A gentle story focusing on the start of a new friendship. You readers will relate to the main character's feelings and appreciate the story's satisfying ending. Delightful characters fill every role.

Provides a simple introduction to reptiles through sparse text and detailed illustrations.

Illustrated with striking full-color cut-paper collages, this book is an entertaining and appealing introduction to the "world records" held by 14 members of the animal kingdom.

The humorous tale leads to a surprise ending that young readers will love! Great fun, even though its in a bog.

The ability to change color, a sharp-shooting tongue, and skin covering your eyes -- now that is cool. Read and Wonder books tell stories, take children on adventures, and reveal how big and WONDER-full the natural world really is. Back matter includes an index.

A storybook for more developed readers, this Green Light Reader features Daniel, who finds an egg. What kind of animal will this mystery egg hatch? Illustrations.

Interesting frog facts interspersed with jokes and bright photos puctuate the text to offer a rich introductory nonfiction reading expierience.

Winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science SeriesA tadpole is a baby frog!Female frogs lay masses of jelly-coated eggs in the water, but what hatches from each egg isn't a frog yet--it's a tadpole. Tadpoles are likely tiny fish that breathe underwater through gills. As the tadpole gets older, it loses its fishy tail ...

Storytelling World Award, Storytelling WorldA humorous tall tale about how one piece of bubblegum saved author Joe Hayes as a young boy.When Joe Hayes was a boy, he chewed lots of bubblegum. His mom would get so mad when the gum in his shirt pocket made a terrible mess in the wash. But one wad of bubblegum just happened to save Joe from a rattlesnake's bite. Could you believe it? It really did hap ...

From transparent glass frogs and ravenous rattlesnakes to sticky geckos and stressed-out skinks, this slithery spectacle showcases once again Douglas Florian's incomparable skill for making poetry informative, fun--and irresistible!

In Near One Cattail: Turtles, Logs and Leaping Frogs, vibrant illustrations and rhyming text offer readers of this book a chance to learn about the wetlands and many of the creatures that make their habitat there. Children will gain an appreciation for the world around us through this fun and interesting topic.Anthony Fredericks will explore the inhabitants of these wetlands from a leaping frog to ...

On her first day of school, who will be her friend? Raise your hand if it's you. You'll meet someone -- and something -- surprising.

Let's-Read-and-Find-Out about SnakesSlithering, scaly, and sly--snakes are fascinating reptiles. They are also hunters. Find out how snakes survive in the wild, and how they capture their prey.