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4) Oddbird
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Formats
Description
"It's so hot outside. All the fancy birds are gathered around the water, wishing they could cool off. But they don't want to get wet and ruin their fine feathers. Oddbird isn't worried about his feathers; he wants to go for a refreshing dip. But he doesn't fit in. He's not fancy, or colorful. He's just--different. The other birds don't want him around. How can he join them?"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
[2017].
Formats
Description
The beaver flood has finally frozen perfect ice, without a bump or a ripple. For the kids in town, it s Christmas in November. They wait, impatiently, for the right moment. Finally, it arrives: the full moon. They huff and puff through logging trails, farms, back roads and tamarack swamps, the powdery snow soaking pant legs and boots, till they see it their perfect ice, waiting. And the game is on.
10) Quicksand Pond
Author
Description
Twelve-year-old Jessie spends the summer with her family on Quicksand Pond, a New England vacation spot, where she develops a star-crossed friendship with independent Terri, and meets a reclusive old lady whose connection to a murder that took place decades ago still informs her present and affects Terri in ways that Jessie gradually comes to understand the more time they spend together.
11) Beyond the Pond
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Formats
Description
A boy discovers that the pond in his backyard contains a whole world ready to be explored.
13) The pond
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Description
A touching picture book for children about a young boy and his family overcoming the loss of his father. This colorful, emotional book is filled with natural imagery, centering on a small pond in the garden, and will teach children not only about death and loss, but the importance of the natural world.
14) Frog and friends
Author
Series
Frog and friends volume 1
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Frog and his friends are alarmed by a strange object that appears on his pond, share a thoughtful--if scratchy--gift, and meet a hippopotamus that has run away from the zoo.
16) Building
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Formats
Description
A beaver family works hard to rebuild when their dam is threatened by storms in this beautifully illustrated follow-up to Nesting that introduces young children to beginning life science concepts.
18) Frog hunt
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
A group of children set out on a summer morning to catch a frog and along the way they observe a muskrat, minnows, and a fish as well.
19) Ducks run amok!
Author
Pub. Date
c2021.
Description
"When a flock of ducks arrives at an unsuspecting turtle's pond, the turtle is mistaken for a green duck and can't seem to convince anyone otherwise. Can the turtle find a way to take back the pond and get some peace and quiet once more?"--
20) On duck pond
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
A young boy and his dog on a serene pond that erupts in a cacophony of birds, frogs, turtles, and other creatures.