A thirsty monkey has to wait for many larger animals to drink at the water hole before it is safe for it to get close enough to drink.
Our featured November Books this year are all about animals. Some are about real animals and their behavior and some are stories about animals that talk and do various other interesting things that real animals do not do.
Water Hole Waiting by Jane Kurtz and Christopher Kurtz, pictures by Lee Christiansen, Greenwillow Books, HarperCollins, NY 2002
A thirsty monkey has to wait for many larger animals to drink at the water hole before it is safe for it to get close enough to drink.
Groundhogs, Woodchucks, Marmots and Whistle Pigs, by Adele D. Richardson,Bridgestone Books, Capstone Press, Mankato, MN, 2003
An introduction to the characteristics, behavior, habitat, and life cycles of the groundhogs and related species of rodents that hibernate during the winter. Woodchucks are frequently seen in Lexington, especially by gardeners who do not want them eating their plantings.
Why Do Rabbits Hop?:and Other Questions About Rabbits, Guinea Pigs, Hamsters, and Gerbils, by Joan Holub, illustrated by Anna DiVito, Dial Books for Young Readers, New York, 2003
Easy to read questions and answers about the behavior of rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters and gerbils and their interaction with humans as pets.
Why Do Horses Neigh?, by Joan Holub, illustrated by Anna DiVito, Dial Books for Young Readers, New York, 2003
Easy to read questions and answers about horse behavior and the uses that people make of them.
The High-Rise Private Eyes: the Case of the Fidgety Fox, by Cynthia Rylant, pictures by G. Brian Karas,, Greenwillow Books, HarperCollins, NY 2003
Two animal detectives, Bunny Brown and Jack Jones, investigate a case of missing lucky dice in this story in which all the people parts are taken by animals. Author Rylant is a Newbery Medal recipient.
The Bugliest Bug, by Carol Diggory Shields, illustrated by Scott Nash, Candlewick Press, Cambridge, MA 2002
All kinds of insects compete to see who is the bugliest bug of all but there is a nasty surprise waiting at the contest's end.
Funny Frank, by Dick King-Smith, illustrated by John Eastwood, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2002
Being a duck isn't all that it is quacked up to be, especially if you happen to really be a chicken who wants to be a duck.
Birdbrain Amos by Michael Delaney, Philomel Books, New York, 2002
When Amos, the hippo, hires a tick bird to keep the bugs off his back he gets a different set of problems when the bird builds a nest on his head.
The Purple Ribbon, by Sharelle Byars Moranville, illustrated by Anna Alter, Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2003
A story about the role of a purple ribbon in the life of a field mouse named Spring.
When Mammoths Walked the Earth by Caroline Arnold, illustrated by Laurie Caple, Clarion Books, New York, 2002
What we know about the characteristics and habits of elephant-like, prehistoric mammoths from investigating their fossils and the sites where the fossiles have been found.
Pizza Kittens by Charlotte Voake, Candlewick Press, Cambridge, MA 2002
Like many humans, in this story about a cat family the kittens prefer pizza to peas for dinner.
Bow Wow Meow Meow: It's Rhyming Cats and Dogs by Douglas Florian, Harcourt, Inc., New York, 2003
A collection of 24 original poems and paintings about various kinds of dogs and cats.
Madelenka's Dog by Peter Sis, Frances Foster Books, Farrar Straus Giroux, New York, 2003
Madelenka wants a dog but her parents say "No!" so she has to use her imagination as she romps around her city block. Sis is the author of two Caldecott Honor books and he lives in a New York City that looks just a bit like the city in the book.
Old Beaver, by Udo Weigelt, illustrated by Bernadette Watts North-South Books, Inc., New York, 2002
When Old Beaver stops building dams and a young beaver tries to take over the task the forest creatures find that they can't do without his skills.
Loon Lake, by Jonathan London,illustrated by Susan Ford, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA 2002
A girl and her father take a conoe ride on a moonlit night and encounter loons and other lake creatures.
Chicks & Chickens, by Gail Gibbons, Holiday House, New York NY, 2003
The characteristics, behavior,and life cycle of chickens and how they are raised on farms.
Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson,illustrated by Jane Chapman Margaret K. McElderry Books, Simon and Schuster, New York, 2003
A simple story for younger children about a hungry bear.
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