Books by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld
Duma: The Movie Novel
A boy and his cheetah
Xan has always loved animals. At home on his parents' farm in South Africa, he has lots of pets, including a parrot, several lizards, and a snake. When he and his dad find a cheetah cub lost by the side of the road, they don't hesitate to add him to the family. They name the cub Duma, the Swahili word for cheetah, and Duma and Xan are soon inseparable. But when tragedy strikes, Xan is forced to come to terms with something his dad always told him: one day Duma would need to go home to the wild. Join Xan and Duma as they set off on an adventure-filled journey across the wilderness of southern Africa that will change both of them forever.
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What Lives in a Shell? (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1)
What makes a shell like a house?
A house is a home for you, a nest is a home for a bird, and a cave is a home for a bear. But for some animals a shell is a home. Snails and turtles and crabs and clams all have shells that act as their homes and protect them from harm. In this book you'll learn all about these and other crustaceous creatures, for whom a shell is just the right sort of home.
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Amazon Fever (A Stepping Stone Book(TM))
Jeff’s Uncle Roy runs a museum and is always zooming off to strange places. Now Uncle Roy is taking Jeff with him to the steamy Amazon jungle. Maybe they’ll track down crocodiles or poisonous snakes or jaguars for Uncle Roy’s museum. Wrong! On this trip, Uncle Roy is looking for . . . butterflies. Butterflies?
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Fossil Fever (Road to Reading, Mile 4)
Jeff’s Uncle Roy runs a museum. That means he’s always zooming off to strange places to find ruins and treasure. But Jeff has never gone along—until now. They’re headed to the Sahara desert to search for dinosaur fossils. And Jeff knows he’ll find the bones of the biggest meat-eater ever!
“The subject’s popularity, and Bogan’s colorful cartoon-style illustrations will attract beginning readers.”—Booklist
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Wild Lives: A History of People & Animals of the Bronx Zoo
From the moment the very first animals–two small, bedraggled prairie dogs–arrived at the Bronx Zoo in 1899, history was being made.
Zookeeping has steadily been evolving over the years: Today, animals that would once have been kept in iron cages roam freely in habitats similar to real prairies, jungles, and forests.
With engaging animal photos and lively anecdotes, Wild Lives takes readers through a century of zookeeping at one of the most-beloved zoos in the world, and shares what zoologists have learned over the years about keeping wild animals.
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Finding the First T. Rex (Totally True Adventures): How a Giant Meat-Eater was Dug Up...
IN 1902, WILLIAM HORNADAY handed a map to the famous paleontologist Barnum Brown. It was Hornaday’s hand-drawn directions to a remote area of the Montana Badlands, where he believed amazing dinosaur fossils lay buried. Following the map, Brown dug up a jawbone edged with six-inch long teeth, the remains of a monstrous creature no one had ever seen before. But one bone wasn’t enough, and Brown soon found himself in a desperate race to discover the skeleton of the mystery carnivore!
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The Curse of King Tut's Mummy (Totally True Adventures): How a Lost Tomb Was Found
When the pharoahs of Egypt died, they were mummified and buried in pyramids and tombs with all their riches. But as centuries passed, the tombs were looted and the pharoahs' gold stolen. Then Howard Carter found the greatest Egyptian treasure trove of all—the tomb of King Tut's mummy! But did the amazing treasure come with a deadly curse?
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Apollo 13 (Totally True Adventures): How Three Brave Astronauts Survived A Space Disaster
Could you survive an outer-space disaster? Aspiring astronauts and young explorers will love this out-of-this-world Totally True Adventure.
Astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise blasted off for the Moon on April 11, 1970. But after a disastrous explosion damaged their spacecraft, the three men had only one goal: to get back home safely. This informational text makes space travel exciting and accessible for younger readers and features illustrations, photographs, a map, and additional Story Behind the Story facts.
Perfect for readers of the I Survived series and the Who Was series, Totally True Adventures are captivating nonfiction stories with not-to-be-missed bonus content.
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Secrets of the Garden: Food Chains and the Food Web in Our Backyard
Perfect for Earth Day and spring planting season--an outstanding book about backyard science the whole family will appreciate.
Alice's family plants a vegetable garden each spring, and this budding naturalist reports all she sees about how the plants grow, what insects come to eat the plants, and what birds and animals come to eat the insects. It's the food chain, right in her own backyard!
While Alice's narrative is simple and engaging, science concepts are presented in more depth in sidebars by a pair of very knowledgeable (and highly amusing) chickens! Noted science writer Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld knows how to layer information to make it accessible to a wide range of readers and useful for educators. And illustrator Priscilla Lamont's funny, friendly paintings make this a garden everyone will want to explore.
Kids will eat up this wonderful book of backyard science—and perhaps they'll even be inspired to eat their vegetables!
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Scholastic Science Readers: From Tadpole To Frog
Watch a tiny tadpole turn into an adult frog! The Scholastic Science Readers series was created especially to bring exciting nonfiction to beginning readers. Illustrated with full-color photos.
