Christopher Silas Neal
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Publication Date
[2025]
Language
English
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Description
"An awe-inspiring nonfiction picture book, perfect for animal lovers, that reveals how a mama whale and a mama person care for their young in remarkably similar ways, from the illustrator of Over and Under the Snow. A little boy and his mother set off on a day trip, meanwhile, a mama whale and her calf swim towards the bay. On the way, both sing, blow bubbles, get lost--and found! Through it all, mama always stays close. The human pair board a sightseeing...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"Cat is very hungry. But cat food is dry and dull and not at all yummy. So what in the world should Cat eat instead? Turtle eats worms, but worms are too wiggly. Fox eats rabbits, but rabbits are too bouncy. What everyone else loves to eat is thoroughly unappetizing to Cat. Until, by chance, the thing Cat really wants to eat appears right in front of him. What could it be?"--Dust jacket.
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Publication Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
In this inventive board book with striking images, Christopher Silas Neal combines animals and noises to form unique, inventive sounds. Children will have endless fun guessing what brand-new, made-up noises will appear next! If a dog says bark, and a pig goes oink, a doggy-pig says . . . Boink, boink! Animal Sounds hilariously mashes up animals and the calls they make to create unique and funny noises that kids will love guessing and saying!
5) Everyone
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Publication Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Journey with a young boy as he explores the full range of emotions that everyone feels.
Author
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Publication Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Best-selling picture book creator Christopher Silas Neal is back with more hilarious board books. A follow up to Animal Colors and Animal Shapes, Animal Numbers mashes up animals and numbers to create unique and funny made-up creatures with silly attributes! Dinosaurs with four heads, a two-can with two beaks, kids will delight as they learn both animals and numbers at the same time."--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Publication Date
[2015]
Language
English
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"Up in the garden, the world is full of green-- leaves and sprouts, growing vegetables, ripening fruit. But down in the dirt there is a busy world of earthworms digging, snakes hunting, skunks burrowing, and all the other animals that make a garden their home. In this exuberant book, discover the wonder and activity that lie hidden between the stalks, under the shade of leaves ... and down in the dirt."-- Provided by publisher.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"Over the canyon, the sun scalds the air, and bakes the desert mud to stone. But under the shade of the canyon hides another world, where bighorn sheep bound from rock to rock on the hillside, roadrunners make their nests in sturdy cacti, and banded geckos tuck themselves into the shelter of the sand. This book takes readers on a journey through the wonders concealed in the curves of the canyon, and all the secret life hidden in its arms"-- Provided...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Publication Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
"Under the canopy of the rainforest, hundreds of animals make their homes--from the slender parrot snake to the colorful poison dart frog. But up in the trees hides a whole other world, where toucans and pale-billed woodpeckers chatter and call, capuchin monkeys swing from the vines, and sleek-furred jaguars rule the night. In this exuberant book, discover the wonder and activity that lie hidden among the roots, above the winding rivers ... and under...
18) If you live here
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Publication Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Have you ever imagined what it would be like to live in a treehouse, underground, in a castle, or even in a spaceship? If You Live Here is a whimsical tribute to the unique and special places we call home"-- Provided by publisher
Author
Series
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Publication Date
[2025]
Language
English
Description
"Part of the acclaimed nature book series that includes Over and Under the Pond, Over and Under the Wetland, and Over and Under the Snow, this volume takes readers on a journey into the colorful and lively coral reef of Grand Cayman in the Caribbean. Over the reef, terns circle and frigate birds soar. Sea turtles paddle and balloonfish float through the sparkling waves. But under the reef's arms, where nurse sharks prowl the seafloor and octopuses...
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Publication Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Parents describe the breadth of their love for their children, including in soft sunlight and rain-drizzled night, by stars and firelight, and fall's red trees and winter's frost-etched breath.


