Durga Bernhard

An alphabetical introduction to the ways in which real and imaginary animals might use camouflage, from ape to zebra fish.

"If you were climbing a tree, just what might you see? Birds or animals or insects? Would you swing like a monkey? Or pick the ripest fruit straight from the branch? Join award-winning author and illustrator, Durga Yael Bernhard, on a trip around the world to climb its weirdest and most wonderful trees. No matter if you are in Africa, Asia, Europe, or America, there is a grand adventure waiting for you--provided you have a tree to climb in your neighborhood!...

A colorful adventure that shares the many ways Jewish people celebrate Shabbat around the world.

When Samuel's father, the grand vizier, hears Hamza call Samuel names and tells his son to make sure Hamza never speaks an unkind word to him again, Samuel knows he must obey but has a hard time finding the right means to do so. Includes information about Jewish poet Samuel Ha-Nagid and the legend which inspired the story.

The most beautiful dreidel a shopkeeper has ever seen will not spin for the two children who insist they must own it, but perhaps it would spin for a child with the true spirit of Hanukkah in his heart.

Coyote, in love with the Sun, wants to meet him, but can never catch him as he rides across the sky, until one day when Coyote asks to ride with the Sun on his journey.

Describes the origins of New Year traditions and ways in which the coming of the new year is celebrated around the world.

Describes the physical characteristics, social behavior, and reputation as a pest of this grassland rodent.

Text and pictures introduce the familiar ladybug, consumer of aphids and scale insects and purported carrier of good luck.