Janell Cannon
1) Pinduli
Author
Language
English
Description
Pinduli's mama has always told her that she's the most beautiful hyena ever. But Dog, Lion, and Zebra don't think so. Why else would they make her feel so rotten about her big ears, her fuzzy mane, and her wiggly stripes? Poor Pinduli just wants to disappear. But then a case of mistaken identity lets her show the creatures of the African savanna how a few tiny words can create something enormous. From the creator of the best-selling Stellaluna comes...
2) Crickwing
Author
Language
English
Description
Award-winning author Janell Cannon writes and illustrates colorful children's books, including Verdi. In Crickwing, Cannon pens the tale of an artistic cockroach who experiences many adventures in the forest, as he defends a tribe of leafcutting ants. Kevin Free's exciting narration enhances this extraordinary story of friendship and survival.
3) Verdi
Author
Language
English
Description
Verdi the python is very proud of his beautiful bright yellow skin and the bold black stripes that zigzag down his back. But as his mother sends him off into the steamy jungle of his island home, she says, "Grow up big and green." Verdi thinks the old green pythons that laze around in the treetops are boring. He's sure that if he can keep jumping and climbing and moving fast, he'll stay yellow and striped forever. Will Verdi's tricks really keep him...
4) Stellaluna
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
While out searching for food, fruit bat Stellaluna and her mother are attacked by a vicious owl. Stellaluna is separated from Mother Bat and taken in by a family of birds where she must put aside her bat habits to fit in with her new family. But one fateful flight when she is separated from her adoptive siblings, Stellaluna is reunited with her bat family and learns that even though we're different, we're very much the same.
5) Crickwing
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2000
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A lonely cockroach named Crickwing has a creative idea that saves the day for the leaf-cutter ants when their fierce forest enemies attack them.
6) Stelaluna
Author
Publisher
Editorial Juventud
Pub. Date
c1994
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.
8) Crickwing
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2004
Language
English
Description
A lonely cockroach named Crickwing has a creative idea that saves the day for the leaf-cutter ants when their fierce forest enemies attack them.
9) Pinduli
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Pinduli, a young striped hyena, is hurt by the unkind words of Dog, Lion, and Zebra, but her clever trick in return promotes her clan's survival and spreads harmony throughout the savannah. Includes backmatter notes about hyenas and other animals of the African savannah.