Carole Gerber
1) Leaf jumpers
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Illustrations and rhyming text describe different leaves and the trees from which they fall.
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Spring is here, and with the new season come trees full of life, color . . . and blossoms! From the creators of LEAF JUMPERS and WINTER TREES, SPRING BLOSSOMS introduces readers to a variety of different flowering trees. During a stroll through the forest, two children come across the small and white flowers on a crab apple tree, the rich, red buds on a red maple, and many more. Along the way, readers learn that some trees have both male and female...
3) Winter trees
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"Trees that once had leaves are bare. They're dressed instead in lacy white. Snow dusts their trunks and coats their limbs with flakes that outline them with light." Join a boy and his dog as they use their senses of sight and touch to identify seven common trees in the snow covered forest. Intricate illustrations and lyrical text make distinguishing different types of trees easy--even in the middle of winter, when only bare branches stand like skeletons...
6) Tuck-in time
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At bedtime, a parent carefully checks baby's body from head to toe, encouraging gentle play.
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Red bats can hibernate or migrate to warmer regions during the winter. Should this solitary little bat stay or should she go? That's the question the little red bat ponders as the leaves fall and the nights get colder! The squirrel tells her to stay. But what about the dangerous creatures that hunt red bats in winter? The sparrow urges her to go. But where? Carole Gerber takes young readers on an educational journey through one bat's seasonal dilemma...
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A is for American-the shorthaired, friendly cats
that crossed the sea on sailing ships and kept them free of rats.
B is for each breed of cat. A breed defines the way
a feline looks, the way it sounds, and how it likes to play.
C is for the claws attached to each cat's padded feet.
Cats use their claws to dig and climb and capture mice to eat.
Furry felines fill the pages of this ABC picture book, introducing different species, behaviors,...
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The gentle beasts of sky and earth
prepare their stable for Christ's birth.
With a beautiful narrative by author and poet Carole Gerber and stunning and intricate art by renowned Japanese artist Yumi Shimokawara comes one of the most anticipated Christmas gift books ever published. The Gift of the Animals shares the miraculous offerings the humble animals in the manger gave to the baby Jesus.
The birds on the roof of the lowly shed
prepare...
11) A Tree for Me
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There are amazing trees that live in our world-yellow poplar, American beech, crape myrtle, and so many more! But how do you know which ones are which? Follow along in this heartwarming tale as a father lovingly teaches his son to identify eight common trees in a park and then surprises him with his own tree to plant and nurture.
With beautiful, realistic illustrations and true facts interwoven throughout the story, A Tree for Me makes learning about...
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Los animales se adaptan a los cambios estacionales en diferentes formas. Es la única especie de murciélagos que puede emigrar o hibernar para protegerse de los inviernos fríos. Cuando la temperatura comienza a bajar, ella tiene que tomar una decisión. Esta le pregunta a otros animales forestales de cómo es que ellos van a pasar el próximo invierno, antes de decidir si ella tiene quedarse o irse.
13) 10 busy brooms
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Ten little witches grab their brooms and fly into the night sky in a Halloween counting book that invites children to practice counting on rattling skeletons, pie-stealing mummies, and werewolves with bad breath.
14) Blizzard
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A raging winter storm contrasts with the cozy atmosphere of a young boy's home.
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"This love letter written from birth parent to child invites readers to experience a baby's month-by-month development in the womb as compared to familiar fruits and vegetables. Simple, age-appropriate facts are woven into a tender and lyrical text that celebrates the miracle of a baby. It demystifies and informs readers, while simultaneously appreciating the wonder of it all"--
18) A band of babies
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When Benny arrives at day care, where the babies are bored, he finds the instruments and soon they are off on a musical journey to the store for a snack.
19) Arctic dreams
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An Eskimo mother talks to her sleepy child as they go on a journey through the peaceful world of the Arctic and its animals.