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When a young girl finds a sparkly rock buried in the dirt and discovers that it cleans to a beautiful quartz crystal, she is fascinated and becomes "Julie the Rockhound". Join Julie as her dad shows her how to dig for minerals and explains the wonders of crystal formation. Combining clever wordplay with Earth science, young listeners learn about Earth's most abundant mineral "treasure".

While Little Skink hunts yummy ants for breakfast, she is suddenly attacked by a crow! But she has a trick to escape - she snaps off her tail, and it keeps on wiggling! Little Skink is happy to be alive, but she misses her bright-blue tail. Listeners will enjoy pretending with her, trying on tail after tail. The first is too puffy-fluffy and another too stinky! Then one day Little Skink gets a big surprise...and she doesn't have to dream of tails anymore.

Enjoy a day in one of the most dynamic habitats on Earth: the salt marsh. Fun-to-hear, rhyming verse introduces listeners to hourly changes in the marsh as the tide comes and goes. Discover the animals that have adapted to this ever-changing environment as they hunt for food or play in the sun, and learn how the marsh grass survives even when it is covered by saltwater twice a day. An activity on adaptations is included in the "For Creative Minds" section.

What do you get when you cross The Little Red Hen with a burro and his friends? Burro's Tortillas! In this humorous Southwestern retelling of a childhood favorite, Burro finds it difficult to get any help from his friends as he diligently works to turn corn into tortillas. Young children will love the repetition; older children will enjoy the audiobook's many puns. In addition to its Southwestern "flavor", the delightful story imparts an accurate picture of the traditional way that tortillas are made.

Baby dogs are puppies, and they belong to a litter, but what is a baby skunk called, and what is the name of its family group? This clever, rhythmic story tells us just that! Counting from one to 10, familiar backyard animals are introduced by baby and family group name. Each stanza also tells a bit more about each animal by providing clues as to what they eat, how they sound, or where they live. The "For Creative Minds" section includes more animal fun facts, information on keeping a nature journal, and how to watch for wildlife in your own backyard.

Seasons change in the ocean much as they do on land. Spring brings new plants and baby animals, summer oceans glow with sparkly plankton lights, and autumn winds blow across the open water. In winter the humpback whales migrate to warmer waters, just as some land animals move to warmer climates.

Imaginations will soar from the forest floor up through the canopy and back down again, following the circle of life in this clever adaptation of the song "The Green Grass Grew All Around". The jungle comes alive as children learn about a wide variety of the animals (jaguars, emerald tree boas, leafcutter ants, sloths, poison dart frogs, toucans, and bats) and plants (kapok trees, liana vines, and bromeliads) living in the lush Amazon rainforest.

Let's search for adventure above in the sky. We'll scout through the mountains and hills and then try exploring the forests, the meadows, and plains, across the dry desert and through jungle rains. We'll trek through a swamp, a puddle, a pond, in lakes and the river, the ocean beyond. But what are we looking for? Who will we see? Find animals on this safari with me! Once you've discovered all the animals, go to the "For Creative Minds" educational section for animal fun facts.

This arctic adaptation of "This Is the House That Jack Built" follows polar bears, walruses, seals, narwhals, and beluga whales as they chase each other around "the ice that floats in the Arctic waters". Not only is the rhythmic, cumulative prose good for early learners; it is a pure delight to listen to. The "For Creative Minds" section helps children learn how these animals live in the cold, icy arctic region.

Imagine finding turtle eggs in your sandbox! When a mother diamondback terrapin lays eggs in a young girl's sandbox, the girl becomes a "turtle-sitter" to help the babies safely hatch. She raises the teeny hatchlings until they become big enough to fend for themselves in the wild. Then, with the help of experts, she releases them. Along the way, she learns about these unique animals and that she has made an important contribution to their survival.

This humorous, rhythmic story is about a young boy who awakens to find that everything around him is odd. He has one shoe, his shirt has three sleeves, and his dog has five legs! Children and adults will delight in finding all the odd things hidden in the art. The "For Creative Minds" section includes odd fun facts, a Creative Sparks supplement, and a counting activity.

This whimsical story lets children imagine what life would be like if they were pet parrots. Listeners join four parrots and their young, multicultural owners as they morph into four-toed parrots climbing around the house then chew wooden spoons, popsicles - sticks and all - with hooked parrot beaks! The fun continues as children learn all about parrots and their adaptations. The "For Creative Minds" section has parrot fun facts, tips for taking care of a pet parrot, and a "make a beak" craft.

Babies come in all shapes and sizes and are welcomed into all kinds of families. This clever audiobook of baby announcement riddles will have children giggling as they use the various clues to guess what baby was just born. The riddles introduce the life cycles of 12 different animals.

Tudley, a pond-living painted turtle, adopts other animals' behaviors - simply because he doesn't know he can't! He flies like a bird, sings like a katydid, hops like a frog, and glows like a firefly. All the while, he uses his special behaviors to help other animals. But will Tudley's new friends help him when he needs help?

Octavia Octopus and her sea-animal friends love playing camouflage games to practice how they would hide from a "big, hungry creature". Octavia, however, just cannot seem to get her colors right when she tries to shoot her purple ink cloud. What happens when the big, hungry shark shows up looking for his dinner?

Join Delfina the dolphin as she imagines that she becomes other sea animals: a fish, a sea turtle, a pelican, an octopus, a shark, even a manatee!

When a boy and his mother take their dog, Miles, on a peaceful canoe ride, they find themselves frantically racing to save a mother loon and her family! Join them and see the surprising outcome of Miles' encounter with the loons. Then witness the boy's moment of wonder when he meets the loon. The "For Creative Minds" section includes loon fun facts, information about loons in Native American culture, a "make a loon mask" craft, and a "map it," "math it," and "measure it" section.

This fascinating story influenced by Native American folktales explains why the moon changes shape and helps children deal with bullies. After the sun insults and bullies her, the moon feels so badly hurt that she shrinks and leaves the sky. The moon turns to a comet and her many friends on Earth to comfort her. Her friends include rabbits and Native Americans. Then she regains her full shape, happiness, and self-esteem. The moon also returns to her orbit.

A young boy and his abuelo push aside their Christmas preparation to rescue a beautiful cardinal during a blizzard. The bird quickly responds to their kindness, regains its strength, and flies off. The cardinal sweetly and unexpectedly rewards the boy, his grandfather, and their entire village with a lifetime of Christmas cheer.

This touching story of a father and child's nighttime excursion to watch a meteor shower is told through the eyes of a child in awe of the night world. Rockliff's vivid descriptions make listeners feel as though they, too, are watching the tiny bits of other, distant worlds blazing into our own.