New Releases by Bobbie Kalman

Young readers are introduced to the many changes children experience in their early years. The simple text takes readers on a journey from the day a child is born through the first six years of life. An interactive activity asks them how old they were when they reached their own growth milestones of first teeth, first steps, and first day of school.

How is a family a community? This book shows young readers that, like a community, a family has members who perform roles. Parents teach and care for their children and go to work to earn money for the family; children have rules to follow and household jobs to perform. Cooperation and communication between family members keeps the family community strong. Questions throughout the book encourage children to relate the information to their own families.

This question and answer book invites readers to explore the world around them. Throughout the book, children are asked, "What do you see? What do I see?" The response appears on the opposite page. Colorful photographs show what they see - a bee, a bunny, a chimpanzee, and even a girl in a seashell! Repetitive text patterns and rhyme engage readers as they build fundamental literacy skills. Teacher''s guide available.

Animals.

Children will love the comical photographs of animals in different hip-hop dance positions! Dancing lemurs, bunnies, chimpanzees, and elephants groove to a simple rhyme pattern in this entertaining book. Children are asked to choose the hip-hop animal they think is the best dancer, as well as the animal or group of animals having the most fun. Teacher's guide available.

Discusses cultural similarities and differences around the world.

When living things die, they still have energy and nutrients in their bodies. The leftover energy and nutrients are used by other living things. Nothing is wasted in nature. Living things that eat dead things help clean the Earth.

Young readers will love learning how different plants and animals move. Sunflowers turn their heads to face sunlight, some plants close their flowers at night, and others move their heads to trap insects. Animals on the ground walk, run, hop, leap, and crawl. Animals with wings fly, flap, soar, and glide. Animals that live in water swim, dive, and leap. Young readers will become aware of the different ways in which plants and animals move, as well as learn new vocabulary about movement through questions and activities.

This easy-to-understand book makes learning about our planet''s biomes simple and fun! Each of Earth''s six major types of environments is explored, with exciting full-color photographs and engaging layout and design. What are Earth''s biomes? explains this important subject and stresses the importance of conserving our precious biomes and the life forms that inhabit each one.

Full-color photographs and simple text introduce young readers to the concepts of big and small.

Discusses all the shapes found in the natural world and imitated in our material world.

Basic information about the characteristics and habitats of apes and their young.

Introduces the physical characteristics, behaviors, habitat, and life cycle of a baby bird.

Learn all about landforms, or different shapes of land on the Earth.

Pictures and text introduce bear cubs, their bodies, what they eat and their habitats.

Discusses colors found in nature.

Nature is full of patterns. Patterns are made up of shapes such as spots, stripes, circles, triangles, and combinations of these. Colors play a big part in patterns as well. Bobbie Kalmans new book helps explain how some patterns help camouflage animals or scare predators away, and how certain patterns seem to appear everywhere in nature! For example, spirals can be seen in the formation of flower petals, the construction of many seashells, in ocean waves, and in hurricanes.

AYOung readers learn about insect eaters in a thorough and logical manner.

Describes salmon their habitat, different species, life cycle, dangers they face, and helping them.

Discusses rain forests and the three levels of the food chain therein.

An introduction to the game of basketball, focusing on the various player positions.

Discusses Labrador retrievers and how to take care of them.

Discusses choosing a poodle, the history of the breed, puppy care, grooming, training, and more.

Discusses whales and their young, where they live, what they eat, what noises they make and the dangers they face.

Cocker Spaniels gives children specific advice on caring for this specific breed, including grooming requirements, exercise demands, and the temperament of the breed.

All life on Earth depends on the water cycle! The Water Cycle is a fascinating book that introduces children to this important cycle using a clear, step-by step approach. Kids will learn about how different processes, including evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and run-off, work together to move water from the ground to the air and then back down again. Full-color diagrams and beautiful images accompany clear text to help make the water cycle come alive for kids as they learn - How plants contribute to the water cycle through transpiration - How water trapped underground for thousands of years remains part of the water cycle - The importance of water to all living things - Ways in which people can help protect Earth''s water and keep it clean Teacher''s guide available.

This book describes food chains in Australia''s outback and discusses how the outback is threatened by the actions of people.

This informative book introduces young readers to the defining characteristics of the various groups of animals that make up the animal kingdom. The bodies of many animals, including several types of mammals, fish, reptiles, birds, and arthropods, are described in concise and easy-to-understand text. Full-color illustrations and amazing photographs help children begin to realize the vastness of the animal kingdom.

Describes how forest animals get their energy from food chains.

Discusses the selection, care and handling, and safety of having rabbits for pets.