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Awards: Indies Choice & E.B. White Read-Aloud Winners". Shelf Awareness. 2011-04-08. Archived from the original on 2023-02-04 . Retrieved 2023-04-07. This cutely illustrated story is by an award-winning children’s author. The story of a spoiled cat and a dopey dog becoming friends comes with a huge, exciting-to-me bonus: mixed-race lesbian cat-moms! I am here for everything about this badass book. Pandamonia by Chris Owen and Chris Nixon Wild Child: A Journey Through Nature is a beautiful book, illustrated in full colour by Barry Falls, and divided into five sections: looking out of the window, venturing out into the garden, walking in the woods, investigating heathland and wandering on the river bank. One of the planet’s greatest natural wonders twinkles and beguiles in this charming book – the first for young readers by Scales, a regular BBC Wildlife contributor. Like all the best children’s illustrated non-fiction, there is enough here to interest and surprise grown-ups too, but never at the expense of concision or clarity.

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Booklist Editors' Choice: Books for Youth, 2021". Booklist. 2022-01-01. Archived from the original on 2022-01-27 . Retrieved 2023-04-07.The huge cast of both familiar and lesser-known reef characters is introduced on the inside covers, adding a puzzle dimension to the book as you search for the royal blue tang, star coral and cone snail. Did you know that on a clear night the human eye can see around 19 quadrillion miles into space? And that the earliest identified puzzle was written over 4,000 years ago? These and many other fascinating nuggets of information can be found in this engaging book inspired by exhibits in the Natural History Museum. ALSC announces 2012 Notable Children's Videos". American Library Association. 2012-01-30. Archived from the original on 2016-03-16 . Retrieved 2023-04-07.

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NJ.com, Renée Kiriluk-Hill | For (2013-02-09). "2013 Caldecott children's book illustrator Peter Brown inspired by N.J. childhood". nj. Archived from the original on 2022-12-04 . Retrieved 2022-12-04. The illustrations are striking and dynamic, giving force to the narrative, which centres on a call to action for the benefit of all. This is a vital and impressive read and one that will inspire climate activists, both young and old. These books will leave you thirsting to know even more about the incredible history of life on Earth and are a perfect primer for kids to learn more about the amazing 'terrible lizards'. Hot on the agenda of nature lovers everywhere is how to protect the wildlife we live with. Save Our Species: Endangered Animals and How You Can Save Them by Dominic Couzens is a practical guide to understanding and preserving 30 plants and animals that are on the decline in Britain, especially since the 1950s and 1960s. Children Make Terrible Pets | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. 2012-01-23. Archived from the original on 2023-04-07 . Retrieved 2023-04-07.Junior Library Guild: Kaline Klattermaster's Tree House by Haven Kimmel". www.juniorlibraryguild.com . Retrieved 2023-04-07. Reviewed by Megan Shersby, editorial and digital co-ordinator, BBC Wildlife Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright! An animal poem for every day of the year. Delivered with playfulness, colour and charm, Dixon’s aim is clearly to ‘show and don’t tell’, drawing readers in with wonder, rather than dry evolutionary exposition. The book achieves this with great success. Thus spiders, lampooned in one spread for being monstrous night-time nasties, are in the following spread argued to be vital, charismatic bug-catchers that carefully recycle their own webs by eating them. Crows aren’t creepy – they’re faithful parents, we’re told. Likewise, foxes aren’t fiendish – they can be friendly.

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It’s always fun to ask children what they think of the book they’re reading. Nine-year-old number one was all praise. He especially enjoyed the works of art that are the maps and flow diagrams (“very detailed but not complicated”). Nine-year-old number two was slightly more critical. But Pepper’s artwork – delightful collages blending photographs with sassy illustrations – makes the book truly special. Since it's published, A Diary of a Young Naturalist has received a number of awards, including the 2020 Wainwright Prize for UK Nature Writing.] Nothing can beat experiencing the dawn chorus first hand, however, this enchanting book makes a fine hors d'oeuvre to prepare your family for the real deal. The Little Book of the Dawn Chorus is part of an ongoing series that aims to attune both young and adult ears to the sounds of Britain's wildlife. The book's unique selling point is its sound bar, which provides instant access to the vocalisations of ten commonly heard birds in spring. But the aim is to empower rather than frighten; to deal with defeatist attitudes such as “nothing I do is going to make a difference”. Positive change can lead to heightened self-worth, new hobbies and new friendships, though the advice to wee on your compost heap might stretch neighbourly relations.a b "Past Winners". Bank Street College of Education. Archived from the original on 2022-11-30 . Retrieved 2023-04-07.

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Factually, there’s plenty to enjoy but some readers might expect more. Natural selection, the engine driving the astonishing adaptations in the book, gets barely a look-in, for instance. And there is no reference to how scientists go about actually discovering these facts in the first place. Without this, the book remains a little two-dimensional. The kids that like to be told, will be well-served. The ones that want to be shown, less-so.The book isn't perfect. Odd factual glitches include an assertion that sloths favour the rainforest understory (rather than the canopy). But such minor grumbles do not detract from a well-presented product. In 2010, The New York Times named Children Make Terrible Pets one of the best illustrated children's books of the year. [11] An Interview with Peter Brown – Books For Keeps". booksforkeeps.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2022-12-04 . Retrieved 2022-12-04. Junior Library Guild: My Teacher Is a Monster! (No, I Am Not.) by Peter Brown". www.juniorlibraryguild.com . Retrieved 2023-04-07. You will need a copy of the picture book. Study the picture book and the story notes carefully and decide which key vocabulary you may need to pre-teach before you read the story aloud, but only pre-teach vocabulary that may be difficult for children to work out the meaning of themselves. The story notes are divided into three stages, before reading, reading the story, and after reading. Decide how long you will spend on each stage, depending on your time available and your children's interests and language abilities. The main linguistic and learning aims are indicated in the attached document Scope and sequence.