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Drylongso
Drylongso, which takes place west of the Mississippi in 1975, is the story of a poor farming family's battle with a drought. Drylongso, "a youth imbued with simple human kindness . . . a folk hero" (author's notes) arrives, and with him comes ho
| Author: Hamilton, Viginia |
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Eye of the Storm
A storm chaser discusses the techniques, dangers, and difficulties of photographing lightning, tornadoes, and hurricanes.
| Author: Kramer, Stephan |
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science
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Flood
As Sarajean and her family prepare for and deal with the devastating Midwest floods of 1993, they discover what is truly important during a time of trouble.
Hurricanes
This story of hurricanes in the 20th Century--how they form, how scientists study them, how people prepare for them--is illustrated with photographs, diagrams, and maps and contains a list of books for further reading.
| Author: Lauber, Patricia |
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science
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Lightship
Watercolor illustrations and ship diagrams enlarge the scope of this book about floating lighthouses and their crews. An author's note provides additional historical information about lightships.
Lightship
Watercolor illustrations and ship diagrams enlarge the scope of this book about floating lighthouses and their crews. An author's note provides additional historical information about lightships.
Night Rainbow, The
Simple poetic verse describes the Aurora borealis or northern lights from the perspective of legends of several cultures.
| Author: Esbensen, Barbara Juster |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | science
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Skytree
The 14 paintings of a tree in various seasons and weather are accompanied by one or two descriptive sentences and a question that connects art with science.
| Author: Locker, Thomas |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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Snow Toward Evening
In this book 13 poets and the landscape painter Thomas Locker combine to invite us to enjoy nature's splendor through the changing seasons.
| Author: Frank, Josette (Editor) |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Sweet Corn
The poet writes mostly of summer things and illustrates with black pen and watercolor images. One reader found the use of varied type faces disconcerting.
Time of Wonder
This picture book tells a factual story of a family living along the ocean in Maine and what happens to the area when a hurricane brews. It is told to a child reader, and the art is fairly primitive, and thus teachers will want to take care to present it
| Author: McCloskey, Robert |
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science
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Twilight Comes Twice
The author describes in poetic prose the transition from dusk to night and night to dawn and the activities that take place during this quiet time.
Water Dance
Told in a first-person poetic narrative with illustrations that elicit emotional responses, water is described in its many forms--clouds, mist, rainbows, and rivers. A separate section explains the water cycle.
| Author: Locker, Thomas |
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science
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Weather Sky, The
The author uses labeled photographs, charts of weather fronts and graphs to discuss the relationship of weather to cloud formation.
| Author: McMillan, Bruce |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | math
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Winter Across America
Part of a series on the seasons, Winter Across America is loosely structured around the photographs and packs a huge amount of natural history and scientific information about animals, migration, and weather. The strength of the book is in its g
| Author: Simon, Seymour |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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Science > meteorology > weather > seasons
Black Swan White Crow
The book introduces the reader to Haiku poetry that is accompanied by delicate and suggestive woodcut illustrations.
| Author: Lewis, J. Patricia |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Black Whiteness
During the several months Admiral Richard Byrd spent alone in Antarctica in 1934, he nearly dies of carbon monoxide poisoning before he is rescued. The poetic language, line lengths, and diary excerpts give an intensity and truthfulness to the story.
| Author: Burleigh, Robert |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | science
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Cracked Corn and Snow Ice Cream
Almanac information and family history are given for each month in sections called Dates and Festivals, Farmer's Calendar, Worth Knowing, and Worth Cooking.
Haystack
The uses of the old-fashioned haystack are brought back to life throughout the seasons.
Henry David's House
These seamlessly woven excerpts from Thoreau's Walden and the beautiful watercolor illustrations together describe constructing and living in the house at Walden Pond.
| Author: Schnur, Steven (ed.) |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Last Leaf First Snowflake to Fall
Part creation myth, part father/son initiation story, the book beautifully depicts a journey through the woods as the scene changes from fall to winter.
| Author: Yerxa, Leo |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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My Mama Had a Dancing Heart
In simple poetic language, a ballet dancer recalls how she and her mother welcomed the seasons by dancing outdoors and being together.
| Author: Gray, Libba Moore |
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Nearer Nature
The author writes reflectively of his winter walks on his Vermont farm and sketches the footprints, animals, and plants that capture his attention. An index enables the reader to find specific information. The descriptions are rich in detail and languag
| Author: Arnosky, Jim |
HSE Descriptors:
science | social studies
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New Year Be Coming!
