Beschreibung:
The animal kingdom offers a special fascination for children because so many of the cozy rituals they share at home are echoed in nature. All mammal mothers feed, protect, and teach their young—tasks that often challenge their own needs for survival. With beautiful illustrations and inventive text, this fascinating introduction reveals how fourteen mammals babies travel the path from helpless infant to self-sufficient adults.
The animal kingdom offers a special fascination for children because so many of the cozy rituals they share at home are echoed in nature. All mammal mothers feed, protect, and teach their young— tasks that often challenge their own needs for survival. With beautiful illustrations and inventive text, this fascinating introduction reveals how fourteen mammals' babies travel the path from helpless infant to self-sufficient adults.
If My Mom were a Platypus is also available in Spanish, Hebrew, and Dutch.
Innovators in Action: Leonardo da Vinci Gets a Do-Over
ISBN 13: 978-0-9678020-6-0
Table of Contents
Why I Wrote This Book 15
Prologue 17
Chapter 1: The Meeting 21
Chapter 2: The Adventure Begins 35
Chapter 3: The Awakening 43
Chapter 4: The Bicycle 49
Chapter 5: The Department Store 61
Chapter 6: The Afternoon 69
Chapter 7: The Plan 83
Chapter 8: The Airplane 87
Chapter 9: The New Challenge 101
Chapter 10: The Entertainer 111
Chapter 11: A Lesson Learned 127
Chapter 12: The University 137
Chapter 13: Back Home 155
Chapter 14: The Final Adventure 169
Who was the Real Leonardo da Vinci? 187
Continue Reading about Leonardo da Vinci 189
Glossary 193
Index 201
The animal kingdom offers a special fascination for children because so many of the cozy rituals they share at home are echoed in nature. All mammal mothers feed, protect, and teach their young— tasks that often challenge their own needs for survival. With beautiful illustrations and inventive text, this fascinating introduction reveals how fourteen mammals' babies travel the path from helpless infant to self-sufficient adults.
If My Mom were a Platypus is also available in Spanish, Hebrew, and Dutch.