Best Selling Books by Janet Halfmann

Little ones will soon settle down for bedtime just like Little Sea Otter as she snuggles with Mama in a cozy bed of sea kelp and calls good night to all her ocean friends—sea lions, sea snails, seagulls, seals, and sea urchins. They all reply. The gently rocking seas and Mama''s loving arms soon send Little Sea Otter to dreamland.

A baby bat explores the cave he lives in, discovering the other creatures who live there and the important role that bats play in providing food for them.

A little girl is happy to go on a walk with Grandma, but Grandma is a such a slowpoke! She stops to point out, listen or observe the different creatures they meet, sharing her knowledge with the child. At the river, it is the little girl who spots a little muskrat Grandma didn’t see.

This special book asks children a simple question: How Can We Be Kind? The answer is: by learning from the animal kingdom! Animals demonstrate kindness and empathy towards each other, and care and compassion can be seen all throughout the natural world. This book shows children the ways they can be kind just like animalsare to each other, while at the same time teaching them about the magic and the beauty of the natural world. They can learn to be welcoming like capybaras, who let other animals sit on top of them while they wallow in mud. Or perhaps they might want to be like dolphins, who guide other species to their destinations. Or maybe they would like to work together like ants and bees, share what they have like jackdaws or stick up for their friends like zebras. With beautiful illustrations from Darla Okada, this beautiful picture book will enchant and entertain children time and time again. There are facts at the back about how each animal lives with and looks after its fellow creatures. This sweet and thoughtful book is both a celebration of the animal world and a manifesto for being kind in everyday life.

After Little Skink loses her tail to an attacking crow, she dreams of having the tails of other animals in the forest, but none seem quite right until the day she gets a big surprise.

The true story of Robert Smalls, a slave steamboat wheelman who commandeered a Confederate ship during the Civil War and escaped with his family and crew to freedom.

From Australia''s outback to the neighborhood lawn, animals great and small fill the pages of the 13 Sylvan Dell books in this Wildlife Set. The picture books in this set are each fictional stories with nature & science themes designed for reading fun but, at the same time, to pique a child''s interest and tee-up science, math, and geography learning. Titles include: Tudley Didn''t Know**, Habitat Spy, In My Backyard, Little Skink''s Tail**, Kersplatypus**, Animals are Sleeping, Blackberry Banquet, One Wolf Howls**, Moose and Magpie**, Felina''s New Home, Baby Owl''s Rescue**, Fur and Feathers, River Beds: Sleeping in the World''s Rivers**, and Little Red Bat. (**Award Winners) 4-6 pg For Creative Minds educational section in the back 40-60 pg cross-curricular Teaching Activities and 3 Interactive Quizzes available free on the book''s homepage eBooks with Auto-Flip, Auto-Read and selectable English and Spanish text and audio.

Learn about what life is like for a starfish, also called a sea star.

This historical fiction picture book reveals the unknown story of Lilly Ann Granderson, an African-American teacher who risked her life to teach others during slavery.

Sophie dreams of wild animals losing their fur, feathers, scales, and skin, and helps them all find their proper coverings again.

This set contains 14 Sylvan Dell books between Reading Counts Levels 3.1 and 3.9: In Arctic Waters; Christmas Eve Blizzard; Sort It Out!**; If You Were a Parrot**; How the Moon Regained Her Shape**; Loon Chase; Ocean Hide and Seek**; Saturn for My Birthday**; Ready, Set... Wait; Fur and Feathers**; Blackberry Banquet; Where Should Turtle Be?**; Carolina''s Story: Sea Turtles Get Sick Too!**; My Even Day**(Award Winners**).4-6 pg For Creative Minds educational section in the back40-60 pg cross-curricular Teaching Activities and 3 Interactive Quizzes available free on the book''s homepageeBooks with Auto-Flip, Auto-Read and selectable English and Spanish text and audio

Color photos fill this overview of spiders, which describes their physical characteristics, habitats, venom, behavior, life cycle, web-spinning, history and legend, and uses for humans.

Examines a few animals that may thrive in a garden, including aphids, praying mantises, and garden snails. Suggests several related activities.

Eighty pages of coloring fun featuring Pooh and all of his Hundred-Acre Wood friends. This book includes activities, games, puzzles, riddles, crafts, and coloring pages for warm summer days.

Featuring a special die-cut handle, this coloring book can be easily carried by young readers wherever they go, and they can join Winnie the Pooh and all of his friends as they frolick in Pooh''s special garden in the Hundred Acre Wood. Illustrations.

Examines some of the tiny and microscopic creatures who make their homes in trees, such as bees, bark beetles, and fungi.

Children will love going along with Pooh and his friends on this picnic filled with coloring, matching, and counting activities.

Conquer your fears, discuss how to deal with bullies, or learn the value of hard work with 10 Sylvan Dell books in the Overcoming Adversity Set. These books are each fictional stories with nature & science themes designed for reading fun but, at the same time, to pique a child''s interest and tee-up science, math, and geography learning. Titles include: Carolina''s Story: Sea Turtles Get Sick Too!**, How the Moon Regained Her Shape**, Octavia and Her Purple Ink Cloud**, If a Dolphin Were a Fish**, The Giraffe Who Was Afraid of Heights, Burro''s Tortillas, Little Skink''s Tail**, Kersplatypus**, Where Should Turtle Be?** and Champ''s Story: Dogs Get Cancer Too! (**Award Winners) 4-6 pg For Creative Minds educational section in the back of each book 40-60 pg cross-curricular Teaching Activities and 3 Interactive Quizzes available free on each book''s homepage

Discusses the physical characteristics, habitats, and behavior of lizards, focusing on how they hunt and kill their prey, and predators of various lizards.

