W Is for Woof: A Dog Alphabet
by Ruth Strother (Author) Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen (Illustrator)
Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
Series: Sleeping Bear Alphabets
What walks on four legs, runs in a 1,150-mile race, detects bombs, tracks bad guys, and still enjoys an afternoon of chasing Frisbees? It's Canis familiaris, otherwise known as the dog. Whether a mutt or purebred, the domesticated dog has been a part of human society for thousands of years. W is for Woof: A Dog Alphabet offers a canine course through simple rhymes accompanied by informative, entertaining sidebar text. Subject matter includes behavior, obedience training, grooming, and health care. O is for Obedience A dog who sits, and comes, and stays, and, overall, one who obeys, is calm and happy and carefree because she knows how she must be. After reading W is for Woof, you will have a better understanding of what makes Rover tick from the top of his head to the tip of his tail.
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Ruth Strother
RUTH STROTHER is an experienced author and editor who has developed dozens of books about home improvement, pet care, cooking, and children's literature. DR. SARAH STAMPS is a geophysicist at Virginia Tech's Geodesy and Tectonophysics Laboratory in the department of geosciences. She uses technology to understand the physical processes that drive Earth's volcanoes and earthquakes. Dr. Stamps and her team are working to answer questions such as: How and why does the Earth move? and Why do continents break apart? She also works to help advance geoscience in developing countries. She is an active member of National Science Foundation's EarthCube Science Committee, a group of geoscientists working to improve geoscience research by developing data systems, and is a member of the NSF UNAVCO Education and Community Engagement Committee, a nonprofit consortium that facilitates geoscience research and education using geodesy (the study of Earth's shape, gravity field, and rotation).
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781585363438
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Publication date
January 20, 2008
Series
Sleeping Bear Alphabets
BISAC categories
JNF013010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts | Alphabet
JNF003060 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Dogs
JNF003060 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | Dogs
Library of Congress categories
Dogs
English language
Alphabet
English language
Alphabet
