Carolina's Story: Sea Turtles Get Sick Too! (Arbordale Collection)

This heartwarming photographic journal describes a critically ill sea turtle as she is nursed back to health at a Sea Turtle Hospital. Readers will empathize with Carolina as she undergoes many of the same medical treatments sick or injured children face and then celebrate the happy day when she returns to her home in the sea. The For Creative Minds section includes fun facts, information on conservation issues and a make-your-own sea turtle craft. Both Ms. Rathmell and Mrs. Bergwerf donate a portion of their royalties to the Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Program at the South Carolina Aquarium. Encourages children undergoing medical treatment. This work of narrative nonfiction includes a 3-page For Creative Minds section in the back of the book and a 43-page cross-curricular Teaching Activity Guide online. Carolina s Story is vetted by experts and designed to encourage parental engagement. Its extensive back matter helps teachers with time-saving lesson ideas, provides extensions for science, math, and social studies units, and uses inquiry-based learning to help build critical thinking skills in young readers 2006 Florida Publisher's Association President's Book Award-Gold Reviewed by: School Library Journal, NSTA Reccomends, and Science Books &amp; Films Also available in the following language: Spanish edition: La historia de Carolina: ¡las tortugas marinas tambien se enferman! ISBN 9781628553529

Children's Books

Donna Rathmell

Animals

Arbordale Publishing

A young boy and his abuelo push aside their Christmas preparation to rescue a beautiful cardinal during a blizzard. The bird quickly responds to their kindness, regains it strength, and flies off. The cardinal sweetly and unexpectedly rewards the boy, his grandfather, and their entire village with a lifetime of Christmas cheer. The For Creative Minds section contains instructions to create a bird-friendly backyard, simple bird feeder crafts, a Cardinal Numbers math game, and information on what to do if you find an injured bird. Encourages children to care for animals. This fictional story includes a 4-page For Creative Minds section in the back of the book and a 30-page cross-curricular Teaching Activity Guide online. Christmas Eve Blizzard is vetted by experts and designed to encourage parental engagement. Its extensive back matter helps teachers with time-saving lesson ideas, provides extensions for science, math, and social studies units, and uses inquiry-based learning to help build critical thinking skills in young readers. The Spanish translation supports ELL and dual-language programs. Also available in the following language: Spanish edition: La tormenta de Nochebuena ISBN 9781628553550

Christmas Eve Blizzard (Arbordale Collection)

When Julie finds a shiny quartz crystal, her dad shows her how to dig for minerals--like a "rockhound." Combining clever wordplay with earth science, young readers learn about Earth's most abundant mineral `treasure." The "For Creative Minds" section extends the learning with quartz and mineral fun facts and easy science activities. Ages 5-9.

Julie the Rockhound (Arbordale Collection)

Gail Langer Karwoski

Literature & Fiction

An arctic variation of "This is the House that Jack Built," In Arctic Waters follows polar bears, walruses, seals, narwhals and beluga whales as they chase each other around "the ice that floats in the Arctic waters." Not only is the rhythmic, cumulative prose good for early readers; it is a pure delight to read aloud. The "For Creative Minds" section helps children learn how these animals live in the cold, icy arctic region.

In Arctic Waters (Arbordale Collection)

Laura Crawford

A Day in the Salt Marsh (Arbordale Collection) (Day in the Habitat)

Enjoy A Day in the Salt Marsh, one of the most dynamic habitats on earth. Fun-to-read, rhyming verse introduces readers to hourly changes in the marsh as the tide comes and goes. Watch the animals that have adapted to this ever-changing environment as they hunt for food or play in the sun, and learn how the marsh grass survives even though it is covered by salt water twice a day. An activity on adaptations is included in the For Creative Minds section.

A Day in the Salt Marsh (Arbordale Collection)

Kevin Kurtz

The Rainforest Grew All Around (Arbordale Collection)

IRA Teacher's Choice Award Imaginations will soar from the forest floor, up through the canopy and back down again, following the circle of life in this clever adaptation of the song, The Green Grass Grew All Around. The jungle comes alive as children learn about a wide variety of the animals (jaguars, emerald tree boas, leafcutter ants, sloths, poison dart frogs, toucans, and bats) and plants (kapok trees, liana vines, and bromeliads) living in the lush Amazon rainforest. Delve even deeper into the jungle using sidebars and the three-page For Creative Minds educational section.

Susan K. Mitchell

While Little Skink hunts yummy ants for breakfast, she is suddenly attacked by a crow! But she has a trick to escape. She snaps off her tail, and it keeps on wiggling! Little Skink is happy to be alive, but she misses her bright blue tail. Little Skink's Tail follows Little Skink as she daydreams of having the tails of other animals in the forest. Readers will enjoy pretending with her, trying on tail after tail. The first is too puffy-fluffy, and another too stinky! Then one day Little Skink gets a big surprise...and she doesn't have to dream of tails anymore. The For Creative Minds section has information on tail adaptations and communications and a mix-and-match tail activity. Little Skink's Tail encourages children to be comfortable with themselves as they are.

Little Skink's Tail (Arbordale Collection)

Janet Halfmann

Burro's Tortillas (Arbordale Collection)

What do you get when you cross The Little Red Hen with a burro and his friends? Burro s Tortillas! In this humorous Southwestern retelling of a childhood favorite, Burro finds it difficult to get any help from his friends as he diligently works to turn corn into tortillas. Young children will love the repetition; older children will enjoy the book s many puns. In addition to its Southwestern flavor, the delightful story imparts an accurate picture of the traditional way that tortillas are made. A Spanish/English glossary and a simple recipe for making tortillas are included in the For Creative Minds section.

Terri Fields

ABC Safari (Arbordale Collection)

Let's search for adventure above in the sky. We'll scout through the mountains and hills, and then try exploring the forests, the meadows and plains, cross the dry desert and through jungle rains. We'll trek through a swamp, in a puddle, a pond, in lakes and the river, the ocean beyond. But, what are we looking for? Who will we see? Find animals on this ABC Safari with me! Once you've discovered all the animals, turn to the "For Creative Minds" educational section for sorting cards and animal fun facts.

Karen Lee

Seasons change in the ocean much as they do on land. Spring brings new plants and baby animals, summer oceans glow with sparkly plankton lights, and autumn winds blow across the open water. In winter humpback whales migrate to warmer waters, just as some land animals move to warmer climates. In fun, fanciful form, children learn about plants and animals that are joined through the mix of seasons, food webs, and habitats beneath the waves. While set in the Pacific, similar changes occur in all the world s oceans.

Ocean Seasons (Arbordale Collection)

Ron Hirschi

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