I Dreamed of Flying Like a Bird

Title: I Dreamed of Flying Like a Bird: My Adventures Photographing Wild Animals From a Helicopter
Author: Robert B. Haas
Publication Date: September 2010
ISBN 13: 978-1426306938

In this pictorial work, Robert Haas, provides students with some of his favorite pictures from his career as a wildlife photographer.  In addition to stunning images including overhead shots of a fight between a lion and some oxen, a baby hippo in a swamp, and a flock of pink flamingos that spontaneously congregate in a formation that resembles a flamingo from above, Haas also recounts some of the more pragmatic considerations inherent to choosing a career in wildlife photography.  With images sure to pique interest, all the proceeds of this book will be donated to the American Humane Society.

Ask A Dinosaur

Title: Ask a Dinosaur and It Will Answer You
Author: DK Publishing
Publication Date: March 2011
ISBN 13: 978-0756672294

Ask a Dinosaur and It Will Answer You is a clever new book by DK publishers that answers a myriad questions about dinosaurs.  With graphic and segmented style typical of DK books, this one is sure to inform the most voracious fans with new and exciting information.  The format of this book, like other DK books, lends itself easily to exploration and investigation, and the tidbits it provides place dinosaurs in context and lead inquisitive minds to explore other epochs.

Rascal--A Dog and His Boy

Title: Rascal--A Dog and His Boy
Author: Ken Wells
Publication Date: September 2010
ISBN 13: 978-0375866524

Rascal is an amazing young pup.  He's clever, kind, and has the kind of guileless personality that allows him to make friends of enemies.  Born on a dog lovin' farm in the Bayou, he quickly earns the love and respect of its most ornery characters.  Through his stellar personality, and the legacy left to him by his late mama, Rascal endears himself to his Boy and proves his heroism through loyalty and gumption.  Written in an outstanding Creole accent, Rascal is one of the most applause worthy books I've read in a long time!

Young Fredle

Title: Young Fredle
Author: Cynthia Voigt
ISBN 13: 978-0375864575
Publication Date: January 2011

In the tradition of other valiant and lovable mice comes Fredle.  Inedible Fredle, as he comes to be known, is a curious house mouse who gets pushed out of his nest when he's poisoned by a peppermint patty.  Having never seen the outside of a kitchen, let alone the outside of the house, Fredle has to survive the great outdoors with limited house mouse skills.  He's an earnest little mouse, and that serves him well in his adventures as he makes friends with some dogs, some woodshed mice, a family of cellar mice, and even endears himself to a clan of racoons.  He escapes a house cat, a black rat snake and the hungry talons of a bird of prey, and he witnesses beauties no other house mouse has ever lived to see.  With all the attributes of a little hero, Fredle discovers what it takes to be himself no matter what world he lives in.