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Drawing creepy crawlies / by Clunes, Rebecca.(CARDINAL)503629; Dynamo Limited.(CARDINAL)345311;
Includes bibliographical references (page 32) and index.Scorpion -- Praying mantis -- Fly -- Caterpillar -- Snail -- Grasshopper -- Butterfly -- Ladybug -- Dragonfly -- Centipede -- Stag beetle -- Moth -- Ant -- Bumblebee.
Subjects: Drawing; Drawing; Insects in art.; Insects in art; Invertebrates in art.; Invertebrates in art;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Creepy crawlies / by Chambers, Ailin.(CARDINAL)590190;
A praying mantis or scorpion could be tough to draw. They have body segments, lots of legs, and antennae. Getting these right might be hard for even an experienced artist! Readers can draw these and many more bugs in just six steps! Clear descriptions accompanied by examples of each drawing step guide readers through 13 cartoons, from sketching the body shape to adding details. Aided by the fun, full-color layout and drawing tips, readers can make impressive drawings of a tarantula, hornet, and even a butterfly! Age Appropriate and Achievable Content, Detailed Table of Contents, Fact Boxes, For Further Information Section, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Step-by-Step Instructions.2345440K
Subjects: Drawing; Insects in art; Invertebrates in art;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Animals : 1419 copyright-free illustrations of mammals, birds, fish, insects, etc. : a pictorial archive from nineteenth-century sources / by Harter, Jim,author.(CARDINAL)324578;
Mammals -- Birds -- Reptiles -- Amphibians -- Fish -- Insects -- Other invertebrates.Collection of 1,419 copyright-free illustrations of mammals, birds, fish, insects, and other animals created from wood engravings, and presented in black and white for reproduction and use by illustrators, graphic designers, and craftspeople.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Animals in art.; Wood-engraving; Zoology;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Wetlands / by Moore, Peter D.(CARDINAL)333995; Garratt, Richard,illustrator.(CARDINAL)687303;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-204) and index.
Subjects: Wetland ecology.; Wetland ecology; Wetlands.; Wetlands;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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The lost species : great expeditions in the collections of natural history museums / by Kemp, Christopher,author.(CARDINAL)600191;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236) and index.
Subjects: Catalogs.; Natural history; Type specimens (Natural history); Biological specimens; Natural history; Natural history; Natural history museums.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Inky the octopus / by Guendelsberger, Erin,author.(CARDINAL)628907; Leonard, David,1979-illustrator.(CARDINAL)493708;
Includes bibliographical references.Out of this tank, I must be free. I must explore the open sea! Follow Inky the octopus as he escapes from the National Aquarium of New Zealand to the ocean! Based on a true story, Inky the Octopus chronicles the adventure that the real-life Inky might have taken on his escape to freedom in the open ocean!950LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Fiction.; Stories in rhyme.; National Aquarium of New Zealand; Aquariums; Captive marine animals; Captive marine invertebrates; Children's stories.; Marine aquarium animals; Octopuses;
Available copies: 29 / Total copies: 36
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Your first marine aquarium : everything about setting up a marine aquarium, including conditioning, maintenance, selecting fish and invertebrates, and more / by Tullock, John,1951-(CARDINAL)647053;
Includes bibliographical references (page 92) and index.The coral reef environment -- Planning your aquarium -- Who lives with whom? -- Fish and invertebrates for the beginner -- Setting up a mini-reef aquarium -- Caring for your aquarium -- Troubleshooting.tarting a marine aquarium is an fairly complex undertaking for ambitious aquarium hobbyists. This book's author discusses many aspects of marine aquarium maintenance and presents clear instructions on creating the correct water chemistry and environment in which saltwater animals can flourish. This book is a title in Barron's extensive line of Complete Pet Owner's Manuals . Heavily illustrated with color photos and instructive line art, these books present information on housing, feeding, health care, the title animal's traits--and where applicable, on grooming, training, and breeding. Each book is individually written by a trainer, breeder, veterinarian, or other animal specialist. The titles cover virtually all animals that are kept as pets, and include a wide selection of dog and cat breeds, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians, small mammals, and even some insects and arachnids.
