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Tai A Chau symbolically rids itself of the last vestiges of the Old China. The town is represented by the Landlord Chan when it sells land to buy a freshwater pond. The community effort to improve the island's economic well-being brings together government representatives and the land people.

2) Quicksand Pond

Author

Lisle, Janet Taylor

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

Description

Twelve-year-old Jessie spends the summer with her family on Quicksand Pond, a New England vacation spot, where she develops a star-crossed friendship with independent Terri, and meets a reclusive old lady whose connection to a murder that took place decades ago still informs her present--and affects Terri in ways that Jessie gradually comes to understand the more time they spend together.

3) Outdoor surprises

Author

Series

Frog and friends volume 5
I am a reader!

Formats

Description

"A beginning reader book containing three stories featuring Frog and his friends where Frog joins a singing group, helps rescue a baby bird, and is scared by a nighttime story"--Provided by publisher.

4) The frog prince hops to it

Author

Bradman, Tony

Series

After happily ever after

Formats

Description

Bedford Books On-Order for March 2024

After turning back into a prince, prince Freddy, the former frog, misses his old pond, but his wife, princess Daisy, thinks it is disgusting, so Freddy must find a way to show her the value of the place.

5) The dredge: a novel

Author

Flaherty, Brendan

Appears on list

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

Description

"In Brendan Flaherty's debut novel, two estranged brothers must confront the violence of the past when they find out a pond where they played as children will be dredged, threatening to reveal a long-hidden secret. After some traumatic teenage years in rural Connecticut, Cale and Ambrose Casey had nothing left to say to each other. Cale ran off to Hawaii to sell luxury real estate. Ambrose stayed behind and built up his construction company. Neither...

6) Frog and friends: Frog's lucky day

Author

Series

Frog and friends volume 7
I am a reader! volume 7

Publisher

Sleeping Bear Press

Pub. Date

2014.

Description

"A beginning reader book containing two stories in which Frog and his friends try to find the end of the rainbow and Frog looks for a new pond when an unwelcome visitor won't leave his"--

7) Pond babies

Author

Falwell, Cathryn

Formats

Description

Explores some of the different animal babies at the pond, such as a duck, a turtle, and a loon. Includes note to parents on what to do at a pond.

8) Frog and friends: party at the pond

Author

Series

Frog and friends volume 2

Publisher

Sleeping Bear Press

Pub. Date

2011

Description

Frog invites Chameleon to his annual fall party despite his friends' protests, is embarrassed to learn that he is watched when he dances, and is captured by a girl who wants to turn him into a prince.

9) Frog and friends

Author

Series

Frog and friends volume 1
I am a reader!

Formats

Description

Frog and his friends are alarmed by a strange object that appears on his pond, share a thoughtful--if scratchy--gift, and meet a hippopotamus that has run away from the zoo.

10) Toad has talent

Author

Smythe, Richard

Formats

Description

"Every year when Moonlight Pond freezes over, a talent contest takes place deep in the woods. Ducks dance, mice perform. But there is one animal that never competes. Toad watches the talent show from behind his rock, careful to keep himself hidden. Because Toad doesn't have a special talent---or so he thinks! When Toad is finally discovered, he slips on the icy pond and realises he does have an incredible talent...ice-skating! This hilarious, heart-warming,...

11) Pond walk

Author

Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth

Publisher

Marshall Cavendish Children's

Pub. Date

2011

Description

Gossie & friends (Picture books)
Gossie and friends

One summer day, Buddy and his mother take a walk around a pond and observe the animals and insects that live there.

12) Ruby & Rufus

Author

Dunrea, Olivier

Series

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pub. Date

[2019]

Description

Ruby and Rufus love the water. They play on the pond every day! But what will they do when the pond turns to ice?

13) Have you seen my duckling?

Author

Tafuri, Nancy

Description

A mother duck leads her brood around the pond as she searches for one missing duckling.

14) On Duck Pond

Author

Yolen, Jane

Series

On bird hill and beyond volume 2

Publisher

The Cornell Lab Publishing Group

Pub. Date

[2017]

Description

A young boy and his dog on a serene pond that erupts in a cacophony of birds, frogs, turtles, and other creatures.

15) Stinky Cecil in Terrarium terror!

Author

Braddock, Paige

Series

Stinky Cecil volume 2

Formats

eComic, Graphic Novel

Description

Cecil and his amphibian pals are taking a well-deserved break after saving their pond from freeway construction when a third-grade science class shows up for a field trip. The kids nab Cecil for their classroom terrarium! At first Cecil is terrified, but he quickly gets used to being a class pet. That is, until Nesbit the chameleon shows up. Nesbit wants to be just like Cecil, so he matches his colors and follows him all around the terrarium. Hes...

16) Frog and friends: best summer ever

Author

Series

Frog and friends volume 3
I am a reader!

Publisher

Sleeping Bear Press

Pub. Date

c2012

Description

Frog enjoys a summer with his friends as he compares himself to a bat, takes a vacation, and meets a Starman who helps him to see the night sky in a new way.

17) Lakes and ponds

Author

Howard, Fran

Series

Buddy books. Habitats

Formats

Description

This book presents examples of lakes and ponds, explaining which plants and animals live there, and why that type of habitat is so important. Glossary of key words Index Emerging readers will enjoy these beautiful books that take a look at different habitats. Each title will discuss plants and animals that can be found in the habitat, and science, technology, art, and math concepts that relate. Launch is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO....

18) Over and under the pond

Author

Messner, Kate

Series

Over and under (Messner)

Formats

Description

Celebrates the forms of life that live above and under a pond, including turtles, red-winged blackbirds, blue herons, minnows, frogs, and catfish.

19) Stinky Cecil in Operation Pond Rescue

Author

Braddock, Paige

Series

Stinky Cecil volume 2

Formats

eComic, Graphic Novel

Description

"The hilarious tale of a group of amphibians (and one free-range hamster) who set out to save their tiny pond home from one very large steamroller" -- After Cecil the toad discovers that a new freeway project is aimed right at his pond, he and the other pond creatures resolve to stop the construction.

20) At the pond

Author

Elliott, David

Publisher

Candlewick Press

Pub. Date

2022.

Description