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1 One hungry heron, tall and still, crooks her leg and tips her bill. 2 Two drowsy catfish, way down deep, snuffle through the muck, then go to sleep. 3 Three darting dragonflies hover and dip. Whiz! Pause! Whiz! Zoom! Zoom! Zip! The scene starts out quietly enough, but soon the lone heron is joined by two lazy catfish and three darting dragonflies. Before you can say ten tiny turtles, the pond is alive with a great array of wetland wildlife. Told in clever rhyme, this is a counting book with a difference. Numbers are spelled out in bold text, decorated numerals adorn each page, and amounts are depicted by groupings of swimming, flapping, paddling, darting pond creatures. Up to ten and down again, the count goes forwards and backwards, as thunder rumbles in the background. Plip, plop, the rain begins and lightning flashes. Everything dives for shelter and stays hidden - until the sun comes out. Then life returns to the pond providing a delightful search and count last page. Rarely is so much delivered in one spectacular counting book.

Dume's Roar is an original tale inspired by the "King of the Animals" theme and by the "Tortoise Trickster" character so popular in African fables. Here Dume the lion, proud and vain, claims he is best suited to be King of the Forest. Though all the other animals live to regret proclaiming him their leader they are afraid to object when he abuses his power. Only Kobe, the tortoise, is clever enough to admit Dume is the king they need, and to find a way to make him as wise and good as he is fearsome and strong. With his usual musical language and sense of fun, famed storyteller Tololwa M. Mollel spins a lively yarn with a gentle moral.

Updated, with a whole new chapter! A compelling story of the true experiences of a United Empire Loyalist family during a critical period of Canadian history. Mary Meyers is typical of any nineteen-year-old. She longs for adventure -- and for freedom to live her own life. But in the year 1786, the realities that face newly settled United Empire Loyalist families like Mary's are often harsh. In this continuation of the Meyers family saga that began with the author's first novel, Flight, Mary must come to terms with danger, the survival of her family, and love.

"Join the owls in the aspen grove as they nurture and raise their young through winter, spring, and summer. Using their superior eyesight, sound absorbing feathers, and powerful talons they have the hunting skills they need to constantly deliver prey to their young. But the owlets need to be protected as well as fed.The Smallest Owlet is based on a true story that happened in the aspen grove behind Georgia Graham's house where an owlet fell from its nest. Mother Owlet stayed on the ground with the owlet, heroically protecting it until its flight feathers developed."--

Wildlife photographer and science writer Wayne Lynch has dedicated more than four decades of his life to learn everything he can about these powerful animals. In his quest for bears he has crawled inside the winter dens of black bears and polar bears, held squirming grizzly bear cubs in his arms, sailed along the coastal rainforests of British Columbia, hiked the cloud forests of the Andes mountains in South America and ridden elephants through the jungles of Nepal and India. In Bears, Bears, Bears, an engaging guide to the world's eight bear species, Lynch introduces us to the strange and wonderful natural histories of these magnificent wild animals.

Far to the north, at the very top of the world, lies the Arctic. Ice and snow as far as the eye can see. Between the ice floes the ocean is dark and cold. There is a teeming diversity and wildlife in the Arctic Ocean. An ecosystem where everything is connected. A greater awareness of the climate and environment in recent years has opened the eyes to how important and rich life is in the north. Under the Arctic Ice combines facts with visually strong and colorful illustrations, where the theme is precisely the importance of preserving this fauna and flora. Includes: algae plankton copepods amphipods krill shrimp small finned fish northern cod seabed creatures (anemones, corals, sea urchins, shellfish) mammals: polar bear, seal, beluga whale, narwhal analysis of freshwater and saltwater ice

"Wayne Lynch, acclaimed wildlife photographer, focuses on the five species of loons - the red-throated loon, the look-alike Pacific and Arctic loons, the familiar neck-laced common loon and the yellow-billed loon, the largest and rarest member of the family. While the common loon has been studied more than the other four species combined, this book will give a wider scope and reach for all five species. A perfect book for those who live in loon country and want a better understanding of the birds with which they live as well as for those who visit loon country and are eager to interpret their wilderness experience. The book is also for those who may never see a loon but who nonetheless want these birds to survive because they unfailingly fuel the human imagination and spirit."--

Where I live, lots of lights flash and glow in the night sky. It's different at Grandpa's house. After spending a full week with grandpa in the country, a young child sees the night sky clearly for the first time and realizes all the wonderful things that can be seen there with the help of grandpa and a bit of imagination - penguins! rubber boots! even an elephant! When Grandpa has to go in to the hospital, the young child misses those visits a lot. Then the child has an idea! With the help of craft supplies and some paper the night sky at grandpa's house can be recreated on the ceiling of the bedroom. Now they can find the penguins and rubber boots and elephants from home and maybe even see Grandpa in those stars and constellations.

