Awesome Animal Tails


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Monkeys have tails. Leopards have spots. Toucans have brightly colored beaks. Many animals have features that make them easy to identify. This exciting nonfiction book, which is paired with the fiction title Have You Every Wondered?, takes readers on a jungle adventure where they'll learn about animal identification. Age-appropriate text helps young students grasp this important early elementary science topic. Dazzling full-color photographs highlight the distinguishing features of animals in their jungle environments. Students are encouraged to make connections between the images and the text as they read about identifying jungle creatures.




What Do You Do With a Tail Like This?


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A nose for digging? Ears for seeing? Eyes that squirt blood? Explore the many amazing things animals can do with their ears, eyes, mouths, noses, feet, and tails in this interactive guessing book, beautifully illustrated in cut-paper collage, which was awarded a Caldecott Honor. This title has been selected as a Common Core Text Exemplar (Grades K-1, Read Aloud Informational Text).




Amazing Animal Tails


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Looks at the tails of several animals that have adapted to their environments, from the massive fluke of a whale to the prehensile tale of a spider monkey.




What If You Had Animal Hair?


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If you could have any animal's hair, whose would you choose? If you had a polar bear's double coat, you would never have to wear a hat when playing in the snow. If you had reindeer hair, it could help you stay afloat in water. And if you had a porcupine's hair, no bully would ever bother you again! WHAT IF YOU HAD ANIMAL HAIR? is a follow-up to the adorable WHAT IF YOU HAD ANIMAL TEETH? Each spread will feature a photographic image of the animal and its hair on the left and an illustration of a child with that animal's hair on the right. As in ANIMAL TEETH, the illustrations will be humorous and will accompany informative text.




Tushes & Tails!


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Invites readers to guess which animal is featured on each page and learn fascinating facts about it.




Tales of Amazing Animal Heroes


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Be truly inspired by these powerful true stories of animal heroes: meet heroic bears, drone-catching eagles, loyal dogs, sassy cats, and much, MUCH more! This book brings you the heart-wrenching stories of the real animals who traversed treacherous paths, made daring rescues and went above and beyond to save human lives. When faced with human conflict, these animals have all shown bravery, friendship, or brought comfort. Journey throughout history from Hannibal's elephants to a guide dog in the Twin Towers. Uncover 34 amazing animal stories - and celebrate their humans. With a heart-warming introduction from Michael Morpurgo. Illustrated in vivid colour by five different illustrators, and with knowledge from the experts at the Imperial War Museums, this is a book to treasure and share.




Amazing Animal Tails


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Whether long or short, feathery or furry, an animal’s tail is a fascinating part of its body. Swishing, swinging, slapping, stinging, each tail is a tool that helps the animal survive in its special environment. Amazing Animal Tails, part of the How Animals Use Their Body Parts series, introduces children to the fascinating functions of nine different animal tails. Young readers hear the tales of animal tails and learn they truly are amazing. Each title includes many beautiful large, close-up photos.




Tails of a Healer


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Eleven years in the making, Tails of a Healer features 45 true and heartwarming stories about animals and their role in the life and evolution of a gifted energy worker and shamanic healer. This inspiring collection of tales, featuring dozens of black and white photographs by the author, is brought together here in one place for the first time. "Tails of a Healer is jam-packed with animal stories that delight the senses, tickle the imagination, and transcend the mundane into the realm of mystery. Author Rose De Dan is not only a gifted healer, shamanic practitioner, and Reiki Master; she is also a master storyteller. The true-life tales in her book will make you laugh and sometimes cry. They'll make you think and they'll fill you with wonder. Most of all, De Dan's stories will teach you about the fine art of bridging worlds¿between animals and humans, between heart and mind, between body and soul, and between consensus reality and the deeper levels of reality that nurture and sustain us all. Tails of Healer is a gem!" ¿Cat Saunders, Ph.D., author of Dr. Cat's Helping Handbook, www.drcat.org




Wagging Tales


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Tales of Famous Animals


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Learn about the incredible accomplishments of famous animals.