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GPLD 2023 Fall Favorites: Picture Books/Kids Nonfiction
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"What are the tallest living things on Earth? Trees! Discover what growing trees need so they can rise to the sky in this lyrical look at the tree life cycle"--
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2023-2024 Crete Public Library's 3rd-4th Battle List
2nd Grade Recommended Reads
Author Candace Fleming & Eric Rohmann
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2nd Grade Recommended Reads
Author Candace Fleming & Eric Rohmann
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Describes the life cycle of the hard-working honeybee.
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"From fish to mammals and plants to insects, every organism on Earth must reproduce, and the survival of each species--and of life itself--depends on this and on the diversity it creates. In this groundbreaking book, Katherine Roy distills the science of reproduction into its simplest components: organisms must meet, merge their DNA, and grow new individuals; and she thoughtfully highlights the astonishing variety of this process with examples from...
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Explore the Great Outdoors!
OBD Operation Pollination - YOUTH
OBD Read Beyond The Beaten Path - YOUTH
OBD Operation Pollination - YOUTH
OBD Read Beyond The Beaten Path - YOUTH
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Colorful illustrations and simple text describe the many characteristics of butterflies.
"From iridescent blue swallowtails and brilliant orange monarchs to the world's tiniest butterfly (Western Pygmy Blue) and the largest (Queen Alexandra's Birdwing), an incredible variety of butterflies are described in this poetic illustrated book"--
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Flower Power! - ROD Children's
National Picture Book Month - November 2022
OBD Gardening - YOUTH
Youth - EPPL Seed Library
National Picture Book Month - November 2022
OBD Gardening - YOUTH
Youth - EPPL Seed Library
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A simple description of a flowering plant's life cycle through the seasons. Dazzlingly colorful collage illustrations and a simple but dramatic text tell the fascinating story of the life cycle of a flower in terms of the adventures of a tiny seed. Carried aloft by the autumn wind, the tiny seed, along with other bigger seeds, travels far over the world. the journey is perilous: one of the bigger seeds is burned by the sun another falls into the ocean...
8) Tad
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Sometimes the biggest stories come from the smallest beginnings ... Meet Tad. She's the smallest tadpole in a big pond, and lives there with all her tadbrothers and tadsisters. Although something else lives there too ... BIG BLUB! And when everyone else starts to disappear, Tad starts to wonder if Big Blub will get her too ... Or is everyone else going somewhere else; somewhere better? And if so, will Tad ever get there too? A big story about a tiny...
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Learn how pumpkins grow from tiny seeds to big pumpkins. Pumpkins can be baked in a pie. Pumpkins can be carved into jack-o'-lanterns. Pumpkin seeds can be roasted for a healthy snack. But how does a tiny seed turn into a big pumpkin? Read and find out what a pumpkin seed needs to help it grow!
10) Am I a frog?
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"Egg to tadpole to frog. An elegant, . . . illustrated life cycle science book for new readers"-- Provided by publisher.
11) Pip and Zip
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"When a family brings home two abandoned duck eggs and waits for them to hatch, they read, learn and laugh until one day Pip and Zip are born!"--
13) A seed grows
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2023 ALA Children's Award Winners and Nominees
Flower Power! - ROD Children's
Great Reads: Pre-School Age
Flower Power! - ROD Children's
Great Reads: Pre-School Age
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"An educational picture book about the life cycle of a sunflower"--
15) Ribbit
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"With minimal prose and joyful illustrations, acclaimed artist and author Jorey Hurley tells the story of a year in the life of a frog family. From tadpole to froglet to frog, there is more to a frog's life that can be clearly seen. Filled with stunning illustrations and only one word on each spread, Jorey Hurley's vibrant picture book tells the story of a day in the life of a frog family, above and below the pond"--
"An exploration of the life cycle...
16) Begin with a bee
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"Looking closely at the life cycle of one bee, this book helps readers of all ages understand and appreciate the contributions and significance of all bees"--
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"Did you know that tiny, see-through earthworms hatch from eggs inside cocoons? Learn more about this and other stages of an earthworm in this fascinating book. Captivating photographs support the text and give readers a deeper understanding of an earthworm's life cycle. A table of contents, a glossary, sidebars, informative captions, critical-thinking questions, sources for further research, and an index are included to increase comprehension"--Publisher's...
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"Fly is fed up with everyone studying butterflies. After all, flies go through metamorphosis too--and they are so much cooler! They flap their wings 200 times a second, compared to a butterfly's measly five to twelve times. Their babies--maggots--are much cuter than caterpillars (obviously). And when they eat solid food, they even throw up on it to turn it into a liquid. Who wouldn't want to study an insect like that? Both funny and informative, this...
19) Grow
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What would it be like to grow from an acorn into an oak, a tadpole into a frog, or a fawn into a deer? You would stretch your limbs into the sky, jump from puddle to pond, and spring from path to forest. Children learn to do these things and more as they grow from tiny babies into individuals unlike anyone else in this whole dazzling world. Life is full of change; this reassuring picture book honors the changes that make you unique. Grow is a glorious...
20) One red apple
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"Follows the life cycle of one red apple: from a fruit growing on a tree to store, to picnic, to seed, to sapling and tree, and finally a new apple"--Amazon.com.