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Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!, Inc.
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
In this title, early fluent readers follow Greta the great white shark as she travels to the open ocean. Read along as Greta travels to the White Shark Cafe to feed, spends time near the coast of Hawaii, and eventually makes it back to the California coast to give birth. Vibrant illustrations and carefully leveled text will engage young readers in a supportive educational fiction reading experience.
Children can learn more about great white sharks...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books Llc
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
From the creators of the award-winning An Egg Is Quiet, A Seed Is Sleepy, and A Rock Is Lively comes the latest book in this bestselling series!
The newest entry in the bestselling Nature Books series by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long, A Shell Is Cozy takes a gorgeous look at the fascinating world of shells. From land snails to sea scallops, giant clams to tiny dwarf shells, an incredible...
The newest entry in the bestselling Nature Books series by Dianna Hutts Aston and Sylvia Long, A Shell Is Cozy takes a gorgeous look at the fascinating world of shells. From land snails to sea scallops, giant clams to tiny dwarf shells, an incredible...
3) Narwhals
Author
Publisher
Jump!, Inc.
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Engage your earliest readers with these nonfiction animal introductions! In Narwhals, emergent readers learn how narwhals live and swim in icy ocean waters. Carefully crafted text, high-frequency words, repetitive sentence patterns, and strong visual references support emergent readers.
Narwhals includes tools for caregivers as well as introductory nonfiction features such as labels, a table of contents, words to know, index, and review questions....
Author
Publisher
Jump!, Inc.
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
In Beluga Whales, beginning readers will learn about beluga whales as they swim in the ocean. Follow along as belugas swim with their pod and use their melons to hunt fish. Vibrant, action-packed photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they are learn about belugas' appearance, diet, behaviors, and habitat.
A picture diagram labels a beluga's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn...
Author
Publisher
Jump!, Inc.
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
In Killer Whales, beginning readers will learn about orcas as they swim in the ocean. Follow along as killer whales hunt fish and other ocean animals with their pod. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they are introduced to killer whales' appearance, diet, behaviors, and habitat.
A picture diagram labels a killer whale's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn...
6) Blue Whales
Author
Publisher
Jump!, Inc.
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
In Blue Whales, beginning readers will learn about blue whales as they swim in the ocean. Follow along as the world's biggest animals hunt krill and swim with their calves.
Vibrant, action-packed photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they are learn about belugas' appearance, diet, behaviors, and habitat.
A picture diagram labels a blue whale's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn...
Author
Publisher
Jump!, Inc.
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
In Humpback Whales, beginning readers will learn about humpback whales as they swim in the ocean. Follow along as humpbacks jump out of the water, create a bubble net to hunt fish, and call to their pod. Vibrant, action-packed photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they are learn about belugas' appearance, diet, behaviors, and habitat.
A picture diagram labels a humpback's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new...
8) Sperm Whales
Author
Publisher
Jump!, Inc.
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
In Sperm Whales, beginning readers will learn about sperm whales as they swim in the ocean. Follow along as sperm whales hunt giant squid and swim with their pod. Vibrant, action-packed photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they are learn about belugas' appearance, diet, behaviors, and habitat.
A picture diagram labels a sperm whale's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn more...
9) Gray Whales
Author
Publisher
Jump!, Inc.
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
In Gray Whales, beginning readers will learn about gray whales as they swim in the ocean. Follow along as gray whales filter food from mud and migrate with their pod. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they are introduced to gray whales' appearance, diet, behaviors, and habitat.
A picture diagram labels a gray whale's body parts, while a picture glossary reinforces new vocabulary. Children can learn...
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!, Inc.
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
In this title, early fluent readers follow three male red crabs as they migrate from the forest to the beach in order to mate in the spring. Read along as Cooper, Carlos, Caleb, and millions of other red crabs, avoid predators and cross roads on their journey, then make it to the beach where they dig burrows and meet female crabs to produce young. Vibrant illustrations and carefully leveled text will engage young readers in a supportive educational...
Author
Publisher
B.E.S.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Young children will be riveted by the story of Little Whale, a young calf who goes everywhere with his Mama. Every day as they swim through the waves, Little Whale feels happy and safe whenever he sees their shadows side by side on the ocean floor. One day, Little Whale sees a school of stingrays cruising by and he quickly races after them. He doesn't think he's gone too far when he suddenly looks down and sees only one shadow! Mama Whale is...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
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All day, Whale swims through the ocean, wearing a poster advertising the big upcoming art exhibition. He visits the eel who wriggles abstract patterns in the sand, the squid who paints with ink, and the hammerhead shark who builds sculptures from salvage. Whale sees his friends’ confidence and creativity and wishes he could be an artist too, but he doesn’t know what to make and insists he’s too ungainly to create art. Then one...Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
With his signature humor and amazing facts, best-selling author Jerry Pallotta offers a creature that lives in the ocean and needs air to breathe for every letter of the alphabet.