A simple explanation of how a tadpole becomes an adult frog. First, watch a tiny jelly egg become a tadpole with a tail. See the tadpole hatch and grow four legs, two at a time. Watch the tadpole's tail shrink, page by page...Finally, you'll see a full-grown frog! Full-color photographs show every stage of development.
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Secrets of the Seasons: Orbiting the Sun in Our Backyard
The family from Secrets of the Garden are back in a new book about backyard science that explains why the seasons change.
Alice and her friend Zack explore the reasons for the seasons. Alice's narrative is all about noticing the changes as fall turns into winter, spring, and then summer. She explains how the earth's yearlong journey around the sun, combined with the tilt in the earth's axis, makes the seasons happen.
Alice's text is clear and simple, and experiential. Two very helpful—and very funny—chickens give more science details and further explanation through charts, diagrams, and sidebars.
Packed with sensory details, humor, and solid science, this book makes a complicated concept completely clear for young readers—and also for the many parents who struggle to answer their kids' questions!
"Several adults of my acquaintance . . . would find Secrets of the Seasons to be an eye-popping revelation." —John Lithgow, The New York Times Book Review
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From Tadpole to Frog (Scholastic Reader, Level 1)
Relaunch of the Scholastic Science Readers with brand new covers, photographs, and interior designs.
Watch a tiny tadpole grow into an adult frog in this book full of facts and photographs. Learn what tadpoles eat, how they survive, and how they transform into frogs.
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Dinosaur Parents, Dinosaur Young: Uncovering the Mystery of Dinosaur Families
Is it possible that dinosaurs were good parents? For many years, scientists didn’t think so. Then an amazing discovery revealed that Maiasaura covered its nest with vegetation to keep its eggs warm. Another exciting find showed that Oviraptor sat on its nest just as birds do. Based on this and other new evidence, scientists now believe that many—if not most—dinosaurs may have cared for their young. Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld draws from the very latest findings to describe how scientists are continu-ally making new discoveries and drawing new conclusions about what life was like for dinosaurs and their young. The result is an exciting and accessible book, packed with beautiful, informative illustrations and photographs, that brings us closer than ever before to the truth about dinosaur families. Glossary, bibliography, index.
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School of Dragons #1: Volcano Escape! (DreamWorks Dragons)
An all-new nonfiction series featuring DreamWorks Dragons!
Hiccup, Toothless, and other exciting characters from DreamWorks Dragons help readers discover the real-life science and history behind volcanoes! Filled with full-color photos and lots of fun facts, these 80-page books based on JumpStart's School of Dragons online game are the perfect way to help young readers soar into the world of nonfiction.
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Manatee Winter - a Smithsonian Oceanic Collection Book (Mini book)
A mother manatee and her little calf travel from the Gulf of Mexico through dangerous water full of speeding boats.
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Great White Shark: Ruler of the Sea/Mini Book and 8" Plush Toy Set
by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, Steven James Petruccio
Product Description
Baby White Shark battles hunger and injury, until one day she becomes the great ruler of the ocean. Reviewed by the Smithsonian Institution for accuracy, Great White Shark: Ruler of the Sea is a fun and informative story with beautifully detailed illustrations.Set Features:- An informative storyline and colorful illustrations- 32 pages- 6 inch great white shark stuffed animal- Appropriate for ages: 3-9- Mini book dimensions: 5 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches- Package dimensions: 6 x 6 1/2 x 4 inches
About the Author
Growing up on a two-hundred-year-old farm in the Catskill Mountain State Park fostered Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld's passion for observing, reading, and writing about nature in all its forms. With a bachelor's degree from Mount Holyoke College and a master's degree in English from the University of Michigan, Ms. Zoehfeld has been an editor of children's books for over twenty years, concentrating on children's non-fiction. She has also written Dolphin's First Day, Manatee Winter, and Seal Pup Grows Up for the Smithsonian Oceanic Collection, Fawn at Woodland Way and Ladybug at Orchard Avenue for Smithsonian's Backyard, and Cactus Cafe, A Story of the Sonoran Desert for The Nature Conservancy. She lives in Berkeley, California.
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Dolphin's First Day: The Story of a Bottlenose Dolphin (Mini Book and 7" Plush Toy)
Product description Little Dolphin learns to speak, hunt mullet and frolic with seaweed, but can this bottlenose baby fend off a shark attack? Children can find out as this thrilling story unfolds! Reviewed by the Smithsonian Institution for accuracy, Dolphin's First Day is a fun and informative story with detailed illustrations. Other titles from Smithsonian Oceanic Collection Book & Toy Set series include "Beluga Passage", "Great White Shark", "Lobster's Secret", "Penguin's Family", "Polar Bear Horizon" and many more fun and educational Smithsonian Oceanic Collection book and toy sets with cute toy animals! Set Features: - An informative storyline and colorful illustrations - 32 pages - 6 inch dolphin stuffed animal - Appropriate for ages: 3-9 - Mini book dimensions: 5 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches - Package dimensions: 6 x 6 1/2 x 4 inches About the Author Growing up on a two-hundred-year-old farm in the Catskill Mountain State Park fostered Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld's passion for observing, reading, and writing about nature in all its forms. With a bachelor's degree from Mount Holyoke College and a master's degree in English from the University of Michigan, Ms. Zoehfeld has been an editor of children's books for over twenty years, concentrating on children's non-fiction. She has also written Dolphin's First Day, Manatee Winter, and Seal Pup Grows Up for the Smithsonian Oceanic Collection, Fawn at Woodland Way and Ladybug at Orchard Avenue for Smithsonian's Backyard, and Cactus Cafe, A Story of the Sonoran Desert for The Nature Conservancy. She lives in Berkeley, California.
