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Epossumondas volume 2
Language
English
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Epossumondas's mother tells him a story about how his great-great-grandfather became the first possum to have a hairless tail.
3) Opossums
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Language
English
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through grade three, this book introduces opossums to young readers through leveled text and related photos"--Provided by publisher.
6) Opossums
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English
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"Vibrant photographs and carefully leveled text introduce emergent readers to an opossum as hunts for food, defends itself against predators, and raises its young. Includes labeled diagram, picture glossary, and index."--
7) Epossumondas
Author
Series
Epossumondas volume 1
Language
English
Description
A retelling of a classic tale in which a well-intentioned young possum continually takes his mother's instructions much too literally.
9) Opossums
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Language
English
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"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to opossums. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
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English
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"When faced with an enemy, the opossum flops over and doesn't move. Drool bubbles from its nose, and a smelly liquid might squirt out from its butt. Did it die of fright? No, it's playing dead! Along with other tricks, the opossum pretends to be dead so its enemies will move on to their next snack. Fun text and eye-catching photos introduce the animal in all its gross glory"--
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English
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"When opossums' habitats are threatened and they move into urban areas, they pose a high risk of disease transmission to humans. This has given them a bad reputation. However, left alone in the forest, opossums make up a vital part of the ecosystem. One way they help humans is by eating large amounts of ticks, which limits the spread of Lyme disease and other sicknesses. Full-color photographs and a detailed graphic organizer give readers more information...
Author
Series
Grandmother stories volume 7
Language
English
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Description
"The elaborately patterned, intricate, black-and-white ink drawings, best viewed at close range, bring this entertaining, instructive story to life."--Booklist
14) Anybody home?
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English
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Description
Looking for a new home to raise her expected babies, Polly Possum meets a variety of forest animals and learns how they build and live in webs, nests, hives, shells, burrows, lodges, dens, caves, dreys, and even hollows.
15) Playing possum
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Possums play dead when threatened so Alfred, an unusually nervous possum, avoids attention and even friendship until he meets Sofia, an armadillo who curls into a ball when nervous. Includes facts about the unusual defense mechanisms of animals pictured in the book.
17) Winnie & Ernst
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English
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Winnie the possum and Ernst the otter go to a birthday party, bake for a bake sale, hold a garden party, and turn bad luck into good luck.
Author
Series
Epossumondas volume 4
Language
English
Description
Forgetting his mother's warnings, Epossumondas goes into the swamp alone then must pretend to be dead time and again as he hears frightening sounds and fears they are being made by the dreaded loup garou.
Author
Language
English
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"With a little imagination and some inspiration from their friend the opossum (now named Morty, short for rigor mortis), Ella and her classmates come up with a project that gets them excited about math and they might even have a chance to win at the Math Fair!"--
20) Possum magic
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Language
English
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Description
When Grandma Poss's magic turns Hush invisible, the two possums take a culinary tour of Australia to find the food that will make her visible once more.
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