Subjects: Marine aquariums.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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What your third grader needs to know : fundamentals of a good third-grade education / by Hirsch, E. D.,Jr.(Eric Donald),1928-editor.(CARDINAL)128988;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Language and literature. Literature - poetry - stories - mythology ; Learning about literature - biography - familiar sayings and phrases; Learning about language -- History and Geography. World history and geography - look at the legend - great rivers of the world - Ancient Rome - The Vikings ; American History and Geography - Crossing the land bridge - The Inuits - The Mound Builders - Cliff dwellers : the Anasazi - The Pueblo people - The Apaches and the Navajoes - Eastern Woodland Peoples - A day with Little Thunder - Early Explorers in North America - English colonies in North America ; Visual Arts -- Music. Elements of Musics - Composers and their music - Some songs for Third Graders -- Mathematics - multiplication - Division - Numbers ; Working with numbers - addition and subtraction - Sums and differences of four-digit numbers - time, money, and graphs - geometry - measurement - multiplication - division - Roman Numerals - fractions -- Science. Classifying animals - Vertebrates and invertebrates ; The Human body - the skeletal and muscular systems - the human body : the brain and nervous system ; Light and vision ; Sound and hearing ; Astronomy - Our solar system - Constellations - Space shuttle - Nicolaus Copernicus - WOmen on the final frontier ; Ecology. Living things depend on one another - Pollution - John Muir."A revised and updated edition of the bestselling definitive Core Knowledge guide for parents and teachers of third grade-age children, featuring all new full-color photographs and illustrations and revised material"--
Subjects: Third grade (Education); Curriculum planning;
Available copies: 27 / Total copies: 35
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A literary field guide to southern Appalachia / by McLarney, Rose,1982-editor.(CARDINAL)488716; Street, Laura-Gray,editor.(CARDINAL)814068; Gaddy, L. L.,editor.(CARDINAL)297124;
Includes bibliographical references.Trees and plants -- Mammals -- Birds -- Reptiles and amphibians -- Fish -- Invertebrates -- Fungi."Southern Appalachia is rich in paradox and stereotype-defying complexity, ecologically, culturally, and artistically. A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia--a hybrid literary and natural history anthology--showcases sixty species of Southern Appalachia, one of the most biodiverse areas on earth, with species accounts, illustrations by seven artists of the region, and poems, most commissioned for the anthology from contemporary writers. From the iconic and inveterate--such as the speckled trout, flying squirrel, copperhead, katydid, and black bear--to the elusive, intermittent, and endangered--whippoorwill, Carolina gorge moss, chucky madtom, lampshade spider--the anthology combines art and science to help the reader experience this region's immense ecological and artistic wealth and to know place in broadest, poetic sense"--
Subjects: Fiction.; Poetry.; Natural history; American poetry;
Available copies: 12 / Total copies: 13
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Real outdoor science experiments : 25+ exciting STEAM activities for kids / by Ballif, Jenny,author.(CARDINAL)862718; Abeler, Evi,photographer.(CARDINAL)617311;
Includes bibliography and index.Science and the outdoors -- How to use this book -- Experimenting with nature: Be-leaf-able Shapes -- Sugar sinkholes -- Super snails -- Roots or shoots? -- Bird brains -- Dedicated decomposers -- Fishing for invertebrates -- Experimenting with structure and tools: Sidewalk chalk compass -- Berry good ink -- DIY inclinometer -- Mud pie challenge -- Solar oven -- Wall smash! -- Twisted plant rope -- Experimenting with energy and force: Gravity-defying water -- Plop and splat paintings -- Dirt track derby -- Shape-shifting liquid -- Ice slice -- Super seed slings -- Baking soda rocket -- Sand art pendulum -- Experimenting with matter and elements: Soil pH test -- Melting match -- Sizzling seltzer -- Sticky ice contest -- Surprising soil filters -- Colorful cholorophyll -- Pop-proof balloons -- Putting it all together"Dive into the world's most exciting science project-the great outdoors! Covering everything from plants and trees to rocks and weather, this amazing book has real outdoor science experiments for kids, to immerse you in the wonders of science, technology, engineering, art, and math."--Ages 8-12.900L
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Instructional and educational works.; Science projects; Science;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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