A poetic yet scientifically accurate description of the life cycle of a salmon. This book will inspire children in classrooms and at home to appreciate the world around us! Fast-paced prose and brilliant illustrations follow the salmon from their form as eggs in a stream to the wide ocean, eventually making a hazardous journey home to their stream of origin. Carol Reed-Jones uses cumulative verse, a literary technique that is not only enjoyable but suggests how interconnected salmon are with their habitat. At the back is a section on salmon facts and what makes a good habitat for them, teaching the basics of ecology and why clean streams and waters are so important. A perfect book for:parents and teachers needing homeschool supplies for kindergarten (or any grade!)anyone looking for forest and other habitat books for kidsanyone looking for children's books to help instill an appreciation of our planet!

The remarkable web of plants and animals living around a single old fir tree takes on a life of its own. The repetitive verse aptly portrays the amazing ways in which inhabitants depend upon one another for survival. Includes a guide to the forest creatures and their interrelationships.

In this biography, the first in English for young readers ages 10 and up, explore the life of Hildegard of Bingen, 12th-century woman writer, composer, healer, naturalist, diplomat and philosopher. Read her words and those of the people who wrote to her and about her. Perform one of her songs. Make one of her recipes. See the places she lived, the alphabet she invented, and experience life from a medieval perspective. 70 pages, softcover 6"x9." Includes b&w illustrations, map, recipe, printed music to a song, index, and bibliography.

Mediante el recurso pedagogico de la repeticion y acumulacion que tanto fascina a los ninos, estos disfrutaran conociendo como los habitantes de un viejo bosque dependen unos de otros para subsistir. (De 4 a 10 anos).