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The Pelican Can!
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With catchy, cheer-squad exuberant text and striking torn-paper art, this simple science-based picture book celebrates what a pelican can do and will have young readers chanting joyfully along! Who can amaze with their remarkable ways? The pelican can! The pelican can! When a young pelican wakes...
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With catchy, cheer-squad exuberant text and striking torn-paper art, this simple science-based picture book celebrates what a pelican can do and will have young readers chanting joyfully along!
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With catchy, cheer-squad exuberant text and striking torn-paper art, this simple science-based picture book celebrates what a pelican can do and will have young readers chanting joyfully along! Who can amaze with their remarkable ways? The pelican can! The pelican can! When a young pelican wakes up hungry, pelican parents know just what to do! Take a trip to the seaside and cheer for a marvellous bird who can fly, soar, dive, and more! Luminous graphic art paired with infectious rhythmic text makes for a winning invitation to join in a soaring journey to observe and celebrate the way that pelicans feed their young.The pelican does what a pelican can do.Now, how about you?
Book Details
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ISBN: 9780316497817
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 30 May 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: Little, Brown Young Readers
Audience: Children
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 14.0mm
Width: 234.0mm
Height: 236.0mm
Weight: 380g
Pages: 40
About the Author
Toni Yuly is the author of many books for children, including Early Bird, which won the ALA Notable and Texas 2x2, and Thank You, Bees, which won the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award. She studied painting at the University of Washington, where she worked with the great American painter Jacob Lawrence, and worked for many years as a librarian in the King County Library System. She now lives in Bremerton, Washington, in a small house by the water, where she has fallen in love with the local pelicans.
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