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BKLYN Woodlands Children's Books

A booklist created in collaboration with the Brooklyn Bridge Park Environmental Education Center.

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Snack, Snooze, Skedaddle : How Animals Get Ready for Winter
Salas, Laura Purdie/ G?vry, Claudine (ILT)
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(Print Book) There is more than one way for animals to prepare for winter. Some simply tolerate the cold. Of course black bears hibernate, but chipmunks, wood frogs, and garter snakes do too. And then there are the creatures that migrate, including hummingbirds, blue whales, and even earthworms!

Raven, Rabbit, Deer
Farrell Holler, Sue/ Faria, Jennifer (ILT)
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(Print Book) A little boy walks through the forest with his grandfather, the grandfather teaches him to identify a number of animals and their tracks: raven, rabbit, deer, sparrow. Ojibwe translations of the animal names are found on the endpapers.

Wild tracks!
Jim Arnosky.
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(Print Book) Features fold-out pages of life-size animal tracks. Find out how to tell how fresh tracks are, which animals made them, how fast they might have been traveling, and more.

Who was here?
Mia Posada.
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(Print Book) Study the picture and read the clues to figure which animal left each set of tracks.

Big tracks, little tracks
by Millicent E. Selsam ; illustrated by Marlene Hill Donnelly.
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(Print Book) Keeping a sharp eye out for clues like animal tracks and odors can help people identify the animals that have passed through an area.

Over in the forest [electronic resource] : Come and take a peek.
Berkes, Marianne.
Format: eBook

(eBook) Amazing artwork will inspire children in classrooms and at home to appreciate the world around us! Follow the tracks of ten woodland animals, find and count animal babies, and more.

When a Tree Grows
Mealey, Cathy Ballou/ Nowowiejska, Kasia (ILT)
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(Print Book) When Moose sees the inviting tree where Squirrel has built his nest, he rubs his itchy antlers against the trunk--and sets in motion a chain of comic catastrophes.

My little forest
Wiehle, Katrin, 1982- author, illustrator.
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(Board Book) Fox, Squirrel and Badger live in the forest and introduce readers to their home: showing big trees and small, different shapes of leaves, and the many other creatures who share their world. This eco-friendly book encourages little readers to enjoy nature--inside and out!

Trees
Hickman, Pamela/ Gavin, Carolyn (ILT)
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(Print Book) Children will learn all about trees and the vital role that they play for people and animals. This introduction to the topic covers the different kinds of trees, how they grow and change throughout the seasons and how they provide a home to a variety of animals.

Why do leaves change color?
Terry Allan Hicks.
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(Print Book) Leaves change color in the fall -- this book explains why and how!