Author : Irene Kelly
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,51 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Animals
ISBN : 9780823422357
Nature lovers will be fascinated by how animals solve the problem of locating safe places in which to live and raise families.
Author : Ann Braden
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 24,22 MB
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1510737529
Edutopia's "25 Essential Middle School Reads from the Last Decade," NPR Best Book of 2018, Bank Street List for Best Children's Books of 2019, Named to the Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher List, Maine's Student Book Award List, Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award List, Rhode Island Middle School Book Award 2020 List, 2020 Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award Nominee, 2021 South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominee, 2020-2021 Truman Award (Missouri) Nominee, Middle School Virginia Readers’ Choice Titles for 2020–2021, Charlie May Simon Award 2020–2021 List, South Carolina Book Awards Nominee, 2020–2021, and 2023 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award nominee. Some people can do their homework. Some people get to have crushes on boys. Some people have other things they've got to do. Seventh-grader Zoey has her hands full as she takes care of her much younger siblings after school every day while her mom works her shift at the pizza parlor. Not that her mom seems to appreciate it. At least there's Lenny, her mom's boyfriend—they all get to live in his nice, clean trailer. At school, Zoey tries to stay under the radar. Her only friend Fuchsia has her own issues, and since they're in an entirely different world than the rich kids, it's best if no one notices them. Zoey thinks how much easier everything would be if she were an octopus: eight arms to do eight things at once. Incredible camouflage ability and steady, unblinking vision. Powerful protective defenses. Unfortunately, she's not totally invisible, and one of her teachers forces her to join the debate club. Even though Zoey resists participating, debate ultimately leads her to see things in a new way: her mom’s relationship with Lenny, Fuchsia's situation, and her own place in this town of people who think they're better than her. Can Zoey find the courage to speak up, even if it means risking the most stable home she's ever had? This moving debut novel explores the cultural divides around class and the gun debate through the eyes of one girl, living on the edges of society, trying to find her way forward.
Author : Sy Montgomery
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,97 MB
Release : 2016-07-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1501161148
Finalist for the National Book Award for Nonfiction * New York Times Bestseller * A Huffington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year * One of the Best Books of the Month on Goodreads * Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book of the Year * An American Library Association Notable Book of the Year “Sy Montgomery’s The Soul of an Octopus does for the creature what Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk did for raptors.” —New Statesman, UK “One of the best science books of the year.” —Science Friday, NPR Another New York Times bestseller from the author of The Good Good Pig, this “fascinating…touching…informative…entertaining” (The Daily Beast) book explores the emotional and physical world of the octopus—a surprisingly complex, intelligent, and spirited creature—and the remarkable connections it makes with humans. In pursuit of the wild, solitary, predatory octopus, popular naturalist Sy Montgomery has practiced true immersion journalism. From New England aquarium tanks to the reefs of French Polynesia and the Gulf of Mexico, she has befriended octopuses with strikingly different personalities—gentle Athena, assertive Octavia, curious Kali, and joyful Karma. Each creature shows her cleverness in myriad ways: escaping enclosures like an orangutan; jetting water to bounce balls; and endlessly tricking companions with multiple “sleights of hand” to get food. Scientists have only recently accepted the intelligence of dogs, birds, and chimpanzees but now are watching octopuses solve problems and are trying to decipher the meaning of the animal’s color-changing techniques. With her “joyful passion for these intelligent and fascinating creatures” (Library Journal Editors’ Spring Pick), Montgomery chronicles the growing appreciation of this mollusk as she tells a unique love story. By turns funny, entertaining, touching, and profound, The Soul of an Octopus reveals what octopuses can teach us about the meeting of two very different minds.
Author : Divya Srinivasan
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 38,89 MB
Release : 2013-05-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0698151097
Octopus loves living on the busy reef under the sea. From her cozy cave, she can see clown fish, and sea turtles, and little butterflies swimming by. She especially loves watching the seahorses having fun, wiggling and twirling. Sometimes she will play with them, but occasionally Octopus just wants to be alone, somewhere quiet, and not so busy. So one day, she swims far, far beyond the reef and finds another cozy cave, only here she is perfectly, wonderfully alone. It is exactly what she wanted . . . until she’s ready to go back home to be with her friends. As she did in Little Owl's Night, Divya Srinivasan shows children a wonderful part of the natural world in a very warm-hearted way.
