Books by Claire Llewellyn
The Best Book of Sharks
The Best Book of Sharks by Claire Llewellyn offers amazing insight into the deep-sea lives of the creatures that have perennially captured children's imaginations--where sharks live, what they feed on, how they bear their young.
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My Best Book of Bugs (The Best Book of)
The Best Book of Bugs looks at the life cycles, habitats, and amazing diversity of insects and spiders in stunning close-up detail. This book has everything a young etymologist would ever want to know.
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My Best Book of Bugs (The Best Book of)
My Best Book of Bugs looks at the life cycles, habitats, and amazing diversity of insects and spiders in stunning close-up detail. From the trapdoor spider ambushing its prey from an underground burrow, to a step-by-step story depicting a year in the life of a honeybee--this book has everything a young entomologist would ever want to know!
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Snakes: Wild Reads
This fantastic book about snakes covers a wide range of topics. From the emerald tree boa to the orange sand viper, find out how snakes hunt, eat and survive. Did you know for instance that big snakes can eat almost any animal - even crocodiles?! Or learn how to avoid a deadly snake bite in a dessert or a steamy rainforest.
For real snake enthusiasts this book also suggests websites and places to visit to find out even more!
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Navigators: Killer Creatures
Readers get up close and personal with some of the planet's deadliest predators in this high-octane title. From the feeding frenzy of a school of piranhas to crushing snakes, polar hunters, and the strike of a scorpion, thrill-seeking nature lovers will explore every aspect of this subject in all its dangerous glory. Gotcha!
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Ask Dr. K. Fisher About Weather
Ducks, are you feeling left behind with no one to turn to this winter? Rain got you down, orangutans? Don't fear, because help is on the way!
Meet Dr. K. Fisher, animal agony columnist. Letters pour into his nest from all sorts of creatures, each in need of some answers and a little advice. In this collection, Dr. K. dispenses wisdom on the subject of weather from every corner of the globe. With a removable letter to readers, appealing artwork, and plenty of core knowledge, Ask Dr. K. Fisher is a hilarious and inventive introduction to the natural world.
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Ask Dr. K. Fisher About Dinosaurs
Ask Dr. K. Fisher About Dinosaurs answers the problems that trouble Earth's largest extinct reptiles. A Tyrannosaurus rex with teeth trouble and a Diplodocus with weight worries are among the many dinosaurs that have written to Dr. K. Fisher about their concerns. Dr. K. Fisher's wise replies include detailed information about dinosaur family life, defense and attack, and other prehistoric facts. Ask Dr. K. Fisher About Dinosaurs is a refreshing and witty look at these giants from long ago.
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Ask Dr. K. Fisher About Reptiles
Chameleons, are you feeling blue? Life without a tail getting you down, geckos? Rats, do you have a python-playmate problem that has you living in fear? Help is on the way!
Dr. K. Fisher dispenses suggestions to animals in need and along the way sneaks in some interesting information, too. No question is too strange for Dr. K.; he answers each with sympathy and knowledge. With the format of a picture book, an extra surprise―a letter from Dr. K.―inside, and the rich content of an animal encyclopedia, this funny series is the perfect combination of wacky humor and solid reference.
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Volcanoes (Kingfisher Readers - Level 3 (Quality))
LEVEL 3 – READING ALONE WITH SOME HELP (orange)
Sentences will become more varied and longer and some more formal vocabulary will be introduced. Includes glossary and index.
Kingfisher Readers L3: Volcanoes by Claire Llewellyn
Starting with the essential question, "What is a volcano?" this book covers all aspects of volcanology, including the anatomy of an eruption, contemporary and ancient volcanoes, underwater volcanoes, and the scientists who study them. Amazing photographs draw readers in, and throughout the book "Red-hot fact!" boxes dish out fascinating information to keep it interesting. Key vocabulary within the text and a glossary and index at the back help kids strengthen their new reading skills.
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Explore and Discover: Reptiles (Question Time)
Children are very curious about cold-blooded, scaly creatures and Explore and Discover: Reptiles by Claire Llewellyn answers such questions as What is the difference between tortoises and turtles?, What is a reptile?, and which lizard has wings?
Special Features
• Carefully researched to meet the needs of 5 to 8-year-olds
• Covers popular subjects in fascinating detail
• Colorful illustrations, photographs, and eye-catching cartoons
• A "Now I Know" feature reinforces the facts learned
• "That's Amazing" feature highlights incredible nature facts
• "Look and Find" panels encourage children to associate names and identify images
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Saints and Angels: Popular Stories of Familiar Saints
Richly illustrated with fine art, Saints and Angels describes the lives and works of many familiar and unfamiliar saints and angels. Among those included are the apostles, John the Baptist, Joan of Arc, and the first native-born American saint, Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton. Details of feast days and patronages are also discussed. Coverage includes information about choirs of angels, guardian angels and fallen angels.
