Janell Cannon
1) Verdi
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English
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Description
A young python does not want to grow slow and boring like the older snakes he sees in the tropical jungle where he lives.
2) Pinduli
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English
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Description
Pinduli, a young striped hyena, is hurt by the unkind words of Dog, Lion, and Zebra, but her clever trick in return promotes her clan's survival and spreads harmony throughout the savannah. Includes backmatter notes about hyenas and other animals of the African savannah.
3) Crickwing
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English
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A lonely cockroach named Crickwing has a creative idea that saves the day for the leaf-cutter ants when their fierce forest enemies attack them.
4) Stellaluna
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English
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Bee City USA, Pollinators & Wildflowers - Children
Plant Wildflowers Campaign: Fiction for Kids ages 0 - 8
Plant Wildflowers Campaign: Fiction for Kids ages 0 - 8
Description
After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.