Get to know the greatest players in the history of the New Orleans Pelicans, from the legends of the past to today's biggest superstars. This action-packed book also includes a timeline, team facts, additional resources links, a glossary, and an index. This Press Box Books title is aligned to a reading level of grade 3 and an interest level of grades 2-4.

Learn about the key players and big wins that have made the New Orleans Pelicans one of the most exciting teams in the NBA. Readers will get a glimpse into the team's history, its home court, its fans, and the team's most memorable moments. Additional features to enhance comprehension include informative captions, an introduction to the author, a phonetic glossary of key words and phrases, sources for further research including websites, a look at...

James Cooper, my father, passed away before he could write this foreword. He had been terminally ill for the entirety of his published writing career, but wrote and created tirelessly. It was his wish for his poems and stories to survive him, to leave us with great, enduring beauty in the wake of such pain. Though this, book is not about him, strictly speaking, there is so much of him in it. The story draws inspiration from his experiences: as a clinical...

London, 2044. The St. James Park pelicans have gone missing-the day before its rookie, celebrity president unveils the British Republic's new pelican flag. At the same time, British intelligence uncovers coded messages about possible anti-government activity. Who are the bird-nappers and what do they want? And who is behind the secret messages? Agent Howie Pond-license to lunch-reluctantly agrees to try and find out. Howie's fiancée, Britt, has a...

Natural leaders possess inherent skills, but it's how they react to situations that determines how successful they'll be. Coyotes and Pelicans: What Nature Can Teach Us About Business Success and Survival is a fable about two animal families trying to survive an exceptionally dry summer in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The leaders of the families have very different approaches toward ensuring survival, and the book explores how different ideas can...

A small boy with a desire to own a candy shop meets a window-washing team composed of a giraffe, a pelican, and a monkey and together they go to work for the wealthy Duke of Hampshire, who makes all their dreams come true. While Billy and the Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company are cleaning the windows of the Duke of Hampshire's estate, they spot the Cobra, the most dangerous cat-burglar in the world, stealing the Duchess's diamonds.

La Jirafa, el Pelícano y el Mono son los mejores Limpiaventanas Desescalerados del mundo, y desean vivir contigo las más disparatadas aventuras. Para ello, contarán con la ayuda de un niño que sueña con tener una pastelería, un excéntrico duque, una riquísima duquesa ... y un temible ladrón conocido como "El Cobra".

The author describes and identifies winged predators, and explains why there are no feathers on a vulture's head, which bird is the deep-diving champ, and what makes an owl's wings perfectly silent in flight, in a text with fold-out pages.

A guide for beginning and intermediate watchers of birds from Western North America.