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Seaside and Wayside, Book One |
by Julia McNair Wright |
Introduces beginning readers to an assortment of fascinating creatures including crabs and mollusks that inhabit the sea, and wasps, spiders, and bees that live on land, in language both attractive and comprehensible. With several short chapters devoted to each type of animal, readers learn how to identify them, what they eat, where they live, how they defend themselves, and how the next generation is produced. At intervals, animals are compared and contrasted and review questions posed.
Ages 6-8 |
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Holiday Hill |
by Edith M. Patch |
Any hill covered with blossoming blueberries, checkerberries, and cranberries must be a very special place indeed. In the fall, the hill will be covered in autumnal gold; in winter, one may attempt to sled down it! But no matter when one goes, they are sure to encounter gigantic boulders to clamber over, a venerable pair of garter snakes, a set of American elm trees, and perhaps even Little Snowshoes the rabbit.
Ages 8-10 |
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Holiday Meadow |
by Edith M. Patch |
Within a sentence, this book takes the reader to the edge of a meadow thick with flowers. He must cross a bridge to reach it, but once safely on the other side, he can stretch and look about. Refocusing his senses, the child is free to listen to a crow's call, pat the old cow Daisy who is munching contemplatively away, notice the rustle of a mouse in the grass...and learn the first of many curious things about this 'holiday meadow.' A refreshing read.
Ages 8-10 |
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Holiday Pond |
by Edith M. Patch |
Holiday Pond opens by inviting the reader to set aside their cares for an afternoon, and, after a refreshing dip in the pond and some wild blueberries for refreshment, sit in the cool of the shade and watch as the many creatures of Holiday Pond reveal their stories. You may see for yourself a painted turtle who has traveled far and wide, a mother raccoon and her nursery, a yelping frog, pond lilies, and many other fascinating plants and animals. It is a lovely place indeed and you will doubtless feel sorry to have to leave it!
Ages 8-10 |
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Holiday Shore |
by Edith M. Patch |
The shore is full of wonders as it defines the boundary between sea and land, and is the one place where the two are mingled together. As waves wash over and over upon the land, the coastline itself is changed, and at Holiday Shore, these waves eventually washed away a little cove that then became a bay. It is in that bay that the subjects of these imaginative stories dwell. There, the reader will find eels, barnacles, king crab, starfish, and many other shoreline wonders to learn about and to marvel over.
Ages 9-11 |
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Seaside and Wayside, Book Two |
by Julia McNair Wright |
In this second volume of the Seaside and Wayside series, beginning readers make the acquaintance of a variety of life forms, such as barnacles and starfish that they are unlikely to have encountered before, and deepen their appreciation of some that are probably more familiar, including ants, flies, beetles, and earthworms. Whether the animals are new to them or not, they will come away from their reading with plenty of interesting stories to share about all aspects of these creatures' lives.
Ages 6-8 |
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Desert Neighbors |
by Edith M. Patch |
Readers will soon imagine themselves nestled amid mesquite trees and yucca plants through this depiction of desert life. Describing both flora and fauna, these stories capture the excitement of the desert, as well as its quiet beauty, and are likely to leave readers curious to learn more and to see for themselves the wonders of the desert west.
Ages 9-11 |
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Forest Neighbors |
by Edith M. Patch |
Immerse yourself in the north woods by becoming acquainted with two dozen of its residents, as you follow each in turn through a typical year. Along the way, you will encounter some familiar mammals such as chipmunk, beaver, and white-tailed deer, but also some harder to spot ones such as moose, lynx, and marten. Among the birds you will come to know chickadees, ruffed grouse, Canada jays, and great-horned owls that are year-round residents of the forest, as well as others that migrate every spring and fall, among them the loon and merganser that inhabit the ponds, and vireos, warblers, and thrushes that flit among the trees. Eighteen chapters of stories well-illustrated and delightfully told that bring the forest to life for readers of all ages.
Ages 9-11 |
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Prairie Neighbors |
by Edith M. Patch |
A fine introduction to animal life on the prairie including stories of birds of the grasslands (bobolink, prairie chicken, and bobwhite), as well as mammals that live in their midst (pocket gopher, prairie mole, cottontail rabbit, spotted skunk, white-footed mouse, and prairie squirrel) and insects that flit about (locusts, grasshoppers, walking sticks, and monarch butterflies). But the prairie also has groves of trees where fox squirrels scamper along branches and barred owls and red-tailed hawks perch in the tree-tops looking for prey. And dotted throughout the landscape are ponds and marshes where muskrats, killdeer, and red-winged blackbirds can be found. Through well-illustrated stories that follow each of these through the course of a year, the reader becomes familiar with the life of the prairie in a delightful way.
Ages 9-11 |
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