Animal books for children: Recently received
This guide lists nonfiction children's books and young adult literature in the Cubberley Education Library about animals.
Recent
Ant story by Jay Hosler
Publication Date: 2024Ages 8-12; Gr.3-7.
Insect-extraordinaire Jay Hosler is back, this time exploring how we seek to understand ourselves and the world around us through the eyes of one of our world's tiniest creatures: the ant. Meet Rubi, a tiny ant with a big personality and an even bigger love for stories. Who knew the small world of her colony could be full of unexpected friendships, epic adventures, and death-defying escapes. Follow Rubi on the journey of a lifetime as she uncovers the mystery and wonder of one of the world's tiniest, mightiest insects.Leila and the blue fox by Kiran Millwood Hargrave; Tom de Freston (Ill.)
Publication Date: 2022Lexile measure 810; Ages 10 and up; Gr.5-6.
She was very tired. She lay down, her soft head on her soft paws. The sunset licked her face. The snow covered her like a blanket. Fox wakes, and begins to walk. She crosses ice and snow, over mountains and across frozen oceans, encountering bears and birds beneath the endless daylight of an Arctic summer, navigating a world that is vast, wild and wondrous. Meanwhile, Leila embarks on a journey of her own - finding her way to the mother who left her. On a breathtaking journey across the sea, Leila rediscovers herself and the mother she thought she'd lost, with help from a determined little fox. Based on the true story of an Arctic fox who walked from Norway to Canada in seventy-six days, a distance of two thousand milesEvery dreaming creature by Brendan Wenzel
Publication Date: 2023Ages 4-8; K-Gr.3.
Welcome to a magical world of endless curiosity. You are a sleeping salamander. A dancing octopus. A speeding falcon...even a sneaking tiger and playful human child. As one dream slips into another, every page turn immerses you in the sensory wonder of the world and all its creatures, from the ocean depths to soaring skies, and everything in between. Each creature dreams and experiences life in a different way.At the poles by David Elliott; Ellen Rooney (Ill.)
Publication Date: 2023Ages 5-7; Gr.1-3.
The author of At the Pond and In the Woods takes readers to the most remote regions of our planet in this beautifully illustrated poetic ode to the creatures that inhabit the North and South poles.The book of turtles by Matt Patterson (Ill.); Sy Montgomery
Publication Date: 2023Ages 4-8; PrK-Gr.3.
From Sy Montgomery comes an ode to one of the most diverse, fascinating, and beloved species on the planet: turtles. With dazzling illustrations and emotionally engaging, fact-filled text, this picture book will speak to the wisdom these long-lived animals can lend.As night falls by Donna Jo Napoli; Felicita Sala (Ill.)
Publication Date: 2023Lexile measure NP01; Ages 4-8; PrK-gr.3.
This picture book is for the littlest nature aficionado. Bursting with vibrant illustrations, it offers an inviting look into the secret world of how nature goes BERSERK at night! As night falls. The earth cools. Waters calm. Winds hush... But outside, night time is action time for some. Silly action. Hungry action. Wild action. From microscopic organisms to giant cats, it's surprising who you'll find awake in the middle of the night!We are starlings: inside the mesmerizing magic of a murmuration by Robert Furrow; Donna Jo Napoli; Marc Martin (Ill.)
Publication Date: 2023Lexile measure AD430L; PrK-Gr.3; Gr.1-4.
A stunning picture book for young nature lovers about starlings and the fascinating phenomenon of murmurations. Illustrated by the award-winning artist Marc Martin, this book about the natural world vividly explores how such an enigma is even possible. Sweeping, diving, twisting, turning. To look up at a murmuration of starlings is an experience like no other. Hundreds, thousands, and sometimes millions of starlings fly together as one flock.Making more: how life begins by Katherine Roy
Publication Date: 2023Lexile measure 930; Ages 7-10; Gr.3-6.
From fish to mammals and plants to insects, every organism on Earth must reproduce, and the survival of each species--and of life itself--depends on this and on the diversity it creates. In this groundbreaking book, Katherine Roy distills the science of reproduction into its simplest components: organisms must meet, merge their DNA, and grow new individuals; and she thoughtfully highlights the astonishing variety of this process with examples from across the natural world, from ferns and butterflies to trout, hawks, rabbits, and more.Jumper: a day in the life of a backyard jumping spider by Jessica Lanan
Publication Date: 2023Lexile measure AD560L; Ages 4-8; Gr.1-2.
What if you were small as a bean, Could walk on the walls and ceiling, Sense vibrations through your elbows, And jump five times your body length? That is Jumper's world. Open this book to discover the vibrant, hidden life of a backyard jumping spider.
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