Through beautiful colored woodcuts and rhythmic gullah dialect, this book describes happenings for each month of the year in the South Carolina low country. A recipe, a glossary, and an introduction to the Gullah dialect are included. Some students migh
| Author: Boling, Katharine |
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Persephone and the Pomegranate
The Persephone myth explains the seasons. The daughter is kidnapped by the ruler of the underworld, Pluto, who makes her his queen. But Persephone's mother, Demeter, grieving, refuses to let Spring return until she is again with her daughter. In the en
| Author: Waldherr, Kris |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Skytree
The 14 paintings of a tree in various seasons and weather are accompanied by one or two descriptive sentences and a question that connects art with science.
| Author: Locker, Thomas |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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Snow Toward Evening
In this book 13 poets and the landscape painter Thomas Locker combine to invite us to enjoy nature's splendor through the changing seasons.
| Author: Frank, Josette (Editor) |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Sparrows
The art and the method of telling about the life of sparrows is captivating. A wonderful book for the nature lover.
| Author: Post, Hans & Heij, Kees |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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Sparrows
The art and the method of telling about the life of sparrows is captivating. A wonderful book for the nature lover.
| Author: Post, Hans & Heij, Kees |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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To Every Thing There Is a Season
The extraordinarily beautiful art from different cultural and historic periods illustrates a Bible passage from Ecclesiastes. An end section describes the historical/geographical information about the art work.
| Author: Dillon, Leo and Dianne |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Winter Room, The
This book tells the story of Eldon, a boy growing up in the mid-20th century in rural Minnesota. He and his brother Wayne work hard to help out on the farm, but have time for fun and adventures too. After a short introduction, the book is structured in
Science > meteorology > weather > seasons > fall
Autumn
Autumn, an alphabet book of acrostics with linoleum-cut prints, describes the seasonal sights, sounds, and colors.
Science > meteorology > weather > seasons > spring
Spring Thaw
In this deceptively simple and beautifully illustrated book, the sights and sounds of the first thaw come alive.
Spring: An Alphabet Acrostic
Description of spring using acrostic poetry and in alphabetical order. This is one of a series of acrostic books of the seasons. Illustrations are linoleum cuts that are colored by hand. The illustrations support the wonderful language used to show spri
| Author: Schnur, Steven |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | language arts - writing
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Spring: An Alphabet Acrostic
Description of spring using acrostic poetry and in alphabetical order. This is one of a series of acrostic books of the seasons. Illustrations are linoleum cuts that are colored by hand. The illustrations support the wonderful language used to show spri
| Author: Schnur, Steven |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | language arts - writing
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Science > meteorology > weather > seasons > summer
Knoxville, Tennessee
This brief and beautifully illustrated poem celebrates a young child's summer in Knoxville, TN.
| Author: Giovanni, Nikki |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Summer: An Alphabet Acrostic
Description of summer using acrostic poetry and told in alphabetical order. This is one of a series of books on the seasons. Illustrations are hand-colored linoleum block prints which support the text very well.
| Author: Schnur, Steven |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | language arts - writing
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Summer: An Alphabet Acrostic
Description of summer using acrostic poetry and told in alphabetical order. This is one of a series of books on the seasons. Illustrations are hand-colored linoleum block prints which support the text very well.
| Author: Schnur, Steven |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading | language arts - writing
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Science > meteorology > weather > seasons > winter
Backyard Birds
This informational book begins with four pages of data on birds in winter, then provides a one-page entry on many different birds, including a U.S. map of its territory and an illustration for each. The book ends with information on bird food, feeders, a
| Author: Lerner, Carol |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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Black Star, Bright Dawn
Bright Dawn, a teenaged Eskimo girl, takes her father's place in the grueling Iditarod, the 1000-mile dogsled race through the cold wilds of Alaska. In the process, she learns about herself, her family, and her culture.
Blizzard!
This book tells the story of an amazing blizzard that struck the Eastern U.S. in March, 1888. The author tells how the storm affected individuals, workers, communication, transportation, and more. The book is illustrated with vintage photographs and maps
| Author: Murphy, Jim |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | science
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In November
As trees, animals, birds, and insects prepare for winter, people gather in warm homes to give thanks. Beautiful illustrations.
| Author: Rylant, Cynthia |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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North Country Night
This easy-to-read and stunningly illustrated book shows what animals do at night in the North Country during the winter.
| Author: San Souci, Daniel |
HSE Descriptors:
science | social studies
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Once Upon Ice
The author and 16 other poets respond in a variety of poetic forms to beautiful photographs of patterns created by ice.
| Author: Yolen, Jane |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Welcome to the Ice House
The author uses very poetic language to describe the natural life that exists during the long winter and brief summer of the Arctic.
| Author: Yolen, Jane |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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Winter
This beautifully illustrated alphabet picture book presents an acrostic poem for words relating to Winter. It is set in the far north and follows the season from the first heavy snowfall to the coming of spring.
| Author: Schnur, Steven |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - writing | language arts - reading
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Winter Across America
Part of a series on the seasons, Winter Across America is loosely structured around the photographs and packs a huge amount of natural history and scientific information about animals, migration, and weather. The strength of the book is in its g
| Author: Simon, Seymour |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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Winter Poems
This collection features 25 poems about different aspects of winter. Several very well known poets are included: Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Frost, Dickinson, Sandburg.
| Author: Rogasky, Barbara (compiler) |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Science > meteorology >weather> seasons > winter > snowflake
Snowflake Bentley
This is a biography of Wilson Bentley, a scientist who photographed thousands of snowflakes in order to study their formations. Additional information is presented in sidebars throughout the book.
| Author: Martin, Jacqueline Briggs |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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Snowflakes in Photographs
Nearly all of this book consists of pictures of snowflakes and frost, taken by "Snowflake Bentley" in the first part of the 20th century. A two-page introduction [excerpted from a 1922 Popular Mechanics article] by the author begins the book.
| Author: Bentley, W.A. |
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science
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