Multcolib Kids Picks: K-1st Grade--Beginning Facts, or, Books About Real Things
Annotation:Did you know that dolphins are small whales? That they can live in rivers? That they talk by whistling to one another? Or, that some are sometimes pink?
Annotation:Imagine: the first Star Wars book that actually moves, bringing to life the most memorable scenes from the movies!
Annotation:A pair of Canada geese is starting a family, and soon they will have six wobbly-legged chicks.
Annotation:Explore where various foods originate from, how food is grown, and brought to supermarkets and other stores, in simple text with illustrations.
Annotation:The Cat in the Hat explains the basics of healthy living.
Annotation:A little boy named Clemente learns about his namesake, the great baseball player Roberto Clemente.
Annotation:Illustrated step-by-step painting projects include bustling street scenes, sunny fields of flowers, night skies popping with fireworks, and more
Annotation:Puppies play, tiger cubs nestle, goat kids gambol, an owlet stretches its wings, kittens follow their mother, an elephant calf nurses, and more, all alongside an irresistible rhyme that is great to read aloud any time.
Annotation:A nose for digging? Ears for seeing? Eyes that squirt blood? Explore the many amazing things animals can do with their ears, eyes, mouths, noses, feet, and tails.
Annotation:Search for an oystercatcher, an elephant shrew, and a fierce snapping turtle in the places where they live. Learn how these animals and many others grow and thrive in very different environments.
Annotation:Crawling with bugs to find, count and talk about, this fascinating picture book provides hours of puzzle-solving fun. Spot beetles scurrying across desert dunes, butterflies flitting through the jungle, caterpillars muching on cabbage leaves, and many, many more bugs.
Annotation:A small African American boy asks his mother to tell him about Barack Obama.
Annotation:Humorous text and illustrations teach that humans, as other animals, eat and therefore must eliminate waste.
Annotation:Explore how ants live and work together to build and maintain their cities.
Annotation:Discover the characteristics and actions of the wind through simple hands-on activities.
Annotation:In 1932, James Banning, along with his co-pilot Thomas Allen, make history by becoming the first African Americans to fly across the United States, relying on the generosity of people they meet in the towns along the way who help keep their "flying jalopy" going.
A Shared List by multcolib_kids 
Member of Multnomah County Library
Description
Beginning non-fiction for kids.
English
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