Display: The Year of the Snake

Death Adders

By Davy Sweazey

Minneapolis, MN: Bellwether Media, 2014. Informational. 24 pages.

Learn about how death adders live and hunt. --Editor

Florida's Burmese Pythons: Squeezing the Everglades

By Miriam Aronin

New York: Bearport Publishing, 2016. Informational. 32 pages.

In this book, readers learn how the Burmese Python is an invasive species in the state of Florida. -- Publisher

Cottonmouth

By Deb Tuttle Nelson

North Mankato, MN: Rourke Educational Media, 2019. Informational. 32 pages.

Meet the stealthy cottonmouth and learn how it can hunt in the dark and under water, hatch eggs without a nest, and scare away threats in surprising ways! You'll also learn to spot the differences between this venomous snake and harmless water snakes. --Publisher

Snakes

By Nic Bishop

New York: Scholastic Nonfiction, 2012. Informational. 48 pages.

Join acclaimed naturalist and photographer Nic Bishop as he explores the scary world of snakes. --Editor

Rattlesnake vs. Secretary Bird

Written by Jerry Pallotta

Illustrated by Rob Bolster

New York: Scholastic, 2016. Informational. 32 pages.

Check out how these amazing real life creatures match up. Who's the strongest, fastest, biggest and baddest? In a fight to the finish, who would win? --Editor

Where Are You?

By Sarah Williamson

New York: Knopf, 2017. Picture Book.

A little green snake wants to spend the day with a little pink snake, but they get separated. The search takes them around the park, on a bicycle, and many more surprising places on a summer day. --Editor

That's Mine!

By Michel van Zeveren

Wellington, NZ: Gecko Press, 2013. Picture Book.

In the jungle, the mighty jungle, a little frog finds an egg. "That's mine!" he says. But the snake wants his egg, and so does the eagle, and so does the lizard. --Editor

Boa's Bad Birthday

Written by Jeanne Willis

Illustrated by Tony Ross

Minneapolis, MN: Anderson Press USA, 2014. Picture Book.

Boa is hoping to enjoy his best birthday ever, but most of his friends' gifts are very disappointing. --Editor

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Dude, That's Rude! (Get Some Manners) by Pamela Espeland & Elizabeth Verdick

If there's one book today's kids need to read, it is Dude, That's Rude! (Get Some Manners) . The authors provide a fun format for teaching etiquette to children. They discuss proper behavior at home, at school, at other people's homes and in public places. The information is completely up-to-date with cellphone manners and netiquette included. Fun, cartoony illustrations are on practically every page giving the book great visual appeal. This book is perfect for boys and girls in the fourth grade or older. WARNING: Bodily functions are discussed.

Faces of the Moon by Bob Crelin

Faces of the Moon by Bob Crelin Illustrated by Leslie Evans Charlesburg; 2009; unpaged Faces of the Moon is a short nonfiction book that describes the different phases of the moon and why the moon appears like it does on certain nights. This book is short and sweet so even the youngest of moon lovers will enjoy it. The layout is simplistic and easy to follow. I don’t know much about the moon so I found it very interesting.

The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester 2008

J Fiction 328 pages I almost didn't finish this book. I got to Chapter 4, and was just about ready to quit (a kind of slow story about a girl, name of Piper McCloud, who discovers she can fly, parents freak out, she becomes a social outcast, yadda, yadda) but suddenly, right there in Chapter 4, the story takes a sharp turn and becomes really interesting . Piper finds herself in the company of others like her, but not "fliers", and under the care and authority of Dr. Hellion. I won't even tell you any more. Read this book. Forester does a great job of keeping you wondering who's the good guy and who's the bad? Piper is a likeable, strong, endearing character that girl readers will enjoy. But don't NOT give it to boys! The main male character is an extremely intelligent young man who is one of the ones you wonder about . . . good or bad? This is a good one, well worth your time.

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