Ashman, Linda
Summary: "Step right up, animal lovers! It's your turn to judge in this poetic competition of superlative animal abilities. Structured as a guessing game competition, and told through deftly crafted persona poems, the book celebrates animals' standout qualities, from the biggest (blue whale) to the smallest (shrew), with all the favorite creatures (speedy cheetahs, long-necked giraffes) plus some less...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 591.5 ASHEhlert, Lois
Summary: A rascally squirrel has an indoor adventure in a city apartment.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIC EHLOliver, Mary
Summary: "Beloved by her readers, special to the poet's own heart, Mary Oliver's dog poems offer a special window into her world. Dog Songs collects some of the most cherished poems together with new works, offering a portrait of Oliver's relationship to the companions that have accompanied her daily walks, warmed her home, and inspired her work. To be illustrated with images of the dogs themselves, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prometheus Books 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 821.7 COLGaldone, Paul.
Summary: An old English rhyme names all the animals a farm boy feeds on his daily rounds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books 1985
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE GALCotner, June
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper San Francisco 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 291.432 ANIField, Thalia
Summary: "Whether exploring refugee parrots, indentured elephants, the revolving absurdity of the human role in the "invasive species crisis," or the pathetic fallacy, Personhood reveals that the unmistakable problem remaining between humans and our nonhuman relatives is one of language. Thalia Field's bold and engaging new work takes a wide lens on how power justifies itself at the extremes, where...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Directions Publishing Corporation 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818 FIEBulion, Leslie
Summary: "...Galápagos tells the complex story of a young volcanic ecosystem influenced by seasonal ocean currents, where food energy moves through integrated land and sea communities, each in its own season of growth and renewal. Millions of years ago, undersea volcanos in the eastern Pacific Ocean erupted, spewing up lava, rocks, and ash that eventually formed a cluster of islands: the archipelago...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Peachtree Publishing Company Inc. 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 577.5 BULFrost, Helen
Summary: When you are outside on a summer's day, have you ever seen fine powder on a flower or floating on the breeze? That's pollen, almost invisible, waiting for the only thing it needs -- a ride on the wind, or a wing, or a feather. And it's the pollinators, small and mighty, who hold the world together with their work.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FROMoore, Clement Clarke
Summary: "On the night of Christmas Eve, a family of bears settles down to sleep until Papa Bear is awakened by a racket outside. Polar bear Santa in a sleigh pulled by eight dog-deer brings festive commotion and joy to the classic holiday tale."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky 2024
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Summary: This beautiful poetry collection introduces readers to the art of found poetry as the poet writes a 37-line poem, "Nest," then finds 160 smaller poems within it. What can you find in a poem about a robin's nest? Irene Latham masterfully discovers "nestlings" or smaller poems about an astonishing variety of subjects--emotions, wild animals, natural landmarks on all seven continents, even planets...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wordsong, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 LATPeters, Lisa Westberg
Summary: "If you're a curious child and you get a new dog, you discover all kinds of things. Gravity has new meaning, when you're racing down a slide toward your eager-beaver dog waiting at the bottom (uh-oh!). Friction has a new meaning, when your slippery dog escapes from the bath (soap+fingers=not enough friction). But love has a new meaning too, when you and your cosmic dog become the center of your...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wordsong, and imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 PETLevinson, Suzy
Summary: "What? You've never seen animals in pants? A dog in yoga pants, a goat in overalls, a yak in slacks? Animals in Pants presents a parade of impeccable poems about animals wearing perfectly pressed pants." -- inside front jacket flap.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Cameron Kids, Cameron + Company 2023
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Summary: "An astonishing collection about interconnectedness--between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ourselves--from National Book Critics Circle Award winner and National Book Award finalist Ada Limón"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Milkweed Editions 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 811 LIMSimler, Isabelle
Summary: "Twenty-seven poems look inside the dwellings of animals like elf owls, cathedral termites, Sumatran orangutans, and foam-nest tree frogs"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Eerdmans Books for Young Readers 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 841 SIMPopova, Maria
Summary: "Poetry and science, as Popova writes in her introduction, "are instruments for knowing the world more intimately and loving it more deeply." In 15 short essays on subjects ranging from the mystery of dark matter and the infinity of pi to the resilience of trees and the intelligence of octopuses, Popova tells the stories of scientific searching and discovery. Each essay is paired with a poem...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Storey Publishing 2024
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Societies 1998
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: GEN 929.1Frost, Helen
Summary: Simple poetic language and close-up photographs invite readers to explore all the baby animals who are born during spring.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2017
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Summary: "A kid-friendly collection of more than twenty poems about the polar regions and the animals that live there"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 FLOFlorian, Douglas
Summary: A collection of poems celebrating animals, from weasels to hammerhead sharks.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beach Lane Books 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 811 FLOBrunelle, Lynn
Summary: "These gross and engrossing haiku highlight thirteen animals (and a few fungi) and the exceptionally icky things they do! Accompanied by bonus facts that will delight--and disgust--readers of all ages"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Millbrook Press 2024
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Summary: Each of twenty-six poems describes the antics and habits of a zany classroom pet whose name begins with a different letter of the alphabet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harcourt 2000
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Summary: Chronologically organized by epoch, this poetic introduction to the dinosaur world illuminates a host of creatures both novel and familiar, ranging from the mysterious trilobite to the famed Tyrannosaurus rex. Includes dinosaur facts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2018