Marianne Berkes / Marianne Collins Berkes

• Sep-2004
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This coral reef is a marine nursery, teeming with mamas and babies! In the ageold way of kids and fish, children will count and clap to the rhythm of "Over in the Meadow" while puffer fish "puff," gruntfish "grunt" and seahorses "flutter." The col...

• Sep-2008
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Arctic animals are amazing! They have learned to live where it is very cold and the nights can be very long. Children can learn about these marvelous creatures while they count the animals and sing to the rhythm of the whimsical children's tune, "...

• Mar-2010
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Teachers! This book is like a whole unit on migration wrapped in a winning combination of easy verse, factual language, and beautiful illustrations. For animals, migration is a powerful compulsion to travel, sometimes over long distances, often sk...

• Jan-2011
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During the day, a marsh comes alive with the sounds of birds. As dawn appears, a single heron stands motionless offshore, and then the blackbird begins the first melody. Soon the dawn chorus swells as the warblers and sparrows and wrens chime in. ...

• Jan-2011
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At night, ten different species of frogs convene in a marsh. Fireflies light up the scene as Maestro bullfrog raises his baton. The music builds to a crescendo as the night goes on. Just before dawn, the frogs depart―but the serenade is not over...

• Mar-2011
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In the Down Under continent, baby wallabies learn to hop, brolgas learn to dance, and emus learn
to zig-zag and children will want to hop, dance, and zig-zag right along with the amazing animals
of Australia. As with all of Marianne Berkes awar...

• Mar-2012
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Learning becomes fun for kids with this counting book about the forest habitat. Amazing artwork will inspire children in classrooms and at home to appreciate the world around us!Follow the tracks of ten woodland animals but . . . uh-oh . . . watch ou...

• May-2012
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Our Earth is part of a fascinating planetary family - eight planets and an odd bunch of solar system cousins - that spin, roll, tilt, blow and whirl around the Sun. Here, to the tune of Over in the Meadow, young ones can get a glimpse of our remarkab...

• May-2012
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Learning is fun while discovering one of the most beautiful ecosystems in the world! Begin to appreciate the adorable baby animals in and around jungles like butterflies that flit, parrots that squawk, and sloths that creep. Explore the world around ...

• Aug-2012
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Everyone knows about the house that Jack built, but this is The Tree That Bear Climbed. What makes this tree so fascinating to bear? Starting with the roots that anchor the tree, this chain of events story in cumulative verse explores many different ...

• Mar-2013
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Good food doesn't begin on a store shelf with a box. It comes from a garden bursting with life, color, sounds, smells, sunshine, moisture, birds, and bees! Healthy food becomes much more interesting when children know where they come from. So what s ...

• Sep-2013
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The great rivers of North America are teeming with life and on the pages of Over in a River from blue herons in the Hudson to salmon in the Columbia, and from dragonflies in the Rio Grande to mallards in the St. Lawrence. Children will "slither" l...

• Sep-2013
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Polly 'Possum is looking for a new home to raise her expected babies. Along the way, she meets a wide variety of diurnal and nocturnal animals. She learns how they build and live in webs, nests, hives, shells, burrows, lodges, dens, caves, dreys, and...

• Feb-2014
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Daisylocks needs a home that is just right. She asks Wind to help her find the perfect habitat to spread her roots, and he accepts the challenge. Wind blows Daisylocks to the plain, the mountain and the wetland. She objects to each place one by one--...

• Mar-2014
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Discover natural treasures at the beach! Seashells were the homes of sea creatures, now washed ashore. They are works of art, waiting to be admired and identified. This book introduces young children
to ten common shells and offers a hands-on less...

• Mar-2014
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Under the algae that carpets the swamp, near the duck who paddles in ooze, close to the turtle who takes a snooze... hides a gator! Still as a log, only his watchful eyes can be seen. But when gator moves, he really moves! What happens to the duck...

• Feb-2015
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Learning is fun while discovering one of the most beautiful ecosystems in the world! Begin to appreciate the adorable baby animals in and around mountains like llamas that roll, wombats that sleep, and eagles that soar. Explore the world around you, ...

• Mar-2015
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Discover twenty cool animals, ten great mountain ranges, and seven continents all in one story! And do it in the age-old style of children the world over - by clapping, counting, singing, and acting like . . . Well, animals! What fun!...

• Aug-2015
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A retelling of the classic story with a math twist. Henry Hare was always bragging about how fast he was. One day he challenges Tessie Tortoise to a mile-long race up the hill. Henry leaps ahead for the first eighth of a mile. As Tessie approaches, h...

• Mar-2016
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Learning becomes fun with this book about animals on the farm. In Over on the Farm, amazing artwork and rhyming text sung to the tune of "Over in the meadow" will inspire children in classrooms and at home to appreciate the world around us!Welcome to...

• Sep-2016
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Learning is fun while discovering one of the most beautiful ecosystems in the world! Begin to appreciate the adorable baby animals in and around the grasslands like zebras that gallop, hippos that graze, and mearkats that watch. Explore the world aro...

• Mar-2017
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How do animals carry their babies? Not in backpacks or strollers, but tucked in pouches . . . Gripped in teeth . . . Propped on backs . . . Even underneath! Marianne Berkes' rhyming verses present some of the many ways that animals carry their young....

• Sep-2018
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Learning is fun while discovering one of the most beautiful ecosystems in the world! Begin to appreciate the adorable baby animals in and around deserts like camels that kneel, armadillos that dig, and roadrunners that coo. Explore the world around y...

• Jun-2021
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Learning is fun while discovering one of the most beautiful ecosystems in the world! Begin to appreciate the adorable baby animals in and around rivers like salmon that splash, beavers that gnaw, and otters that slide. Explore the world around you, a...

• Jun-2021
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Learning is fun while discovering one of the most beautiful ecosystems in the world! Begin to appreciate the adorable baby animals in and around forests like beavers that build, turkeys that scratch, and skunks that spray. Explore the world around yo...

• Jun-2021
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Learning is fun while discovering one of the most beautiful ecosystems in the world! Begin to appreciate the adorable baby animals in and around the coral reef like pufferfish that puff, gruntfish that grunt, and seahorses that flutter. Explore the w...

• Aug-2021
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Learning is fun while discovering one of the most beautiful ecosystems in the world! Begin to appreciate the adorable baby animals in the arctic like the snow goose that honks and the wolf that howls. Explore the world around you, and inspire a bond ...

• Oct-2021
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Learning is fun while discovering one of the most beautiful ecosystems in the world! Begin to appreciate the adorable baby animals in and around Australia like wombats that dig, sugar gliders that lap, and bilbies that slurp! Explore the world around...