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Saints and Angels: Popular Stories of Familiar Saints
Beautiful art paired with gentle souls
Gorgeous illustrations paired with reproductions of popular ethereal artwork spanning more than a millennium, this compendium of saints' and angels' lives is now available in paperback. Children will be captivated by the courage, kindness, and generosity of the scores of saints and angels described in this book. A calendar of feast days, glossary, and index complete the volume. Among those included are the apostles, Sts. John the Baptist, Joan of Arc, and Elizabeth Ann Seton. Details of popular feast days, patronages, the choirs of angels, as well as the guardian and fallen angels are included.
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Saints and Angels: Popular Stories of Familiar Saints
With all of the beautiful artwork of the original Saints and Angels and lovely features such as a smaller trim size, gold leaf, ribbon bookmark, velum cover, and bookplate; this special gift edition will be treasured for years to come. With details on the lives of the most famous saints and insight into the celestial world of angels, this is the perfect springtime holiday present. Each page is devoted to the life and work of one saint or angel and contains interesting life facts, stunning illustrations, the saint's feast day, and patronages. A calendar of feast days invites children to celebrate the lives of saints throughout the year.
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Kingfisher Readers L2: Fur and Feathers
by Claire Llewellyn, Thea Feldman
LEVEL BEGINNING TO READ ALONE
Extent: 32pp, up to 35 words per page
Text at level 2 is accessible and engaging with plenty of interest and repetition. Vocabulary is easy and familiar, and sentences are mainly short and simple.
Fur and Feathers helps young readers learn why animals have fur and feathers, and introduces them to lots of adorable furry and feathery creatures!
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Kingfisher Readers L2: In the Rainforest
by Claire Llewellyn, Thea Feldman
LEVEL BEGINNING TO READ ALONE
Extent: 32pp, up to 35 words per page
Text at level 2 is accessible and engaging with plenty of interest and repetition. Vocabulary is easy and familiar, and sentences are mainly short and simple.
Kingfisher Readers L2: In the Rainforest by Claire Llewellyn and Thea Feldman
From poisonous plants to amazing animals, rainforests are full of exciting and extraordinary life. Children who are just starting to read alone will be able to explore and learn about this incredible ecosystem at their own pace. The easy and repetitive vocabulary, inviting format, incredible images, and simple glossary help teach and reinforce the informative scientific facts presented.
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Kingfisher Readers L2: Amazing Animal Senses
by Claire Llewellyn, Thea Feldman
LEVEL 2 BEGINNING TO READ ALONE
up to 35 words per page
Text is accessible and engaging with plenty of interest and repetition. Vocabulary is easy and familiar, and sentences are mainly short and simple. Guided Reading Level: I, J
Kingfisher Readers L2: Amazing Animal Senses by Claire Llewellyn and Thea Feldman
Animals use their senses in many ways. Sharks use smell to help them hunt their prey, butterflies taste food with their feet, and search dogs use smell to help find people who are lost. Young readers will discover how different animals use their different senses and strengths to survive in the wild. Filled with intricate diagrams, content-area vocabulary, and content-rich text, Amazing Animal Senses will simultaneously entertain and educate, while helping young readers develop reading autonomy.
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Kingfisher Readers L2: Chimpanzees (Kingfisher Readers, Level 2)
This irresistible reading series is sure to fire the imagination of young readers with its exciting range of high-interest topics and its great-looking, easy-to-follow design.
Developed with literacy experts, this five-level graded reading series will guide young readers as they build confidence and fluency in their literacy skills and progress towards reading alone.
Chimpanzees introduces children who are beginning to read alone to these wonderful primates. It includes facts about habitat, families, and behavior. Children can discover how baby chimps grow up, learn to use tools, and how similar they are to us.
See www.kingfisherreaders.com for series information and free audiobooks.
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Kingfisher Readers L4: Rivers
by Claire Llewellyn, Thea Feldman
LEVEL 4: READING ALONE A greater variety of language and types of information than at level 3. More challenging vocabulary is introduced. Sentences remain clear, interesting, and unambiguous, but are slightly more complex.Guided Reading Levels: N, O
Kingfisher Readers L4: Rivers by Claire Llewellyn and Thea Feldman introduces children to the extensive role rivers play in our world. Famous rivers and their different characteristics, including types of habitats that live inside of them, important inventions created to utilize such a natural power source, natural disasters, and the role rivers play in our ecosystem are all highlighted in this informative chapter book. With content area vocabulary, call-out boxes, and a glossary young learners can comprehend, the content remains clear, interesting and slightly more complex for advanced young readers.
