Fantastic Farm Animals


Book Description

There are lots of awesome animals on a farm. There are sheep, chickens, cows, and pigs. This accessible nonfiction book introduces young readers to these and other farm animals. Students will learn about what these animals look like, what they eat, and where they live. Each page features fun, full-color photographs and age-appropriate text. Beginning readers and younger listeners will love learning about the fantastic animals that can be found on a farm.




Fantastic Farm Animals


Book Description

There are lots of awesome animals on a farm. There are sheep, chickens, cows, and pigs. This accessible nonfiction book introduces young readers to these and other farm animals. Students will learn about what these animals look like, what they eat, and where they live. Each page features fun, full-color photographs and age-appropriate text. Beginning readers and younger listeners will love learning about the fantastic animals that can be found on a farm.




A Voice for Animals


Book Description

Animals are here with us and not for us. We can do better for our animal friends when we work together collectively and individually to make a difference; by joining hands in this next great, important social justice movement. A Voice for Animals offers insight on animal issues and the animal rights movement. The first part of the book examines the close connection we share with our beloved companion animals, and the plight of homeless animals. It bridges the gap between beloved pets and homeless pets in shelters. It offers solutions to end the shelter debacle. The second part discusses the lives of other species: farm animals, animals in research, animals in captivity, and wildlife. This book provides heartfelt real life animal stories, celebrates animal victories, and explores the deep connection of animals to humans and our biological need to share our lives with them. It inspires readers to take action and get motivated for animals: adopt animals from shelters and rescues, live a cruelty-free lifestyle, and go vegan. This book advocates for the better treatment of animals by inviting you to gain an understanding of the special human-animal bond.







Working on the Farm


Book Description

Running a farm is a lot of hard work. Sometimes people use animals to help them. In this exciting nonfiction book, readers will learn about the important jobs of farm animals. Horses plow fields, cats chase away mice, and dogs herd sheep. The age-appropriate text is perfect for students who are just learning to read. Full-color photographs make the action come alive on each page. Readers will also learn about farmers? jobs and some of the technology they use to help them get things done around the farm.




A to Zoo


Book Description

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.




On a Farm


Book Description

Simple text with rebuses explores fun activities on a farm.




Cats and Dogs!


Book Description

Cats and dogs are common animals. Many people own them as pets. This engaging nonfiction book takes readers to a family farm where they�ll learn about the similarities and differences between dogs and cats. The accessible text is perfect for beginner readers. Each page also features full-color photographs that help students make connections with the text, encouraging the development of reading comprehension skills. When paired with the fiction title The Cat and the Dog, readers will learn important lessons about putting differences aside and getting along.




Farm Animals: Pigs


Book Description

Describes the physical traits and behavior of pigs and the role that they play on the farm.




Hay Balers


Book Description

Those neat bundles of hay we see in a farm field are created by a fantastic farm machine called a hay baler. And just one bale of hay can weigh as much as 2,000 pounds (907 kg)! Along with learning how a hay baler does its job, readers will find out what kind of crop hay is and why it’s needed. They’ll also see cool, colorful photographs of these and other big machines at work, including labels to aid in comprehension. Farm work has never looked so fun!