By: Cynthia Levinson

Product Description: This book tells the little-known story of the 4,000 black elementary-, middle-, and high school students who voluntarily went to jail in Birmingham, Alalama, between May 2 and May 11, 1963. Fulfilling Mahatma Gandhi's and Dr.

By: Sandra Markle
Bats come in different sizes with different characteristics but each serves a particular purpose. Crisp photographs and lucid writing provide a riveting introduction to these often maligned creatures.
By: April Sayre
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Rhythmic text and lush illustrations invite young readers (or listeners) to eat like a bear from April until midwinter. Textured illustrations and more thorough backmatter conclude this engaging introduction to brown bears and their habitat.
By: Lola Schaefer
In one lifetime, creatures presented will grow or show one behavior repeatedly. Limited text combines with textured illustration to reveal these estimates from one papery spider egg sac to a thousand baby seahorses.
By: Darrin Lunde
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Meet different kinds of monkeys — all of which come in many colors — shown in crisply lined, full-color illustration and brief text.
By: Paul Thurlby
Interesting factual tidbits inspired imaginative animal portraits. The strong graphic design on large pages encourages close reading so that "while the creatures …may look a little silly, they are all based on real animal facts."
By: Christopher Cheng
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Like most snakes, pythons are often vilified. Realistic watercolors, however, of a Diamond Python (native to Australia) and informative text present a slice of her life from warming in the sun to hatching eggs — and, of course hunting and eating.
By: Bhajju Shyam Gita Wolf Andrea Anastasio
Musa ventures out alone for the first time to collect firewood, where a loud noise and the dark forest frighten him. A squirrel and a cow calm the panicky boy who returns home safely without any wood — but with a good story to tell.
By: Janice Harrington
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Little Chick is not distracted like his mother, Mama Nsoso. He only chases tasty treats after their ilome, a warm new home of grass and mud, for his family is complete.

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