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Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"In The Comfort of Crows, Margaret Renkl presents a literary devotional: fifty-two chapters that follow the creatures and plants in her backyard over the course of a year. As we move through the seasons -- from a crow spied on New Year's Day, its resourcefulness and sense of community setting a theme for the year, to the lingering bluebirds of December, revisiting the nest box they used in spring -- what develops is a portrait of joy and grief: joy...
Author
Publisher
Artisan
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Presents instructions for creating seasonal weaths, garlands, wall hangings, and table centerpieces using flowers, flowering tree branches, leaves, and grasses, with a discussion on tools, supplies, and cutting and attachment techniques.
4) Spring
Author
Series
Seasonal (Ali Smith) volume 3
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
What unites Katherine Mansfield, Charlie Chaplin, Shakespeare, Rilke, Beethoven, Brexit, the present, the past, the north, the south, the east, the west, a man mourning lost times, a woman trapped in modern times? Spring. The great connective. With an eye to the migrancy of story over time and riffing on Pericles, one of Shakespeare's most resistant and rollicking works, Ali Smith tell the impossible tale of an impossible time. In a time of walls...
5) Fall
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Text and photographs look at the season of fall.
Author
Series
Seasonal (Ali Smith) volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the Man Booker-shortlisted and Baileys Prize-winning author of How to be both: a breathtakingly inventive new novel--about aging, time, love, and stories themselves--that launches an extraordinary quartet of books called Seasonal. Readers love Ali Smith's novels for their peerless innovation and their joyful celebration of language and life. Her newest, Autumn, has all of these qualities in spades, and--good news for fans!--is the first installment...
7) Spring
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the spring season, including the weather, colorful flowers, and fun summer activities.
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A child describes pleasant ways to stay warm during the winter, from sipping hot chocolate and eating grilled cheese sandwiches to wearing wooly sweaters and sitting near a glowing fireplace.
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In Vicky Woodgate s follow-up title to The Magic of Sleep, children learn everything there is to know about the seasons. How do we measure a season? Why do we divide our years up and when did we start doing this? Are seasons the same for everyone? How do they work? All these questions and many more are covered in The Magic of Seasons, a practical guide to everything there is to know about the way we measure changes in weather, ecology, and daylight...
10) Our seasons
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An introduction to seasons.
Author
Publisher
Reycroft Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
As the reader experiences the sights, sounds, and activities of each season through the author's poetic words, the illustrations celebrate the joys of fatherhood by showing African American dads and their kids enjoying the year together.
Author
Series
Birchbark house volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Omakayas, a seven-year-old Native American girl of the Ojibwa tribe, lives through the joys of summer and the perils of winter on an island in Lake Superior in 1847.
14) Seasons
Author
Publisher
Pebble, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"What time of year do leaves change color? Why can't flowers grow in the snow? Track all four seasons and discover the importance of weather patterns to plant and animal life,"--
15) Seasons
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"One season is hot. One season is cold. The others are a little bit in-between! What do you know about the seasons? With this book, you can become an expert! Feel like a pro with exciting photos, expert facts, and fun challenges. Can you name which season is good for swimming and which is good for sledding? Try it! Then see if you can pass the Expert Quiz!"--
17) Winter is here
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Snow falls, animals burrow, and children prepare for the wonders winter brings"--
18) Wonderfall
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Follows the story of a single tree through the changing of the seasons from fall to winter, as people, animals, and vehicles pass in front of the tree, celebrating holidays, playing in the leaves, and building nests. Includes blended words.
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