poetic text and dramatic illustrations authentically capture the powerful majesty of Arctic flora and fauna in this companion | |  | | Welcome to the Sea of Sand
A lavish introduction to the Sonora desert and its wildlife brings readers into the beautiful and mysterious world of speckled road runners, ocelots, green lizards, mountain lions, and coyotes.
The desert is full of surprises. This sea of sand is a hot sea, a dry sea, a rock and stone and sky sea. There's a wash of blue sky, the splash of terra-cotta sunrise, a scuttle of tarantulas, a muddle of centipedes. After rain comes a burst of color, with the spray of ocotillo, the play of poppies in a field, the long green fingers of misquite. And this is not a silent sea, for coyotes, gilas, spadefoot toads, and many other creatures make their voices heard.
Poetic, evocative text and dramatic, colorful pictures together bring the extraordinary world of the desert to brilliant life. | |  | | Wolf Watch
In this picture book, readers follow the first days in the lives of four wolf pups. A few days after being born, the pups emerge from their den to meet their extended family and explore their wild surroundings. But the forest is a dangerous place for wolf pups, and they still need their father to protect them.
Children's Literature Review: In tight, compelling prose, Winters tells the story of four young pups born into a pack of wolves who raise, teach, and protect them. Watching from afar, an eagle waits for the right moment to snatch a wolf pup. The eagle sees its chance when one pup wanders off alone, but it's thwarted by the father who chases him off. Regan's oil paintings richly portray the wolves in their natural habitat. Realistic and beautiful, this book provides a unique and touching view of the early lives of wolves. Reviewed by Alexandria LaFaye. |
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The Decider
by Mel Hathorn
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 Jason Chase, a man filled with personal demons, only wanted to finish his manuscript. But all his carefully laid plans disappear when a stranger showed up at his front door claiming to be his long-lost father. |
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