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1) The house in the night

Author

Swanson, Susan Marie

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Company

Pub. Date

2008

Physical Desc

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.

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Award Winning Books for Kids

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Illustrations and easy-to-read text explore the light that makes a house in the night a home filled with light.

2) Swirl by swirl: spirals in nature

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Celebrates the shape of a spiral in nature, from rushing rivers to flower buds and even the shape of an ear.

3) The hidden folk: stories of fairies, dwarves, selkies, and other secret beings

Author

Lunge-Larsen, Lise

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Brief stories featuring such creatures as flower fairies, elves, dwarves, and river sprites.

4) Blue on blue

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Publisher

Beach Lane Books

Pub. Date

[2014]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm

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Rhyming text and illustrations depict the swell and quieting of a storm.

5) Butterfly eyes and other secrets of the meadow

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Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Pub. Date

2006

Physical Desc

[38] p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Description

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A tour through the hidden world of the meadow encourages young readers to watch for a nest of rabbits, a foamy spittlebug, a leaping grasshopper, bright milkweed, a quick fox, and a cruising hawk.

6) Before morning

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Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

[2016]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Description

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Let snow fall overnight and change the world before morning, making it "slow and delightful and white."

7) We are branches

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Publisher

Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

Pub. Date

[2023]

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm

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Branches are all around us: in butterfly wings, on gecko toes, in flowers, frost, and mud. Whether as electricity moving across the sky or rivers flowing to the sea, branches are nature's most efficient way to spread and to connect. They are even found inside our own bodies, helping us reach and grow with each breath and heartbeat. Branches--strong, hopeful, beautiful--are the shape of life. How many can you find?

8) Grandmother Winter

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Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Co

Pub. Date

c1999

Physical Desc

[32] p. : col. ill. ; 23 x 24 cm.

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When Grandmother Winter shakes out her feather quilt birds, bats, bears, and other creatures prepare themselves for the cold.

9) What's your favorite bug?

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Series

Eric Carle and friends' what's your favorite volume 3

Publisher

Godwin Books, Henry Holt and Company

Pub. Date

2018.

Physical Desc

1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Description

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Fifteen children's book artists, including Joey Chou, Eric Fan, and Denise Fleming, share their favorite bugs and explain why they love them.