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Antonia and the Big Competition: The Rosenburg Riding Stables, Volume 2
by Brigitte Kolloch Elisabeth Zöller Betina Gotzen-BeekAntonia's greatest love is riding horses. So it's no surprise that her dream is to become a successful show jumper. But when her riding instructor presents an opportunity for Antonia to realize her dream by entering her for a big show-jumping competition, Antonia's courage seems to fail her. After all, not only is Antonia the youngest entrant in the competition, but Elfin Dance, the wild gelding she rides, sometimes has a mind of his own. To make matters worse, Alina-Antonia's antagonist who never misses an opportunity to best her-is entering the competition, too. Does Antonia even stand a chance?A story of perseverance told by Elisabeth Zöller and Brigitte Kolloch, featuring the colorful illustrations of Betina Gotzen-Beek, Antonia and the Big Competition encourages girls to overcome their fears and obstacles in this second book in an exciting new horse series for young readers aged 7 to 10. Readers will learn how to follow their dreams and problem solve by following Antonia's example. The confident and level-headed Antonia is a great role model for young girls and parents will want to continue buying books in this new series as their children strive to be more empowered and a good leader.
Antonia, the Horse Whisperer: The Rosenburg Riding Stables, Volume 1
by Betina Gotzen-Beek Elisabeth Zöller Brigitte KollochRosenburg Riding Stables is receiving a new addition. When a famous French jockey wants to board his prize gelding, Fairydance, at the stable, horse-crazy Antonia is overcome with joy and excitement. Antonia immediately forms a deep connection with Fairydance, but no one else at the stable can get near him; he bucks them, runs away, and is generally cranky around anyone but Antonia. But while Antonia is fully capable of looking after Fairydance, will the famous Frenchman allow an eleven-year-old girl to care for his prize horse? When the jockey turns up unexpectedly to check on his Fairydance after a particularly heavy storm, will everything come unraveled with the horse's training, or can Antonia save the day?A friendship between girl and horse beautifully told by Elisabeth Zöller and Brigitte Kolloch, featuring color illustrations by Betina Gotzen-Beek, Antonia, the Horse Whisperer highlights a classic first love for many girls and sets the stage for a new horse series for young readers.
Ants and Other Social Insects (World Book's Animals of the World)
by Cecilia VennQuestions and answers explore the world of social insects, with an emphasis on ants
Ants (Animal Lives Series)
by Sally MorganANTS. From leafcutters to soldiers--your total ant guide. Did you know that ants have been around since the time of the dinosaurs? Would you believe that 100,000 pharaoh ants weigh the same as a paper clip? Discover everything you ever wanted to know about these incredible animals--where they live, how they grow and learn, and the dangers that they face. By the time you've finished reading, you'll be an ant expert!
Ants, Bees, and Other Social Insects
by Kris HirschmannWorld Discovery Science Readers Ants, wasps, bees, and termites have been around a long, long time. They are here to stay. This book takes you on a journey into the fascinating world of social insects. Learn how they build their colonies, which in some species can include millions of insects. Read about insect "jobs," from queen to worker to soldier. Learn what social insects eat: paper, pollen, trees, and even each other. Discover how bees dance to show where food can be found, how ants leave scent trails, and how other ideas are communicated to colony members. Find out how social insects gang up to defend themselves from dangerous enemies. Get the buzz today!