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The Kingfisher Children's Who's Who in the Bible
Who's Who in the Bible is the perfect introduction for children to the key figures of the Old and New Testaments. The book takes readers on a fascinating journey through the Bible by telling the amazing stories of the people who appear in it. Children will meet all the well-known characters, such as Noah, Moses, and Paul, as well as many less familiar ones, such as Deborah, Josiah, Cleopas and Dorcas. An ideal companion to the Kingfisher Children's Bible, this fascinating who's who? offers children a captivating way to experience the great stories of the Bible.
Special Features
- Tells the character's stories in chronological order
- Rich, full-color art
- Includes introduction, maps, glossary, and index
- Fully checked by expert religious consultants
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Why Should I Share? (Why Should I? Books)
Younger children don't always understand the importance of sharing, both for their own benefit and the good of their friends and playmates. This book shows and tells them why it is important to share with others. Titles in the enlightening and entertaining Why Should I? series of picture storybooks answer questions that younger boys and girls are likely to ask about a wide range of topics. Part of every child's development consists of asking questions about themselves, their friends and neighbors, and their surroundings. Why Should I? books help them discover good answers. Kids will be attracted by the amusing color illustrations on every page, and parents and teachers will appreciate the note at the back of each book offering further suggestions on answering children's questions.
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Why Should I Help? (Why Should I? Books)
Helping around home and at school develops a child's sense of personal accomplishment and responsibility. It's an important part of growing up. Titles in the enlightening and entertaining Why Should I? series of picture storybooks answer questions that younger boys and girls are likely to ask about a wide range of topics. Part of every child's development consists of asking questions about themselves, their friends and neighbors, and their surroundings. Why Should I? books help them discover good answers. Kids will be attracted by the amusing color illustrations on every page, and parents and teachers will appreciate the note at the back of each book offering further suggestions on answering children's questions.
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Starting Life: Duck
These picture books illustrate the life cycles of fascinating animals and take readers through each stage that occurs from birth to adulthood. Lush, accurate illustrations of habitat feature plant life and other animals on die-cut pages that get longer as the subject grows!The interesting page sizes and full-page illustrations will appeal to young naturalist. ――-SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNALA beautifully illustrated and detailed book about the life cycle of a monarch butterfly. ――-OUTSTANDING SCIENCE TRADE BOOKS FOR STUDENTS K-12 (NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION/CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL)
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Starting Life: Tree
These picture books illustrate the life cycles of fascinating animals and take readers through each stage that occurs from birth to adulthood. Lush, accurate illustrations of habitat feature plant life and other animals on die-cut pages that get longer as the subject grows!The interesting page sizes and full-page illustrations will appeal to young naturalist. ――-SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNALA beautifully illustrated and detailed book about the life cycle of a monarch butterfly. ――-OUTSTANDING SCIENCE TRADE BOOKS FOR STUDENTS K-12 (NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION/CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL)
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Starting Life: Frogs
These picture books illustrate the life cycles of fascinating animals and take readers through each stage that occurs from birth to adulthood. Lush, accurate illustrations of habitat feature plant life and other animals on die-cut pages that get longer as the subject grows!The interesting page sizes and full-page illustrations will appeal to young naturalist. ――-SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNALA beautifully illustrated and detailed book about the life cycle of a monarch butterfly. ――-OUTSTANDING SCIENCE TRADE BOOKS FOR STUDENTS K-12 (NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION/CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL)
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Kingfisher Readers L2: Birds of Prey
This irresistible reading series is sure to fire the imagination of young readers with its exciting range of high-interest topics and its great-looking, easy-to-follow design.
Developed with literacy experts, this five-level graded reading series will guide young readers as they build confidence and fluency in their literacy skills and progress toward reading alone.
Birds of Prey introduces children who are beginning to read alone to these wonderful animals. It includes facts about habitat, families, and behavior. Children can discover how baby birds grow up, learn to fly, and build nests.
See www.kingfisherreaders.com for series information.
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My Best Book of Sharks (The Best Book of)
My Best Book of Sharks looks at the life cycles, habitats, and amazing diversity of these deadly predators. From the frilly-mouthed wobbegong that hides on the seabed, to the whale shark--a gentle giant who eats the tiniest prey. This book has everything a shark fan would ever want to know!
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Saints and Angels Popular Stories of Familiar Saints
This captivating book is a wonderful introduction to the lives of the saints and the work of the angels.
Saints and Angels invites readers on a spiritual journey with saints like the apostles, John the Baptist, the valiant Joan of Arc, and Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, America's first native-born saint. Readers will explore the rhythm of feast days and discover the sacred patronages associated with these holy figures.
Furthermore, the ethereal realms of angels are unfurled, introducing the guardian angels who watch over us, the choirs that echo heavenly hymns, and the tale of the fallen angels. This book promises to enlighten and inspire. It's the perfect gift for First Holy Communion, Easter, or any special occasion, providing a timeless keepsake for all year round.
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