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Habitat spy

Kieber-King, Cynthia

Told in rhyming narrative, Habitat Spy invites children to search for and find plants, invertebrates, birds, and mammals and more that live in 13 different habitats: backyard, beach, bog, cave, desert, forest, meadow, mountain, ocean, plains, pond, river, and cypress swamp. Children will spend hours looking for and counting all the different plants and animals while learning about what living things need to survive.

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amphibians, animals, antelope, author's note, badger, bat (animal), beach, bear, beaver, bee, beetle, binoculars, biology, birds, blackbird, bluejay, bobcat, bodies of water, body parts, bog, butterfly, cactus, cave, classification, cormorant, cow, cycle, deer, dog, dolphin, dragonfly, dug, finch, fish, flowers, forest, fox, frog, goldfish, grasshopper, grassland, habitat, hawk, heron, illustrator's note, insects, jellyfish, moose, moth, observation, opossum, otter, owl, pelican, plover, pond, porcupine, quail, rabbit, reptile, roadrunner, robin, science, scorpion, seagull, seal, sheep, snail, snake, squirrel, starfish, swallow (bird), swamp, swan, toad, tree, turkey, turtle, vision, walrus, wetland, whale, wolf, woods, wren

Beatrice's goat

McBrier, Page

Beatrice lives in Uganda and helps her mother care for her younger siblings. Money is scarce until Mugisa, a goat arrives. Mugisa provides milk, and the family is nourished by it. Mugisa's milk and babies provide enough money so Beatrice and her family can live a better life. Beatrice can afford her dream of attending school. This story has an afterwords by Hillary Rodhman Clinton.

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africa, animals, birds, chicken, conflict resolution, dug, family, food, future, garden, goal setting, goat, hard work, helping, hope, hunger, language, leadership, learning, market, maturity, money, multicultural, poverty, presents, respect, school, siblings, uganda, village

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Habitat spy

Beatrice's goat