Ants! (Time For Kids)
by Time for Kids EditorsAnts rule the world! These industrious insects live mostly in colonies and work together as a team. Worker ants take care of the colony and search for food. Ants eat seeds, fruit, and even other insects. Whenever ants find food, they carry it back to the colony to share. <P> Supports the Common Core State Standards
Ants for Kids: A Junior Scientist's Guide to Queens, Drones, and the Hidden World of Ants (Junior Scientists)
by Beverly Gerdeman PhDCrawl inside the curious world of ants with the Junior Scientists series for kids ages 6-9! Ants are scurrying, social creatures with unique abilities to carry huge loads, work as a team, and fiercely protect their colony. This book gives you a microscopic look into the hidden world of ants, answering all your big questions about our small, hardworking neighbors. Learn fun facts about flat headed Turtle Ants, wide-eyed Gigantiops, and many more. Explore colorful photos and cool profiles on how big each ant is, what they eat, where they're found, and more! Get up close and underground with: A look inside the anthill—Discover which jobs each ant has in its colony, how they communicate, how they build their homes, and how they fight. Vibrant photographs—Get up close and personal with bright, colorful photos of dozens of different types of ants. Off-the-page projects—Become an ant ambassador with instructions for making your very own ant farm and tips on ant watching in the wild. Discover all the secrets about the ant queen, her drones, and loyal colony in Ants for Kids.
Ants for Lunch (Fountas & Pinnell Classroom, Guided Reading)
by Susan RingNIMAC-sourced textbook. How Weird! Imagine a creature that has a long sticky tongue, and that spends its day slurping up ants. You're about to meet the anteater!
The Ants Have a Picnic
by Uma Krishnaswami Ron Lieser Jeffrey FuerstIn this book, 100 hungry ants discover a picnic and get into all of the food.
Ants in Their Pants
by Patricia Nikolina ClarkIf you accidentally sat on an anthill, and little black ants started to crawl all over you, would you stay there? Of course not!
Ants (Nature's Children)
by Amy-Jane BeerDescribes the physical features, habits and habitat of ants, an ancient insect related to wasps.
Ants (Nature's Friends)
by Ann HeinrichsIntroduces distinguishing characteristics, life cycles, and different types of ants.
Ants of Africa and Madagascar: A Guide to the Genera
by Brian L. Fisher Barry BoltonAcross the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions, ants are one of the most conspicuous and ecologically dominant animal groups. From driver ants to weaver ants, there are over 2,000 species in Africa alone and over 600 in Madagascar. Ants of Africa and Madagascar introduces readers to the fascinating and diverse ant fauna of the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions. Featuring illustrated keys to subfamilies, separate keys to Afrotropical and Malagasy ant genera, and distribution maps, it also describes diagnostic characters, explores ant ecology and natural history, and includes a list of all currently recognized ant species in the regions. This detailed guide is an essential tool for entomologists and myrmecologists working with and learning about this diverse population of Formicidae.
Ants of Florida: Identification and Natural History
by Mark DeyrupAnts are familiar to every naturalist, ecologist, entomologist, and pest control operator. The identification of the 233 species of Florida ants is technically difficult, and information on Florida ants is dispersed among hundreds of technical journal articles. This book uses detailed and beautiful scientific drawings for convenient identification. To most Florida biologists ants are currently the most inaccessible group of conspicuous and intrusive insects. This book solves the twin problems of ant identification and the extraordinary fragmentation of natural history information about Florida ants.
Anxiety Disorders: Rethinking and Understanding Recent Discoveries (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology #1191)
by Yong-Ku KimThis book reviews all important aspects of anxiety disorders with the aim of shedding new light on these disorders through combined understanding of traditional and novel paradigms. The book is divided into five sections, the first of which reinterprets anxiety from a network science perspective, examining the altered topological properties of brain networks in anxiety disorders. The second section discusses recent advances in understanding of the neurobiology of anxiety disorders, covering, for example, gene-environmental interactions and the roles of neurotransmitter systems and the oxytocin system. A wide range of diagnostic and clinical issues in anxiety disorders are then addressed, before turning attention to contemporary treatment approaches in the context of novel bio-psychosocial-behavioral models, including bio- and neurofeedback, cognitive behavioral therapy, neurostimulation, virtual reality exposure therapy, pharmacological interventions, psychodynamic therapy, and CAM options. The final section is devoted to precision psychiatry in anxiety disorders, an increasingly important area as we move toward personalized treatment.Anxiety Disorders will be of interest for all researchers and clinicians in the field.