Author : Diana Riffers
Publisher :
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 31,76 MB
Release : 2018-01-17
Category :
ISBN : 9781788650373
An octopus is a soft bodied sea animal. Various species of the octopus are known to inhabit different parts of the ocean such as the pelagic water and coral reefs. It should be noted that more than 300 species of octopus have been identified. They have many qualities that make them endearing as pets. Many years ago, people hesitated to domesticate these beautiful animals. The main reason for this was that not much information was available. Octopuses are slowly becoming more popular as pets. They are very attractive and people love to keep them at home. They look unlike any other pet animal. They can be great pets if you learn to domesticate them well. It is important that a prospective buyer educates himself about the animal. If you wish to buy and domesticate an octopus, then you should make an attempt to understand the unique mannerisms and antics of the animal. This will enable you to understand the pet better. The main aim of this book is to acquaint you with all the information that you need to domesticate an octopus. This book will help you to clear all the questions that you might have regarding the octopuses and their domestication. You have to take on the responsibility of taking care of the health and well-being of your octopus. You don't want to get an animal home and later regret your decision. By following the tips and tricks discussed in the book, you will be able to give your pet a loving and caring home. Covered in this book: - Costs - Diet - Environment - General care - Habitat - Health - Heating requirements - Legalities - Life span - Lighting - Precautions - Pros and cons - Reproduction - Safety - Signs of stress - Species - Tank - Taxonomy - Transportation - Understanding body functions - Which octopus to avoid as a pet .... and much more
Author : Kathy H. Barclay
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 48,3 MB
Release : 2014-02-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 1452283079
Your resource for best texts and best practices! Kathy Barclay and Laura Stewart have written the book that teachers like you have been pleading for—a resource that delivers the “what I need to know ” to engage kids in a significant amount of informational text reading experiences. No filler, no lofty ideals about college and career readiness, but instead, the information on how to find lesson-worthy texts and create developmentally appropriate instructional plans that truly help young readers comprehend grade-level texts. What you’ll love most: The how-to’s on selecting informational texts High-impact comprehension strategies Model text lessons and lesson plan templates An annotated list of 449 informational texts
Author : Irene Latham
Publisher : Millbrook Press
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 34,50 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1512439932
In California, Agnes, a giant Pacific octopus, pens a series of postcards to strangers from both above and below the pier.
Author : Mariam Jean Dreher
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 16,16 MB
Release : 2015-09-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 1462522270
Revised edition of: Informational text in K-3 classrooms, 2004.
Author : Amy J. Catalano
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 27,6 MB
Release : 2015-09-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
If you're a librarian charged with collecting curriculum materials and children's literature to support the Common Core State Standards, then this book—the only one that offers explicit advice on collection development in curriculum collections—is for you. While there are many publications on the Common Core for school librarians and K–12 educators, no such literature exists for curriculum librarians at the post-secondary level. This book fills that gap, standing alone as a guide to collection development for curriculum librarians independent of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). The book provides instruction and guidance to curriculum librarians who acquire and manage collections so you can develop a collection based on best practices. The book begins with a primer on the CCSS and how curriculum librarians can support them. Discussion of the Standards is then woven through chapters, arranged by content area, that share research-based practices in curriculum development and instruction to guide you in curriculum selection. Material types covered include games, textbooks, children's literature, primary sources, counseling, and nonfiction. Additional chapters cover the management of curriculum collections, testing collections, and instruction and reference, as well as how to support and collect for special needs learners. Current practices in collection development for curriculum materials librarians are also reviewed. The book closes with a discussion of the future of curriculum materials.
Author : Rebecca L. Thomas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 3583 pages
File Size : 30,51 MB
Release : 2018-06-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Whether used for thematic story times, program and curriculum planning, readers' advisory, or collection development, this updated edition of the well-known companion makes finding the right picture books for your library a breeze. Generations of savvy librarians and educators have relied on this detailed subject guide to children's picture books for all aspects of children's services, and this new edition does not disappoint. Covering more than 18,000 books published through 2017, it empowers users to identify current and classic titles on topics ranging from apples to zebras. Organized simply, with a subject guide that categorizes subjects by theme and topic and subject headings arranged alphabetically, this reference applies more than 1,200 intuitive (as opposed to formal catalog) subject terms to children's picture books, making it both a comprehensive and user-friendly resource that is accessible to parents and teachers as well as librarians. It can be used to identify titles to fill in gaps in library collections, to find books on particular topics for young readers, to help teachers locate titles to support lessons, or to design thematic programs and story times. Title and illustrator indexes, in addition to a bibliographic guide arranged alphabetically by author name, further extend access to titles.
