Kids Book Index
Emily Morgan
Next Time You See a Spiderweb explores the webs made by spiders. It explains their structure and function, including how spiders produce them and how webs serve as protection. The book also describes webs as tools for catching food and moisture. Its subject is the work of spiders and the purposes their webs serve, from making traps to helping the animals meet basic needs.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Welcome to New Zealand: A Nature JournalSandra MorrisThis book explains how to create a detailed nature journal through close observation of the surrounding environment. It focuses on noticing what is present outdoors and recording those discoveries, with the idea extending to observations made in a reader’s own backyard. Mixed-media illustrations accompany the guidance, showing an approach to documenting the natural world through looking carefully, making notes, and keeping a journal.Twelve to FourteenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
EggSteve Jenkins, Robin PageEgg introduces young children to four eggs colored blue, pink, yellow, and green. Three eggs hatch into baby birds, which fly away, leaving one shell alone. When the birds return, they discover that a friendly baby alligator has emerged from the remaining egg. The book also presents the egg as a place where secrets of survival are hidden, tracing the sequence from hatching to the arrival of a new animal.Under FiveLexile Text Measure AD1050LATOS Book Level 7.2On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Ocean: A Visual EncyclopediaJohn WoodwardOcean: A Visual Encyclopedia surveys oceans and marine life, from sunlit surface waters to deep-sea environments. It includes the Arctic and Indian Ocean, as well as animals such as whales, krill, seabirds, and creatures that live in the depths. The book presents the diversity of the world’s waters through photographs and factual information, comparing the scale of large whales with tiny swarms of krill.Winning TitlesOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details