Animal Orphans


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Can the panthers survive without their mother?




The Burgess Bird Book for Children


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Downy the Woodpecker, Spooky the Screech Owl, and other winged creatures tell Peter Cottontail about their migration patterns, calls, nesting habits, and more in this blend of fact and fiction. 32 black-and-white illustrations.




Orphans of Katrina


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"Inside the world's biggest animal rescue"--Cover.




Animal Orphans


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Natumi Takes the Lead


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After losing her mother, shy Natumi is rescued by a team from the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, an orphanage for baby elephants. At the shelter, Natumi hides behind keepers' legs to watch the other elephants at the shelter. But soon, she meets several other orphans, and the eight of them play together in the surrounding bush. As the babies become closer and more like a real family, they need a leader, someone they can trust. Can Natumi grow into this role? Join the herd to find out what happens when they travel back into the wild. This sweet story, with its heartwarming photographs, explores the challenges and joys of family, love, and growing up, and is a perfect bedtime tale.




The Dark Wild


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Includes and excerpt from The last wild.




If Animals Went to School


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A must-have for any nursery! If Animals Went to School is a beloved picture book in the bestselling If Animals Kissed Goodnight series that imagines what creatures from all across the animal kingdom might do in the classroom – making it the perfect gift for teachers and educators as well as a great read aloud at home. What if animals did what YOU do? Beaver would practice counting with sticks. Goat would snack on the storybooks. And at recess, Goose would glide down Giraffe’s neck slide! Across the animal kingdom, every creature would learn, play, and make new friends. Featuring playful rhymes and adorable art, little ones can see how creatures, great and small, learn together. Families will giggle along as they imagine the critters that inhabit places near and far. This is a wonderful gift for baby showers, birthdays, new parents, or any occasion! Don't miss the other books in this adorable series: If Animals Kissed Good Night, If Animals Said I Love You, If Animals Celebrated Christmas, If Animals Gave Thanks, If Animals Tried to Be Kind, If Animals Trick-or-Treated, and If Animals Went to Work.




Orangutan Orphanage


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Invites readers inside the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine, operated by Orangutan Foundation International, in the South Pacific jungles of Borneo. Explores why baby orangutans become orphaned and the process of healing and rehabilitating them for return to the wild. Also highlights the people who work at the rescue center and how they aid the animals.




Farm Animal Family Rhyme


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Introducing Patrick the Piglet, the most adorable and the most curious piggie in the farm. This adventure-seeking piglet can't wait to learn new things. In this first book of a brand-new series, Patrick wonders why his father is called a BOAR, his mother is a SOW and he is called a PIGLET. Do other farm animal families have different names, too? What better way to learn about the male, female and baby animal names than to ask the different animals in the farm themselves! GIVE YOUR CHILD A HEAD START IN LIFE! The Patrick the Piglet's Learning Adventures picture book series is designed to: help build cognitive and reading skills and critical reasoning for young children. encourage children to ask questions and to find answers about the world around them build confidence in beginning readers ages 3 to 7 with simple vocabularies engage your child and sustain interest with its easy-to-read rhymes Patrick the Piglet's Learning Adventures Book 1: Farm Animal Family Rhyme Book 2: Patterns in Rhyme Book 3: Shadow Follow, Echoes Rhyme (Coming Soon!)




Making History


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Essays in this volume honor Richard L. Kalmin, one of the leading scholars of rabbinic literature. Volume contributors explore a variety of topics related to Kalmin’s wide-ranging work from the development of the Talmud to rabbinic storytelling, from the transmission of tales across geographic and cultural boundaries to ancient Jewish and Iranian interactions. Many of the essays reflect current trends in how scholars use ancient Jewish literary sources to address questions of historical import. Contributors include Carol Bakhos, Beth A. Berkowitz, Noah Bickart, Robert Brody, Joshua Cahan, Shaye J. D. Cohen, Steven D. Fraade, Shamma Friedman, Alyssa M. Gray, Judith Hauptman, Christine Hayes, Catherine Hezser, Marc Hirshman, David Kraemer, Marjorie Lehman, Kristen Lindbeck, Jonathan S. Milgram, Chaim Milikowsky, Michael L. Satlow, Marcus Mordecai Schwartz, Seth Schwartz, Burton L. Visotzky, and Sarah Wolf.