Originally published: Markham, Ont.: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Ã2009.

Glow-in-the-dark creatures possess one of the most amazing abilities in our world. Using only chemicals in their bodies, they can create bioluminescence, or "living light." The lights they produce come in an astonishing variety of colors and patterns. Glow-in-the-dark creatures use their light displays to hide from enemies, to cry for help, to warn of danger, or to find a mate. It is a beautiful silent language. From fireflies and glowworms to flashlight fish and velvet belly lantern sharks, the diversity and number of creatures who are bioluminescent have surprised scientists. They have found bioluminescent creatures who flit across the night sky, creep along the shadowy ground, float in moonless oceans and swim in the deepest, darkest parts of the sea.

"A gem of a book that captures the dramatic story of Anne's life, the majestic beauty of giraffes, and fascinating facts about this most intriguing and magnificent creature. The book will cause young readers to fall in love with giraffes, and bring their attention to the cause of giraffe conservation."--

"A young girl is spending a summer at the lake and experiencing the worlds she finds (and imagines) both under the water and above. From striped rocks under the surface to water snails, crayfish to gulls, loons and swallows flying overhead she sees all the life around the watery habitat. And who knows what creatures can be found in the deepest waters?"--

Being a Canadian carries with it a tangible sense of living on the edge of a vast barren interior. Only named as such in 1883, the Canadian Shield is an empty immensity of lakes, bogs, rivers, forest and protruding ribs of hard Precambrian crystalline rock that covers more than half of the total land area of Canada. This book traces the geologic evolution of the Shield, its first tentative exploration by humans starting 11,000 years ago as the last great ice sheets withdrew, its changing economic fortunes as Europeans penetrated its remote rocky vastnesses for furs and metals, and its transformation in the twentieth century into a national icon to Canadians. Regarded as 'barren' and of no value, much of the Shield was given away in 1670 to a single London-based fur trading company, the Hudson Bay Company, who jealously guarded its northern domain until 1867. This two hundred year long monopoly created a virtual government over a huge piece of North America. Without the HBC, much of it would have passed into American hands and there would have been no 'Canadian' Shield or country called Canada. As a nation, we are indebted to hard rock.

People In Auschwitz is published by Fitzhenry and Whiteside.

"Profiles five unique giraffes from both captivity and the wild. Accompanying the five giraffe profiles is information on their diet, social life, and chapters on some of their more unique aspects, like the giraffe's unusual body"--Amazon.com.

A classic natural history now completely updated! The North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis) is the most endangered large whale in the oceans today. Fewer than 400 are left in their breeding and feeding grounds, which extend from Nova Scotia to the Gulf of Mexico. Survivors of hundreds of years of commercial exploitation, the right whales we see in the ocean today are barometers for the plight of whales. For over 900 years, whalers hunted these animals almost out of existence. By 1935, when they were at last given international protection, some scientists suspected that there were fewer than 100 right whales left in the North Atlantic Ocean. Most thought the right whale was doomed to extinction. North Atlantic Right Whale describes and illustrates an ongoing story of science and rediscovery, of survival and protection, and of research, without which we cannot hope to protect the right whale's habitat along 1,400 miles of the east coast of North America, from Nova Scotia to Florida. This book also describes in great detail the history and current status of the species, from the reason for its name, to the way each individual can be recognized, the species' feeding and breeding habits, migration, and life in the wilderness of the Atlantic Ocean.

