Geraldo Valerio
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Bee City USA, Pollinators & Wildflowers - Children
National Hobby Month - Children
Plant Wildflowers Campaign: Nonfiction for Kids ages 0 - 8
National Hobby Month - Children
Plant Wildflowers Campaign: Nonfiction for Kids ages 0 - 8
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"This stunning exploration of butterflies from around the world is a companion to My Book of Birds. Geraldo Valério grew up in Brazil, watching white butterflies visit the vegetable patch behind his house. As he got older, he learned more about these unique and beautiful insects, which can be found on every continent except Antarctica. In this gorgeous album, Geraldo presents his favorite butterfly species from around the world. Paint and paper collage...
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"Geraldo Valerio is an artist who loves birds, from majestic golden eagles and snowy owls to brilliant cardinals and jays to the tiniest of hummingbirds. Here he presents his favorites, with beautiful collage illustrations and brief descriptions that highlight intriguing facts about each one. The illustrations show a variety of feathered creatures in their natural habitats as they hunt for food, impress their mates, nest, and care for their young....
4) At the pond
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In this story without words, "a boy puts his dog on a leash and they walk to a shimmering pond where snowy white swans swim freely. One of the swans invites the boy and dog for a ride. They climb on its back and sail into a stunningly beautiful landscape, dotted with wildflowers, spoonbills, and ibises ... The boy unleashes his dog on shore, and the dog bounds off to play. Now the boy wraps his arms around the swan's neck--he has a new friend. But...
5) Blue rider
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In a book without words, a child finds a book on a crowded city sidewalk and is transported beyond the repetitive sameness of an urban skyscape into an untamed natural world.
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"A boy loves his garden, and everything in it, especially all the tiny insects. But ... his pet chicken Coco loves them too! When a boy finds a clutch of butterfly eggs in his garden, he can't stop thinking about the beautiful butterflies they will become. He keeps the eggs a secret from Coco, who finds all the insects in the garden yummy! The boy watches as the eggs hatch, and brightly striped caterpillars appear, growing bigger and juicier every...
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This lively board book introduces young ones to a colorful collection of very busy birds.
These birds are busy!
Most of our feathered friends fly, but what about the ones that soar or strut, paddle or perch? Explore the kinetic lives of birds through captivating collage illustrations, filled with bright colors and strong shapes. Playful text will introduce infants and toddlers to a variety of verbs, making this a fun read-aloud for bird lovers of...
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What seems scary proves surprising in this magical wordless picture book.
Guided by a circle of stars on the horizon, a stag bounds into a thick pine forest. Wolves lurk behind the trees, then begin to run after him. When the stag turns to look at his pursuers, he stumbles over a fallen tree and sinks to the forest floor. The wolves close in... but, unexpectedly, they become the stag's helpers, bringing water, berries and a bandage! After a short...
10) Friends
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When a girl and a frog go to the beach to fish, they are frustrated to find that the fish aren't biting. Instead, they stare into the water and make faces at their reflections. Then, something spectacular happens. The reflections take on lives of their own, transforming into a mermaid with her own pet frog. Surprise gives way to delight as they invite the girl and the frog to enter a stunning underwater world. The new friends swim and play amongst...
11) Two Green Birds
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A child in Brazil experiences the beauty and wonder of the natural world, and comes to understand his role within it.
Francisco's grandmother has a surprise for him. In her backyard is a guava tree, and in the tree hangs a cage containing two magnificent green birds. They are parakeets, his grandmother says. Francisco has never seen birds so green, so beautiful. He imagines them sitting on his hand, or murmuring in his ear as he scratches the backs...
12) Flock
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In this fantastical story, a flock of feathery, friends show up for a feast!
Lunch turns into bird food when a little girl starts feeding birds at the bus stop. First, a pigeon she names Serious comes pecking, and then Fancy and Sleepy gather to gobble up the offerings. But, what happens, when more and more birds want to join in on the feast? And, what are all these fantastical birds doing in the city, anyway?
This delightfully outlandish story...
13) It's moving day!
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An introduction to woodland animals and the discovery of many different occupants of a single burrow through the changing seasons.
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Sandpiper finds her daily stroll on the beach interrupted by Whale, who boasts that he is ruler of the sea. Sandpiper responds with equal bravado, asserting her rights to the sand and seawater. Soon the rivals are calling in their cousins, and the beach and sea are filled with shorebirds and sea mammals of every stripe. The standoff grows ominous as Whale leads his cousins in an assault on the beach, eating the sand from under the birds. Sandpiper...
15) Giraffe math
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2023.
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"Told through the voice of Twiga the giraffe, this picture book shares knowledge about giraffes through math, using measurements, graphs, fractions, time, elemental geometry, and percentages."--
