Halfmann, Janet

"The biography of Robert Smalls, a slave steamboat wheelman who navigated past Confederate forts in South Carolina and became one of the Civil War's greatest heroes. Includes text from Seven Miles to Freedom and additional sidebars"--Provided by publisher.

How Can We Be Kind? teaches children how we can learn kindness from the world around us, drawing on examples from the animal world from koalas to capybaras to teach compassion and respect. This special book asks children a simple question: How Can We Be Kind? The answer is: by learning from the animal kingdom! Animals demonstrate kindness and empathy towards each other, and care and compassion can be seen all throughout the natural world. This book shows children the ways they can be kind just like animals are to each other, while at the same time teaching them about the magic and the beauty of the natural world. They can learn to be welcoming like capybaras, who let other animals sit on top of them while they wallow in mud. Or perhaps they might want to be like dolphins, who guide other species to their destinations. Or maybe they would like to work together like ants and bees, share what they have like jackdaws or stick up for their friends like zebras. With beautiful illustrations from Darla Okada, this beautiful picture book will enchant and entertain children time and time again. There are facts at the back about how each animal lives with and looks after its fellow creatures.

Little Sea Otter tries everything to avoid going to sleep, including saying good night to all of the creatures above and below the ocean's surface.

"Short entries portray how 12 different animals are taught various "lessons." Chicks learn to peck to get their bellies full; a prairie dog pup learns how to spot and warn others about predators; a bottlenose dolphin learns how to recognize its mother's signature call"--Provided by publisher.

Little Sea Otter tries everything to avoid going to sleep, including saying good night to all of the creatures above and below the ocean's surface.

A Pacific white-sided dolphin, playing in the waves created by a research ship, leaps too high in the air and lands on the deck of the boat, where surprised scientists rush to make sure the dolphin is not badly injured before returning it to the water.

Little Sea Otter tries everything to avoid going to sleep, including saying good night to all of the creatures above and below the ocean's surface. Presented in English and Hmong.

Little Sea Otter tries everything to avoid going to sleep, including saying good night to all of the creatures above and below the ocean's surface. Presented in English and Burmese Karen.

In early spring, Canada Goose patiently sits on a clutch of eggs for several weeks then, when five fluffly goslings finally hatch, she and her mate teach them all they need to know about swimming, finding food, taking care of themselves, and, finally, flying.

Presents a story of two red bat babies and how they are protected by their mother, learn to fly, drink water from a pond, and how to catch insects on their own.