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Ladybug At Orchard Avenue Book & Toy Set (Smithsonian's Backyard)
Product description Ladybug encounters many predators while hunting for food and searching for a winter home. Ladybug's bright red coloring helps to keep her safe, but will she find enough food and a safe shelter for the winter months ahead? Reviewed by the Smithsonian Institution for accuracy, Ladybug at Orchard Avenue 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! Book Features: - An informative storyline and colorful illustrations - 32 pages - 6 inch Ladybug Stuffed Animal - Appropriate for ages 3-9 - Mini book dimensions: 5 7/8 x 4 3/4 inches - Package dimensions: 6 x 6 1/2 x 4 inches Review Illustrations are bright and colorful. --Lorgnette Outstanding Drawings. --National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Drawings. --National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Drawings. --National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Drawings. --National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Drawings. --National Science Teachers Association About the Author Growing up on a two-hundred-year-old farm in the Catskill Mountain State Park fostered Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld's passion for observing, reading, and writing about nature in all its forms. With a bachelor's degree from Mount Holyoke College and a master's degree in English from the University of Michigan, Ms. Zoehfeld has been an editor of children's books for over twenty years, concentrating on children's non-fiction. She has also written Dolphin's First Day, Manatee Winter, and Seal Pup Grows Up for the Smithsonian Oceanic Collection, Fawn at Woodland Way and Ladybug at Orchard Avenue for Smithsonian's Backyard, and Cactus Cafe, A Story of the Sonoran Desert for The Nature Conservancy. She lives in Berkeley, California.
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Dolphin's First Day: The Story of a Bottlenose Dolphin (Smithsonian Oceanic Collection)
Little Dolphin learns to speak, hunt mullet and frolic with seaweed, but can this bottlenose baby fend off a shark attack? Children can find out as this thrilling story unfolds! Reviewed by the Smithsonian Institution for accuracy, Dolphin's First Day is a fun and informative story with detailed illustrations. Also included is an audiobook CD for further listening fun.
Other titles in this series include "Dolphin's First Day", "Lobster's Secret", "Otter on his Own", "Swordfish Returns", and many more fun and educational Smithsonian Oceanic Collection Books!
Book Features:
- An informative storyline and colorful illustrations
- Audiobook CD with sound effects
- 32 pages
- Appropriate for ages: 3-9
- Paperback dimensions: 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches
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Prehistoric: Dinosaurs, Megalodons, and Other Fascinating Creatures of the Deep Past
A must-have for dinosaur enthusiasts aged 7-11! ”A pleaser for fans of all things big, toothy and extinct”—Kirkus Reviews
Journey back hundreds of millions of years to prehistoric Earth, where you will discover frozen ice-age landscapes, lush prehistoric rainforests, and vast ancient oceans!
Prehistoric is full of bold illustrations that allow children to discover the fascinating creatures that used to roam the planet, including awe-inspiring dinosaurs, saber-toothed tigers, and giant insects.
Developed in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution, Prehistoric shines a light on our planet’s past-and points the way to its future. Clever infographics reveal the secrets of Earth’s geology and changing environments. The reader is encouraged to link ancient creatures and places to present-day Earth and issues, such as climate change and deforestation.
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School of Dragons #3: Storm Approaching! (DreamWorks Dragons)
An all-new nonfiction series featuring DreamWorks Dragons!
Hiccup, Toothless, and other exciting characters from DreamWorks Dragons teach readers about tornadoes, blizzards, hurricanes, and more of Earth's deadliest weather! Filled with full-color photos and lots of fun facts, these 80-page books based on JumpStart's School of Dragons online game are the perfect way to help young readers soar into the world of nonfiction.
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Monster Fish! True Stories of Adventures with Animals
by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, Zeb Hogan
For Zeb Hogan, bigger is better – especially when it comes to fish. From sawfish to alligator gars to giant stingrays, Zeb's on a mission to save the world's freshwater giants. In this cool Chapter book, you'll join Zeb on amazing – and TRUE – adventures with supersize swimmers.
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Planet Earth Collection (National Geographic Kids Readers, Levels 1 And 2) Readers That Grow with You
by National Geographic Kids, Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, Miriam Busch, Anne Schreiber, Kristin Baird Rattini
Powerful weather, bursting volcanoes, sparkling gemstones, and more will fascinate science and fact-hungry kids. Experience the whirl of a hurricane, dig deep and learn about the rocks that make up our planet, and discover the amazing feeling of a rainstorm. National Geographic Kids brings readers some of their reader's favorite science topics in one convenient package. Fascinating science information is accompanied by wonderful photographs to ensure that kids' natural curiosity is both satisfied AND inspired.
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