Meet dozens of sea mammals--and a few bonus animals--in this beautifully and accurately illustrated alphabet book. In typical Jerry Pallotta style, the text is funny and engaging and often speaks directly to the reader to keep kids entertained and learning...
Meet dozens of sea mammals--and a few bonus animals--in this beautifully and accurately illustrated alphabet book. In typical Jerry Pallotta style, the text is funny and engaging and often speaks directly to the reader to keep kids entertained and learning...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Come take a swim with freshwater creatures from around the world! Meet a fish that has no eyes and one that has four of them. Get to know an eel that carries enough electricity to light up a light bulb and a glacier-dwelling worm with blood that works like antifreeze.
Jerry Pallotta has done it again! The acclaimed alphabet-book author has joined forces with illustrator David Biedrzycki to create an exquisite and informative introduction to...
Jerry Pallotta has done it again! The acclaimed alphabet-book author has joined forces with illustrator David Biedrzycki to create an exquisite and informative introduction to...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Take a trip to the Arctic with Baby Beluga.
Pre-readers and beginning readers meet the adorable and playful baby beluga whale. The questions that kids will have for the baby beluga are answered simply and clearly by the baby whale himself. Young learners discover that baby belugas stay close to their mothers and live in large pods, they eat shrimp and fish and other sea creatures, and they can make many sounds like chirps, moos, whistles, and...
Pre-readers and beginning readers meet the adorable and playful baby beluga whale. The questions that kids will have for the baby beluga are answered simply and clearly by the baby whale himself. Young learners discover that baby belugas stay close to their mothers and live in large pods, they eat shrimp and fish and other sea creatures, and they can make many sounds like chirps, moos, whistles, and...
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
An introduction to these bizarre and beautiful creatures of the sea, filled with color photos and illustrations: “Fascinating.”—Boing Boing
Jellyfish are the oldest multi-organed life form on the planet, having inhabited the ocean for more than five hundred million years. With their undulating umbrella-shaped bells and sprawling tentacles, they are compelling and gorgeous, strange and dangerous.
...Jellyfish are the oldest multi-organed life form on the planet, having inhabited the ocean for more than five hundred million years. With their undulating umbrella-shaped bells and sprawling tentacles, they are compelling and gorgeous, strange and dangerous.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins e-books
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Everything you never knew about sushi—its surprising origins, the colorful lives of its chefs, and the bizarre behavior of the creatures that compose it.
Trevor Corson takes us behind the scenes at America’s first sushi-chef training academy, as eager novices strive to master the elusive art of cooking without cooking. He delves into the biology and natural history of the edible creatures of the sea, and tells the fascinating
...Trevor Corson takes us behind the scenes at America’s first sushi-chef training academy, as eager novices strive to master the elusive art of cooking without cooking. He delves into the biology and natural history of the edible creatures of the sea, and tells the fascinating
18) Cuttlefish
Author
Publisher
Jump!, Inc.
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
In this book, early fluent readers will learn how cuttlefish use colors to camouflage themselves, hunt, attract mates, and warn off predators. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about cuttlefish, their habitat, behaviors, and science behind their amazing, bright colors.
An infographic aids understanding, and an activity offers readers an opportunity to extend discovery. Children can...
Author
Series
Publisher
Jump!, Inc.
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
In this title, early fluent readers follow Lucia the leatherback sea turtle as she hatches from her egg on shore and travels to the open ocean. Read along as Lucia avoids dangers such as fishing lines, finds food to eat, and eventually swims back to shore to lay eggs of her own. Vibrant illustrations and carefully leveled text will engage young readers in a supportive educational fiction reading experience.
Children can learn more about leatherback...
20) Lionfish
Author
Publisher
Jump!, Inc.
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
In this book, early fluent readers will learn why lionfish are considered an invasive species, how they have established themselves in and impacted new ecosystems, and what scientists are doing to combat the problem. Bright, fullcolor photographs and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn more about lionfish and how scientists work to control their population.
An infographic aids understanding, and an activity offers readers...
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