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One Day in the . . . Series
One Day in the Desert
• Jean Craighead George
LITERATURE •
1996 •
PAPER
• 64 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
One in a series that includes the prairie, woods, tropical forest and Alpine tundra, this slim book for ages 7-10 dramatizes how a mountain lion, roadrunner, a coyote, a tortoise -- and the people of the Southwest -- cope with a blisteringly hot July day in the Sonoran desert.
(USW611, $4.99) |
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One Day in the Prairie
• Jean Craighead George
LITERATURE •
1996 •
PAPER
• 64 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
In this dramatic tale for ages 7-10, set in Oklahoma, Henry Rush is spending the day at the Prairie Wildlife Refuge, determined to photograph a prairie dog doing a back flip. But while he watches and waits at the edge of prairie dog town, he fails to notice the electricity humming through the air. Or the buffalo anxiously pawing the ground. Or the purple-blue cloud building over the prairie grass. A tornado is on the way. One in a series of chapter books for ages 7-10 that includes the prairie, desert, tropical forest and Alpine tundra.
(USM141, $4.99) |
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One Day in the Tropical Rain Forest
• Jean Craighead George
NATURAL HISTORY •
1995 •
PAPER
• 66 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
The Newbery Medal-winning author of "Julie of the Wolves" goes south for this brief and gripping nonfiction portrait of the Amazon. It's a race against time, as Dr. Rivero and his young native guide save the rain forest from a lumber company. In the course of their search for a prize butterfly, they encounter sloths, army ants and birds -- all vividly described. A slim chapter book geared for children about age eight.
(FST08, $4.99) |
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One Day in the Woods
• Jean Craighead George
LITERATURE •
1995 •
PAPER
• 64 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
Rebecca discovers many things about plant and animal life when she spends the day in Teatown Woods in the Hudson Highlands of New York looking for the ovenbird. But when she sets out into the forest at dawn, she never expects to find magic everywhere she looks. A squirrel flies through the air. A deer vanishes before her eyes. A wood duckling falls from the sky. And the mysterious ovenbird holds the greatest surprise of all. One in a series of chapter books for ages 7-10 that includes the prairie, desert, tropical forest and Alpine tundra.
(NYS97, $4.99) |
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