Durga Bernhard
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
As one child goes to bed, another child is waking up on the other side of the world. With each page turn, readers see the same moment in time in nine different countries: the United States, Nigeria, Japan, Mexico, India, Thailand, Haiti, England, and Brazil. Durga Bernhard's simple text and whimsical illustrations make WHILE YOU ARE SLEEPING a perfect read-aloud–especially for bedtime. Back matter includes a map and author's note explaining time...
Author
Publisher
Wisdom Tales
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"If you were climbing a tree, just what might you see? Birds or animals or insects? Would you swing like a monkey? Or pick the ripest fruit straight from the branch? Join award-winning author and illustrator, Durga Yael Bernhard, on a trip around the world to climb its weirdest and most wonderful trees. No matter if you are in Africa, Asia, Europe, or America, there is a grand adventure waiting for you--provided you have a tree to climb in your neighborhood!...
Author
Language
English
Description
Join us on a trip around the world, climbing the different trees we find along the way. How would it feel to be up in a GINGKO tree in CHINA? Could you climb a CYPRESS tree in MEXICO? What would you find in a baobab tree in AFRICA? Large and small, common and incredible, trees are a never-ending source of wonder. No matter what continent you live on, there is a grand adventure waiting for you...right in your own neighborhood. Includes fascinating...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Samuel's father, the grand vizier, hears Hamza call Samuel names and tells his son to make sure Hamza never speaks an unkind word to him again, Samuel knows he must obey but has a hard time finding the right means to do so. Includes information about Jewish poet Samuel Ha-Nagid and the legend which inspired the story.
12) Happy New Year!
Author
Publisher
Lodestar Books
Pub. Date
c1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the origins of New Year traditions and ways in which the coming of the new year is celebrated around the world.
20) Ladybug
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
Text and pictures introduce the familiar ladybug, consumer of aphids and scale insects and purported carrier of good luck.