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Blowholes Book Gills and Butt-breathers
Tilbury House December 7, 2021
Hardcover ISBN 978-0-88448-772-2
Paperback ISBN 978-0-88448-773-9

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Blowholes Book Gills and Butt-breathers children's book
The Cicadas Are Coming!
Wild Critter Press 2021
ISBN: 978-1737021704 (hard cover)
ISBN: 978-1737021711 (soft cover)

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The Hidden Life of a Toad
Charlesbridge,
March 14, 2017
ISBN: 9781580897389
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AWARDS:
  • 2018 Gryphon Award
  • 2018 Correll Book Award
  • 2018 Green Earth Book Award Honor
  • 2018 Cook Prize Honoree
  • 2018 Cooperative Children's Book Center choice
  • *Kirkus: Starred Review
  • *Booklist: Starred Review
  • Junior Library Guild Selection
  • Best Informational Books for Younger Readers of 2017 (Chicago Pub. Library)
  • 2018 AAAS/SUBARU SB&F Prizes Longlist
  • 2019 Washington Towner Book Award Nominee
  • 2019 Nutmeg Book Award Nominee
  • 2020 Great Lakes Great Books Award Nominee

  • The Hidden Life of a Toad
    Marvels in the Muck: Life in the Salt Marshes
    Boyds Mills Press, November, 2008
    ISBN: 1-59078-588-6
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    AWARDS:
    Smithsonian Notable Books for Children
    Marvels in the Muck: Life in the Salt Marshes
    Frog Heaven: Ecology of a Vernal Pool
    Boyds Mills Press, 2006
    ISBN: 978-1-59078-253-8
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    AWARDS:
    Frog Heaven has been selected as a finalist for the 2008 American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books!

    It won the Green Earth Book Award Honor

    And, it received a 2007 Society of School Librarians International Honor Book Award
    Frog Heaven: Ecology of a Vernal Pool
    Bizarre Bugs
    Boyds Mills Press, 2003
    ISBN: 1590780957
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    Bizarre Birds
    Boyds Mills Press, 1999
    ISBN: 1563977605
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    The Really Wild Life of Frogs
    Powerkids Press 2002

    Treefrogs
    ISBN: 0823958590

    Wood Frogs
    ISBN: 082395854X

    Glass Frogs
    ISBN: 0823958574

    Leopard Frogs
    ISBN: 0823958566

    Poison Dart Frogs
    ISBN: 0823958582

    Bullfrogs
    ISBN: 0823958558

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    The Really Wild Life of Snakes
    Powerkids Press 2001

    Rattlesnakes
    ISBN: 0823956008

    Taipans
    ISBN: 0823956024

    Pit Vipers
    ISBN: 0823956059

    Pythons
    ISBN: 0823956040

    Garter Snakes
    ISBN: 0823956016

    Boas
    ISBN: 0823956032

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    The Really Wild Life of Birds of Prey
    Powerkids Press 2001

    Peregrine Falcons
    ISBN: 0823955982

    Red-tailed Hawks
    ISBN: 0823955966

    Bald Eagles
    ISBN: 0823955958

    Great Horned Owls
    ISBN: 0823955990

    Vultures
    ISBN: 082395594X

    Ospreys
    ISBN: 0823955974

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