Examines the history, design, construction, and uses of Greek temples and describes some notable examples.

Explains the purpose, design, construction, and costs of the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Describes the habitat, life cycle, behavior, predators, and unique characteristics of dragonflies.

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of various species of ants.

Examines the history, design, construction, and uses of theaters and describes some notable examples.

Examines the nature and growth of coral reefs and the variety of life found in and around them, including moray eels, pearlfish, and sea urchins.

Discusses the physical characteristics, habitats, and behavior of mongooses, focusing on how they hunt and kill their prey.

This set contains 16 Sylvan Dell titles between 700 and 790 Lexile Levels: Carolina''s Story: Sea Turtles Get Sick Too!**; My Even Day**; Ready, Set WAIT!; A Day In The Salt Marsh**; If A Dolphin Were A Fish**; Octavia and Her Purple Ink Cloud**; Paws, Claws, Hands, & Feet; The Giraffe Who Was Afraid of Heights; Fur and Feathers**; Henry the Impatient Heron**; Turtles In My Sandbox; Turtle Summer: A Journal for my Daughter**; Meet the Planets; Astro: The Steller Sea Lion; A Day on the Mountain; One Wolf Howls** (**Award Winners). 4-6 pg For Creative Minds educational section in the back 40-60 pg cross-curricular Teaching Activities and 3 Interactive Quizzes available free on the book''s homepage . eBooks with Auto-Flip, Auto-Read and selectable English and Spanish text and audio

A masquerade ball with a blue ribbon! Caterpillar dreams of winning, but wonders how she can since she is just a baby. Tadpole convinces her that her natural baby disguise as bird poo is perfect. As Caterpillar grows, her look changes, and she worries again. Tadpole tells her she now looks like a scary snake, and is sure to win! Then . . . just weeks before the ball, Caterpillar spins a chrysalis and hangs unmoving from her tree. Now, even Tadpole (who is changing into a frog) is worried. Will Caterpillar break out of her chrysalis in time? And if she makes it to the ball, will she still think winning is the most important thing of all?

Young readers may lift the flaps of the pages to reveal a penguin egg and ends with an ostrich''s clutch of eggs that introduce the numbers from one to ten.

Each day, an old woman waves to Mateo''s bus from her window, and the kids all wave back. When she disappears one day, Mateo and his classmates are determined to go check on her.

Have you ever heard a bird whistle wheet, wheet, wheet, birdie, birdie, birdie? That''s the song of a cardinal. Every bird''s song is different. Bird songs often sound like familiar words. That makes it easier for us to tell Who Is Singing?

In early spring, a Canada Goose patiently sits on a bundle of eggs. Weeks later, five fluffy goslings finally hatch. Canada Goose and her mate have a lot to teach their young. Reviewed by the Smithsonian Institution for accuracy, Canada Goose at Cattail Lane is a fun and informative story with beautifully detailed illustrations. Watch your children have a blast reading and learning about the animals that live in an American backyard! This book includes an easy-to-download audiobook with realistic sound effects for added fun.

Children read-along to the exciting story of Alligator as she raises her young once they hatch from their eggs. Watch as they learn to hunt, swim, and evade danger. Reviewed by the Smithsonian Institution for accuracy, Alligator at Saw Grass Road delivers a fun and informative story with detailed, beautiful illustrations. Watch your children have a blast reading and learning about the animals that live in an American backyard!

Follows an ant through her first summer of helping gather food for her nestmates while trying to avoid danger.

"The biography of Robert Smalls, a slave steamboat wheelman who navigated past Confederate forts in South Carolina and became one of the Civil War''s greatest heroes. Includes text from Seven Miles to Freedom and additional sidebars."--

One year after escaping slavery, Lucy Ann and Dabney Walker used a clothesline code to steal Confederate military secrets and send them back to the Union army, at great risk to themselves.

This set contains 13 Sylvan Dell books between Reading Counts Levels 2.1 and 2.9: Count Down to Fall**; What''s New at the Zoo?; Moose and Magpie**; Twas the Day Before Zoo Day**; Kersplatypus**; Tudley Didn''t Know**; Burro''s Tortillas; Julie The Rockhound; My Half Day; Pieces of Another World; Little Skink''s Tail**; One Odd Day**; Whistling Wings** (Award Winners**). 4-6 pg For Creative Minds educational section in the back 40-60 pg cross-curricular Teaching Activities and 3 Interactive Quizzes available free on the book''s homepage eBooks with Auto-Flip, Auto-Read and selectable English and Spanish text and audio

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Scorpions have been capturing prey under the stars for millions of years. This book looks at the scorpion''s deadly sting, supersensitive legs, and other characteristics that make it one of the world9s most skillful predators. The reader is taken along as the scorpion hunts, eats its prey, and battles its enemies.