David Clark
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2021].
Language
English
Description
"Thirteen flies become tasty snacks in this clever reverse counting book about predators and prey. Science meets subtraction as a swarm of flies buzzes along, losing one member to each predator along the way. Includes a guide to eating bugs, complete with nutritional information for a single serving of flies."--
3) Pirate Bob
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Language
English
Description
Describes the life of a pirate, named simply Bob, whose job is to cut the steering cables and cripple the ships he and his shipmates will loot.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Dinner is Served. What in nature could be more poetic than the hunt for food and the struggle for survival? In twenty-nine poems readers will squirm at the realities of how the animal world catches food, eats it, and becomes dinner in turn. In these quirky poems readers are introduced to many animals with disgusting eating habits, such as the marabou stork that lurks on the periphery, like a vampire in the shadows, waiting for a chance to pick at...
Author
Publisher
Rainbow Morning Music
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Description
Join Barry Louis Polisar's host of ghosts, ghouls and goblins as the house shakes, the candlesticks fly, the TV pirouettes and a few ghosts take off their sheets…it's the liveliest Halloween party ever–until things get out of hand in this spell-binding but good-natured tale told in verse. On Halloween night, a child's party is visited by real ghosts and goblins. The problem is–everyone is in a mask and costume and no one knows who the real creatures...
9) Grumblebunny
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
When three sweet rabbits and one ill-tempered one encounter a hungry wolf, they come to appreciate their differences in attitude.
10) Bus-a-saurus Bop
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Children's Books
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
A boy describes his school bus as a big yellow monster that gobbles up students and takes them to school.
11) The Mine-o-saur
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
The greedy Mino-o-saur learns the hard way that he needs to share the toys in order to make friends.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Offers an overview of some of the funniest, weirdest, and most influential cons, scams, and deceptions in history, looking at how the fakers do it, why people can be so easy to fool, and how readers can avoid becoming a sucker.
13) Birds
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Just Like Us! Birds gives young readers an up-close and personal look at how birds do things that are remarkably similar to the way humans do"--
15) Plants
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Get the facts on an array of leafy organisms and discover the unexpected ways humans and plants are alike in this installment in the Just Like Us! Series.
16) Cats
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Get the scoop on some of nature's most beloved animals and discover the unexpected ways humans and cats are similar in the fifth installment in the Just Like Us! series. Fun facts, photography, and hilarious full-color illustrations combine to captivate even the most reluctant readers."--
17) Fish
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Get the facts on an array of aquatic creatures and discover the unexpected ways humans and fish are alike in this installment in the Just Like Us! Series.
19) Gakky Two-Feet
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Although the other hominidees tease him, Gak prefers to walk on two legs instead of four, and one day his difference turns out to be helpful, just as his mother said it would.