Things I Love about Puffins (and Other Less Important Stuff)

Things I Love about Puffins (and Other Less Important Stuff)
Author: Animal Afternoon Journals
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2018-11-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781731545206

This blank lined journal is perfect to slip into a purse or a briefcase for when you want to write down notes, grocery lists, ideas, poetry, stories, or plans. Other features: This journal is 6x9 inches and is a great travel size 100 high-quality pages (50 sheets of paper) Glossy, durable soft cover Makes an excellent gift for birthdays or holidays

Flight of the Puffin

Flight of the Puffin
Author: Ann Braden
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2022-08-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 198481608X

One small act of kindness ripples out to connect four kids in this stirring novel by the author of the beloved The Benefits of Being an Octopus. Libby comes from a long line of bullies. She wants to be different, but sometimes that doesn’t work out. To bolster herself, she makes a card with the message You are amazing. That card sets off a chain reaction that ends up making a difference in the lives of some kids who could also use a boost—be it from dealing with bullies, unaccepting families, or the hole that grief leaves. Receiving an encouraging message helps each kid summon up the thing they need most, whether it’s bravery, empathy, or understanding. Because it helps them realize they matter—and that they're not flying solo anymore.

Nothing Like a Puffin

Nothing Like a Puffin
Author: Sue Soltis
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2011-09-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0763636177

A narrator sets out to prove that there is nothing exactly like a puffin but discovers that many things, including a newspaper and a helicopter, are a little bit like one and that a penguin is very much like a puffin.

What Spot?

What Spot?
Author: Crosby Bonsall
Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1980
Genre: Arctic regions
ISBN: 9780064440271

Although his friend tries to discourage him, a walrus is determined to identify a small black spot he spies in the snow.

Puffins

Puffins
Author: Amy Austen
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2015-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1508141800

This book introduces readers to the puffin, a sea bird that not only flies but swims, too! Readers will love learning fascinating facts about the puffin, from its anatomy to its excellent swimming skills. Vivid visuals will hook readers, while age-appropriate text keeps them engaged—in a pairing that promises a dynamic reading and learning experience. Readers will enjoy learning about important life science topics with this fun ocean friend.

Good Night, Beautiful Moon

Good Night, Beautiful Moon
Author: Penguin Young Readers Licenses
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2017-09-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1524786977

Welcome to Puffin Rock—home to two young puffins, Oona and Baba. Join them on their adventures from the Netflix series, Puffin Rock. Oona can't wait to see the moon tonight because it will be a supermoon—super big and super bright. But Oona doesn't normally stay up so late. Can she stay awake until moonrise?

The Benefits of Being an Octopus

The Benefits of Being an Octopus
Author: Ann Braden
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2018-09-18
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1510737529

Edutopia's "25 Essential Middle School Reads from the Last Decade," NPR Best Book of 2018, Bank Street List for Best Children's Books of 2019, Named to the Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fisher List, Maine's Student Book Award List, Louisiana Young Reader's Choice Award List, Rhode Island Middle School Book Award 2020 List, 2020 Oklahoma Sequoyah Book Award Nominee, 2021 South Carolina Junior Book Award Nominee, 2020-2021 Truman Award​ (Missouri) Nominee, Middle School Virginia Readers’ Choice Titles for 2020–2021​, Charlie May Simon Award 2020–2021 List, South Carolina Book Awards Nominee, 2020–2021, and 2023 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award nominee​. Some people can do their homework. Some people get to have crushes on boys. Some people have other things they've got to do. Seventh-grader Zoey has her hands full as she takes care of her much younger siblings after school every day while her mom works her shift at the pizza parlor. Not that her mom seems to appreciate it. At least there's Lenny, her mom's boyfriend—they all get to live in his nice, clean trailer. At school, Zoey tries to stay under the radar. Her only friend Fuchsia has her own issues, and since they're in an entirely different world than the rich kids, it's best if no one notices them. Zoey thinks how much easier everything would be if she were an octopus: eight arms to do eight things at once. Incredible camouflage ability and steady, unblinking vision. Powerful protective defenses. Unfortunately, she's not totally invisible, and one of her teachers forces her to join the debate club. Even though Zoey resists participating, debate ultimately leads her to see things in a new way: her mom’s relationship with Lenny, Fuchsia's situation, and her own place in this town of people who think they're better than her. Can Zoey find the courage to speak up, even if it means risking the most stable home she's ever had? This moving debut novel explores the cultural divides around class and the gun debate through the eyes of one girl, living on the edges of society, trying to find her way forward.

Message in a Bottle

Message in a Bottle
Author: Holly Hogan
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2023-06-06
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 0385696272

WINNER OF THE 2023 BMO WINTERSET AWARD FINALIST FOR THE 2023 GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR NONFICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 SCIENCE WRITERS AND COMMUNICATORS BOOK AWARD From the heart of the Labrador Current to the furthest reaches of our global oceans, Message in a Bottle conjures an exquisite diversity of marine life and warns of a central threat to its survival: ocean plastic. The dovekie is a stocky seabird the size of a child’s heart that spends its winters on the coast of Newfoundland, thriving in one of the toughest climates on Earth. The polar bear is an apex predator, designed to persevere in the Arctic's extreme conditions. The North Atlantic right whale outweighs the humpback by more than twenty tons and feeds on enormous quantities of tiny plankton in northeastern waters before migrating south for the winter. In Message in a Bottle, wildlife biologist and writer Holly Hogan brings to life the wonder of these creatures and many other birds, fish and marine mammals she has encountered in her thirty years of ocean travel. On these voyages, Hogan has noticed a troubling pattern: the constant presence of plastic, in the form of adrift fishing gear ("ghost gear"), garbage and micro-plastics that create an invisible but pervasive smog in our oceans and threaten even the most seemingly resilient forms of sea life. Bringing together nature, science and adventure writing, Hogan shines a light on our plastic-addicted lifestyle, offering an eyewitness account of its devastating effects on the marine environment—and highlighting international efforts to combat it. With lyrical prose and a reverential eye for the majesty and fragility of our natural world, Message in a Bottle is a clarion call to protect global oceans and the life they sustain, including our own.

Jake's Bones

Jake's Bones
Author: Jake McGowan-Lowe
Publisher: Ticktock Books, Limited
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-03-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781848988521

Jake McGowan-Lowe is a boy with a very unusual hobby. Since the age of 7, he has been photographing and blogging about his incredible finds and now has a worldwide following, including 100,000 visitors from the US and Canada. Follow Jake as he explores the animal world through this new 64-page book. He takes you on a world wide journey of his own collection, and introduces you to other amazing animals from the four corners of the globe. Find out what a cow's tooth, a rabbit's rib and a duck's quack look like and much, much more besides.

Hello, Little Egg!

Hello, Little Egg!
Author: Penguin Young Readers Licenses
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2017-09-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 152478737X

Welcome to Puffin Rock—home to two young puffins, Oona and Baba. Join them on their adventures from the Netflix series, Puffin Rock. Oona, Baba, and Mossy are out playing when they discover a mysterious egg. It's a race against time as they try to find the parents before it hatches!