Lion Family


Book Description

Describes the family life and eating and mating habits of Africa's fearless carnivore.




The Lion Family Book


Book Description

Text and photographs take the reader into a family of lions to watch the cubs grow and learn on the African plains.




Renato and the Lion


Book Description

The touching, magical story of a boy in a war-torn country and the stone lion that rescues him. Renato loves his home in Florence, Italy. He loves playing with his friends in the Piazza della Signoria. He loves walking home by the beautiful buildings and fountains with his father in the evenings. And he especially loves the stone lion who seems to smile at him from a pedestal in the piazza. The lion makes him feel safe. But one day his father tells him that their family must leave. Their country is at war, and they will be safer in America. Renato can only think of his lion. Who will keep him safe? With luminous watercolor paintings, Barbara DiLorenzo captures the beauty of Florence in this heartwarming and ultimately magical picture book.




The Lion Children


Book Description

The five McNeice children lived a conventional life in the Cotstwolds until, in l995, their mother Kate, a biologist, seized the opportunity to go and study lions in Botswana. Travers, Emily and Angus, the three middle children, take it in turns to recount their adventures in the Okavango Delta, one of the most beautiful wildernesses on earth, where they must quickly learn to fetch water, dig their own toilet, and discover which creepy-crawlies can kill them. In a Land Rover sometimes driven by 12-year-old Travers, they track prides of lions across hundreds of miles of bush. Their classroom an open hut, they take scientific notes and record their observations of the wild life around them - zebra, giraffe, elephant, impala and much more. Written with a wonderful vividness and immediacy, this is a fascinating book for all animal-lovers, enhanced by colour photographs.




Cecil's Pride


Book Description

Describes Cecil the lion's rise to power at the Hwange National Park, from his struggles as a cub and alliance with rival Jericho to his untimely death that shocked the world.




A Family Guide to the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe


Book Description

Just below the surface of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe are biblical parallels and truths waiting to be found. With this book you will discover the story within the story of C. S. Lewis's beloved classic.




The Lion Family Book


Book Description

Text and photographs take the reader into a family of lions to watch the cubs grow and learn on the African plains.




Lions


Book Description

This easy-to-read nonfiction book tells the story of a lion family living in the wild and what each member of the pride does to help the family survive.




The Book of Lions


Book Description

Lions are members of the large jungle cats, which also include such animals as tigers and leopards. Once common in many parts of the world, lion populations today are drastically reduced. Lion fossils recovered in Tanzania date back 1.5 million years. This book explores their family groups, habits, and hunting skills. Their majestic stride and powerful bodies have earned the lion the title of king of the jungle.




Teaching Number Sense, Grade 1


Book Description

The teaching number sense series focuses on the critical role that number sense plays in students' developing mathematical understanding. Number sense encompasses a wide range of abilities, including being able to make reasonable estimates and to think and reason flexibly.