Anybody at Home?
by H. A. ReyThe short verses in Anybody at Home? ask children to identify various homes and the animals and objects that live there
Anything But Hank
by Eric Orchard Rachel Lebowitz Zachariah WellsIn Anything But Hank! Rachel Lebowitz and Zachariah Wells combine the whimsical humour of Lewis Carroll with the adventure-narrative balladeering of Robert Service to spin an unforgettable tale of a baby -- and a pig! -- in search of a name. Their quest takes them from the city to the mountains, as they seek an audience with the Wizard and his baby-naming Mexican beaded lizard. The story, accompanied by the gorgeously lush paintings of Eric Orchard, is a delight for readers of all ages.
Anything with You: A Picture Book
by Charlie MylieWith charming, expressive characters, lush autumn landscapes, and spare text, the picture book Anything with You by author-illustrator Charlie Mylie is a sweet story about how journeys are more about who you’re with than where you’re going.A mouse and his friend are going on an adventure! What are they going to find? They’ll wander through the woods, looking everywhere and exploring everything. As they follow the trails and search together, they’ll see that anything is more fun when you’re with your best friend.Another touching, heartfelt story from Charlie Mylie, the author-illustrator of Something for You.
The Ape and the Sushi Master Reflections of A Primatologist: Cultural Reflections Of A Primatologist
by Frans De WaalWhat if apes had their own culture rather than an imposed human version? What if they reacted to situations with behavior learned through observation of their elders (culture) rather than with pure genetically coded instinct (nature)? In answering these questions, eminent primatologist Frans de Waal corrects our arrogant assumption that humans are the only creatures to have made the leap from the natural to the cultural domain. The book's title derives from an analogy de Waal draws between the way behavior is transmitted in ape society and the way sushi-making skills are passed down from sushi master to apprentice. Like the apprentice, young apes watch their group mates at close range, absorbing the methods and lessons of each of their elders' actions. Responses long thought to be instinctive are actually learned behavior, de Waal argues, and constitute ape culture. A delightful mix of intriguing anecdote, rigorous clinical study, adventurous field work, and fascinating speculation, The Ape and the Sushi Master shows that apes are not human caricatures but members of our extended family with their own resourcefulness and dignity.
Ape Escapes (National Geographic Kids Chapters)
by Aline Alexander NewmanThis is the first in a series of 4 books that will tell the true and hilarious stories of animals that love hijinks. <P><P>In this book you'll meet 3 naughty animals, including Fu Manchu, the orangutan escape artist. <P><P>Fu Manchu lived at the Omaha Zoo and would routinely break out of his habitat to explore the zoo on a nice day. Zookeepers were baffled as to how the ape was escaping, until one day they caught him in the act. <P><P>Fu Manchu knew how to pick locks. Not only that, he had created his own tool that he used to pick the locks with, which he would store in his mouth so as not to be found out. <P><P>This and two other charming stories will engage readers and leave them wondering if humans are really the smartest animals.
Ape House: A Novel
by Sara GruenGruen returns with another immensely charming, endlessly surprising, and engaging novel in which a family of apes teaches us what it means to be human. Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants has become one of the most beloved and bestselling novels of our time. Now Gruen has moved from a circus elephant to family of bonobo apes. When the apes are kidnapped from a language laboratory, their mysterious appearance on a reality TV show calls into question our assumptions about these animals who share 99.4% of our DNA. A devoted animal lover, Gruen has had a life-long fascination with human-ape discourse, and a particular interest in Bonobo apes, who share 99.4% of our DNA. She has studied linguistics and a system of lexigrams in order to communicate with apes, and is one of the few visitors who has been allowed access to the Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa, where the apes have come to love her. In bringing her experience and research to bear on this novel, she opens the animal world to us as few novelists have done. Ape House is a riveting, funny, compassionate, and, finally, deeply moving new novel that secures Sara Gruen's place as a master storyteller who allows us to see ourselves as we never have before.