Sally M Walker
1) Dolphins
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Series
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, and behavior of dolphins.
2) Volcanoes
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Series
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Explores what volcanoes are and how they can be both harmful and helpful to human beings.
3) Jaguars
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Series
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle and behavior of jaguars.
4) Sea horses
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Series
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, habitats, and life cycle of sea horses.
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"When Harry Colebourn saw a baby bear at a train station, he knew he could care for it. Harry was a veterinarian. But he was also a soldier in training during World War I. Harry named the bear Winnie, short for Winnipeg, his company's home town, and he brought her along to the military camp in England. Winnie followed Harry everywhere and slept under his cot every night. Before long, she became the regiment's much-loved mascot. But who could care...
9) Mosquitoes
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Discusses the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of mosquitoes.
10) Rhinos
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, behavior, and conservation of rhinos.
11) Hippos
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Introduces the physical characteristics, behavior and life cycle of the hippopotamus.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
In a stunning combination of haiku and impressionistic (but accurate) art, this one-of-a-kind book encourages readers to think playfully about our planet and its wondrous processes. Sibert Medal–winning author Sally M. Walker covers Earth’s many marvels — fossilized skeletons of plants and animals, terrific volcanic eruptions, the never-ending hydrologic cycle — in sometimes straightforward, sometimes metaphoric three-line haikus. Expertly...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: This stunning meeting of poetic form and luminous artwork transports us out of the bounds of Earth, past a lunar eclipse, beyond the orbiting planets, and into glowing galaxies and twinkling constellations. Sally M. Walker uses her award-winning skill as a writer of nonfiction to explore space through clever haiku, accompanied by narrative explanations of wonders that are out of this world. Illustrator Matthew Trueman imagines...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: In 1865, the Civil War was winding down and the country was reeling from Lincoln's assassination. Thousands of Union soldiers, released from Confederate POW camps, were to be transported home on the steamboat Sultana. With a profit to be made, the captain rushed repairs to the boat so the soldiers wouldn't find transportation elsewhere. More than 2,000 passengers boarded in Vicksburg, Mississippi . . . on a boat with a capacity...