"In the world's undersea realms, the superpowers are pressing. Climate change is ravaging the surface nations, and their militaries are surging into the oceans to seek out new resources to sustain their exploding populations. Now Truman McClusky, mayor of the underwater city, Trieste, must gather a team of operatives and travel the world to steal the most unique and deadly weapon ever invented for use underwater. War is looming, and to win a war, one must do whatever it takes, even if it means embracing your darker side."--

"Ontario's Old- Growth Forests, with its atlas of over 50 old-growth forests, and over 100 photographs, is an invaluable discovery guide for anyone fascinated with the history, ecology, and the wonder of trees."--

For nearly a quarter century, the polar bears of Churchill were routinely run down and shot by the military, by residents and by conservation officers who were brought in during the late 1960s to protect people. According to one scientist who was there at the time, polar bears were treated more like "great white rats" than the world's largest predator. But then something remarkable happened in 1970s. Churchill residents, most of whom are aboriginal, decided that it was time to find a more peaceful way of living with polar bears. The plan that was eventually penned by a committee of concerned citizens and a handful of Manitoba government officials, resulted in what amounted to a polar bear jail for so-called "problem bears" that would otherwise be shot. A more humane protocol for deterring bears was recommended, and opportunities for wildlife viewing were envisioned. The committee also insisted that scientific research and public education needed to guide future management decisions. In the years that followed, scientists conducted studies on the polar bear's social behavior, their responses to sound and pain, and the impact that three to fourth months of fasting has on their health. Bears were studied: At the town dump, In their dens, On the sea ice, In an experimental chamber that was set up in an old laundry room at one of the abandoned military buildings. They were put on giant treadmills and hooked up to respiratory machines to measure the amount of energy they burned off. Some were soaked in oil to see how they would respond to a spill. In relatively short order, the bears of Churchill became the most studied group of large predators in the world. The plan was not perfect by any means, and unofficially, it has been a work in progress ever since. There has, however, never been anything quite like it outside of the African Safari system. The book describes how 1,000 mostly aboriginal people living on the west coast of Hudson Bay found a way to live with 1,000 polar bears.

When Mama goes to work, She wears her working clothes. She combs her hair, She packs a lunch, She takes her special bag. When Mama goes to work, I wear my playing clothes. I comb my hair, I pack a lunch, I take my special bag. When Mama Goes to Work follows several children and their working mothers as they move through their day. From morning to night, through the daily activities of work and play, children and parents keep each other in their thoughts even when they are apart.

In this deceptively simple counting book, Max and Josephine tend their garden while readers follow along, counting from one to ten as the garden is planted. Then readers can count in groups of tens as the garden is harvested, while they search through the pictures for the many small animals that are hiding throughout. A concise and clever text introduces color and rhythm, and the illustrations are bright and engaging, making this a perfect counting book for children aged four to seven. Praise from Logic Roots: "...one of the best math books that is fun, colorful and loved by many children..." Praise from Dreambox Learning: "...this book gets into counting in a serious way. It doesn't just take your child from 1 to 10, but it goes all the way up to 100! So Lottridge's book is good for children from kindergarten through second grade. Younger children will learn the lower numbers, and enjoy the pictures and the story even if they don't comprehend all of the numbers. Older children will get a review of the basics and then be introduced to the concept of counting in groups of ten, which is good preparation for learning multiplication."

A new title in the acclaimed Nature Babies series from writer/photographer team Aubrey Lang and Wayne Lynch. Using simple and informative text, young readers learn about the first year in the lives of baby animals in the wild. In this new title in the series, animal lovers will discover the habitat, diet and early experiences of baby alligators. Each book includes a "Did You Know" section, index and table of contents. Praise for the Nature Babies series: "...this series is uniquely useful and valuable because of its excellence and its focus on one species." --School Library Journal "...Nature Babies sparkle with clear, informative pictures...lively texts that invite repeated reading." --Bulletin for the Center for Children's Books

"If you have an interest in bears then Dave Taylor's sixteen years of research and photographs will keep your interest for hours with his new book." -- Scope Camping News Magazine Dave Taylor has spent his life photographing and writing about North American wildlife. In this full color book with more than 100 photographs, maps and charts, Black Bears introduces the reader to this shy, reclusive and largely misunderstood animal with an encyclopedic examination of the black bear's world by state, province and territory. Of the three species (grizzly/brown, polar and black bear), Taylor examines and portrays his devotion and passion specifically to the black bear, the most populous of the species. A specific section touches upon the bear and people, offering valuable advice when camping in their environment and what to do if one encounters a bear in the wilderness.