New Releases by Lola M. Schaefer

Text and illustrations introduce the biography of Pocahontas, the Powhatan Indian who worked throughout her life to establish peace between her people and the English.

Simple text and photographs introduce the life of the Italian explorer who sailed to America in 1492.

Text and photographs introduce the biography of Clara Barton, who worked as a nurse during the Civil War and founded the American Red Cross Society in 1881 to help people hurt by war or disasters.

Pretend you''re a toad. Look up. What do you see? Imagine you''re a whale. Look down. What do you see? Now, come along on a picture book journey that invites you to see the world from many different perspectives. Look up, down, and everywhere in between. What do you see?

Describes the different rooms in an apartment and their functions.

A brief biography of the Alabama black woman whose refusal to give up her seat on a bus helped establish the civil rights movement.

Provides an introduction to zebras describing their physical characteristics, habitat, young, food, predators, and relationship to people.

Text and pictures introduce the biography of Frederick Douglass, the man who, after escaping slavery, became an orator, writer, and leader in the anti-slavery movement in the nineteenth century.

Can you find these in the book? mouth, tentacles. Get an introduction to Sea anemones, including their habitat, diet, and physical features.

A basic introduction to sea horses, discussing their physical characteristics, habitat, diet, and activities.

Provides an introduction to giraffes describing their physical characteristics, habitat, young, food, predators, and relationship to people.

Can you find these in the book? foot, larvae. Get an introduction to newts, including their habitat, diet, and physical features.

A basic introduction to horseshoe crabs, discussing their physical characteristics, habitat, activities, and diet.

This book introduces the alphabet by describing such animals as earthworms, slugs, and jellyfish.

Simple text and photographs describe and illustrate Kwanzaa, the holiday that was created in 1966 to honor African American culture.

Simple text and photographs describe and illustrate Chinese New Year and how it is celebrated.

Simple text and photographs describe the history of Hanukkah and how it is celebrated.

Simple text and photographs describe and illustrate starting and stopping.

Provides an introduction to wolves describing their physical characteristics, habitat, young, food, predators, and relationship to people.

Describes vibration and shows different objects which vibrate including hummingbird wings, drums, and guitar strings.

Simple text and photographs present kinds of mammals and their general characteristics.

An introduction to sharks that describes their physical characteristics, habitat, young, food, enemies, and relationship to people.

Simple text and photographs present kinds of birds and their general characteristics.

Simple text and photographs present kinds of amphibians and their general characteristics.

Provides an introduction to rhinoceroses, also known as rhinos, describing their physical characteristics, habitat, young, food, predators, and relationship to people.

Simple text and photographs present kinds of reptiles and their general characteristics.

Provides an introduction to frogs describing their physical characteristics, habitat, young, food, predators, and relationship to people.

Cumulative text describes how water falls from the clouds as rain and eventually makes its way to the sea.

Describes sisters and some of the activities that they can do together.

Simple text and illustrations discuss the challenges of being in a wheelchair, why some children cannot walk, and how those who use a wheelchair experience everyday life at school and at play.