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  Cover Art: Seasons: change in the Natural World Seasons: change in the Natural World
Learn about the seasons: summer, fall, winter, spring.
Easy Nonfiction Book
  Cover Art: Up Down and Around Ayres, Katherine
Up Down and Around
A garden produces a variety of edible plants, such as corn that grows up and onions that grow down. Read about nature's course to a final feast of backyard bounty.
Easy Picture Book
  Cover Art: What's in That Egg? A Book About Life Cycles Baines, Rebecca
What's in That Egg? A Book About Life Cycles
Learn facts about the life cycles of different animal eggs such birds, turtles, frogs and alligators.
Easy Nonfiction Book
  Cover Art: A Den is a Bed for a Bear: a Book About Hibernation Baines, Rebecca.
A Den is a Bed for a Bear: a Book About Hibernation
In this book you will see a den and learn why a den is a bed for a bear. Then zigzag through the back of the book for ideas, questions, and experiments.
Easy Nonfiction Book
  Cover Art: Some Babies are Wild Bauer, Marion Dane.
Some Babies are Wild
Beautiful pictures of animals in the wild accompany the simple text.
Easy Nonfiction Book
  Cover Art: Everybody Needs a Rock Baylor, Byrd.
Everybody Needs a Rock
Everybody needs a rock, so it's important to know what qualities to look for -- size, scent, feel.
Easy Picture Book
  Cover Art: Going Around the Sun: Some Planetary Fun Berkes, Marianne Collins
Going Around the Sun: Some Planetary Fun
To the tune of 'Over in the Meadow,' young ones can get a glimpse of our remarkable planetary neighborhood.
Easy Nonfiction Book
  Cover Art: While You are Sleeping: a Lift-the-flap Book of Time Around the World Bernhard, Durga.
While You are Sleeping: a Lift-the-flap Book of Time Around the World
A very simple look at how when it is day in one part of the world, it may be night in another place.
Easy Nonfiction Book
  Cover Art: Amazon River Bodden, Valerie
Amazon River
A simple introduction to the Amazon River, including the rainforests that surround it, the creatures that live in it, and how people have affected its tropical environment.
Easy Nonfiction Book
  Cover Art: Thunderstorms Bodden, Valerie
Thunderstorms
A simple exploration of thunderstorms.
Easy Nonfiction Book
  Cover Art: One-dog Canoe Casanova, Mary.
One-dog Canoe
A girl and her dog set out in their canoe one morning, only to be insistently joined by a series of lakeshore animals, large and small.
Easy Picture Book
  Cover Art: I Fall Down Cobb, Vicki.
I Fall Down
Simple experiments introduce the basic concept of gravity and its relationship to weight.
Easy Nonfiction Book
  Cover Art: The Snow Show: with Chef Kelvin Fisher, Carolyn
The Snow Show: with Chef Kelvin
A cooking show goes on location to the North Pole to demonstrate the recipe for making snow.
Easy Nonfiction Book
  Cover Art: Clouds Flanagan, Alice K.
Clouds
A simple introduction to various types of clouds, what they're made of, and the different types of weather they bring.
Easy Nonfiction Book
  Cover Art: Bird Songs Franco, Betsy
Bird Songs
All through the day and into the night, birds sing their songs, beginning with the woodpecker who taps a pole ten times and counting down to the hummingbird who calls once.
Easy Picture Book
  Cover Art: Yucky Worms French, Vivian.
Yucky Worms
While helping Grandma in the garden, a child learns about the important role of the earthworm in helping plants grow.
Easy Picture Book
  Cover Art: In My Backyard Giogas, Valarie.
In My Backyard
Baby dogs are puppies and they belong to a litter, but what is a baby skunk and what is the name of its group? Counting from one to ten, familiar backyard animals are introduced by baby and family group names. Includes information about what the animals eat, how they sound, or where they live.
Easy Nonfiction Book
  Cover Art: Plant Secrets Goodman, Emily.
Plant Secrets
Pictures and simple text describe the stages of plant growth, from seed to flower to fruit.
Easy Nonfiction Book
  Cover Art: Orangutans are Ticklish: Fun Facts from an Animal Photographer Grubman, Steve
Orangutans are Ticklish: Fun Facts from an Animal Photographer
Young animal lovers will be fascinated by animal facts and photos -- from kangaroos, who can't walk backward, to the aardvark's big appetite for termites.
Easy Nonfiction Book
  Cover Art: What's That Shadow? a Photo Riddle Book Harbo, Christopher L.
What's That Shadow? a Photo Riddle Book
Photographs and simple text present a variety of shadows and facts about how shadows are made.
Easy Nonfiction Book
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