Marilyn Singer
1) Venom
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Offers young readers information on toxic creatures that can harm or even kill with a bite or sting.
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Why are humans and other mammals covered in hair, and why are there so many different types of it? Vivid photographs paired with a duo of quirky, illustrated hair guides serve to illuminate the fascinating facts about mammal hair: why it exists, what it's good for, and more. Readers will learn about different types of animal coats, such as fur and down, and explore the many different forms guard hairs take, such as the quills on a porcupine.
6) Caterpillars
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Caterpillars attract children like magnets--their shapes, colors, and locomotion styles are impossible to resist. Now children can explore the dazzling diversity of the world's caterpillars illustrated in hundreds of full-color photographs. The charm of these larval forms of moths and butterflies is captured in verse and easy-to-follow narrative text by award-winning poet and nature writer Marilyn Singer. Includes matching game, quiz, glossary, and...
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A sweet and lyrical picture book for younger children celebrating all the ways that creatures on our planet say 'I love you'.
From snuggling garter snakes to big, cozy bear hugs, this book in verse shares how animals we'd expect, and some we wouldn't, express affection for each other. Each animal interaction is compared with a similar human one, in beautifully blended illustrations composed by the talented Alette Straathof — showing that we are...
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Celebrate the weird, wonderful, and the downright bizarre in this compelling compendium of unusual animals. From the green fur of a three-toed sloth, to the pink and wiggly appendage of the star-nosed mole, there's something new to marvel at on every page.
Delve into the forests, burrow under the ground, and dive into the deep to discover nature's most peculiar creatures and learn about their behavior, diet, and habitat, as well as folk beliefs...
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What can you do with an apple? You can pick it, kick it, wash it, squash it-but don't forget to eat it. This charming new series will show readers how to find magic and joy in the beauty of everyday life.
Also available: What's a Banana?|Marilyn Singer is an award-winning author of over 100 books for children, including I'm Gonna Climb a Mountain in My Patent Leather Shoes. She lives in Brooklyn.; Greg Pizzoli is the 2014 Theodor Seuss Geisel Award–winning...
10) What's a Banana?
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What can you do with a banana? You can grip it, unzip it, squeeze it, freeze it- you can even play it like a flute! With a little imagination and a sense of humor, you can transform it into anything! Turn the ordinary into the extraordinary with these charming picture books that encourage readers to look at the world in a new-more magical-way.
11) Tallulah's tutu
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Tallulah takes ballet lessons and eagerly awaits her coveted tutu, which, she learns, she must work hard to earn.
14) I'm your bus
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In rhyming text, a school bus describes its busy day transporting children to and from school.
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What's brewing when two favorites - poetry and fairy tales - are turned (literally) on their heads? It's a revolutionary recipe: an infectious new genre of poetry and a lovably modern take on classic stories. First, read the poems forward (how old-fashioned!), then reverse the lines and read again to give familiar tales, from Sleeping Beauty to that Charming Prince, a delicious new spin. Witty, irreverent, and warm, this gorgeously illustrated and...