Darcy Pattison

Ages 6-9She arrived on Halloween Eve, in the Year of Acorns. Benjy named her Tricks. Mom said, "No pets." Then, they discover the cat's owner. Erika has just moved next door to stay with her grandmother while she attends the Deaf School. She brought Fluffy, her cat, with her. Fluffy likes to wander the neighborhood and make friends. This delightful Halloween story is about cats, sign language, and a surprising friendship. It's perfect for the elementary reader who needs to build confidence in their reading skills. Need a great read-aloud for Halloween? This will delight and entertain the kids, even during this busy holiday.

Ages 6-9She arrived on Halloween Eve, in the Year of Acorns. Benjy named her Tricks. Mom said, "No pets." Then, they discover the cat's owner. Erika has just moved next door to stay with her grandmother while she attends the Deaf School. She brought Fluffy, her cat, with her. Fluffy likes to wander the neighborhood and make friends. This delightful Halloween story is about cats, sign language, and a surprising friendship. It's perfect for the elementary reader who needs to build confidence in their reading skills. Need a great read-aloud for Halloween? This will delight and entertain the kids, even during this busy holiday.

Starred Kirkus Review: "This well-crafted success story of a species' salvation will encourage budding environmentalists." "A worthwhile addition to Pattison's Another Extraordinary Animal series." BooklistCan humans save a species from extinction? Yes With patience, persistence, and a full dose of hope. This is the heartbreaking tale of a Gal pagos giant tortoise species that was almost extinct, the herculean task of conservation work by scientists and volunteers, and a heartwarming tale of hope for our planet. In 1959, Ecuador established a national park to protect the Gal pagos Islands. When they did a census, scientists found only 14 individual Espa ola Island tortoises. The species was almost extinct. Then, they found one more Espa ola tortoise-in the San Diego Zoo They named him Diego and brought him back to the Gal pagos for a breeding program. Ecuador established one of the most successful breeding programs in scientific history. For sixty years, scientists and hundreds of volunteers have fought valiantly to save this amazing giant tortoise species. Would it be enough? Would they be able to save the species? Read the amazing story of Diego, the giant Gal pagos tortoise. This is the fifth book in a picture book series, Another Extraordinary Animal, which includes a bird, mammal, spider, amphibian, and reptile. Back matter for this book contains information about Diego, his species, the Gal pagos Islands, and more.

Starred Kirkus Review: "This well-crafted success story of a species' salvation will encourage budding environmentalists." "A worthwhile addition to Pattison's Another Extraordinary Animal series." BooklistCan humans save a species from extinction? Yes With patience, persistence, and a full dose of hope. This is the heartbreaking tale of a Gal pagos giant tortoise species that was almost extinct, the herculean task of conservation work by scientists and volunteers, and a heartwarming tale of hope for our planet. In 1959, Ecuador established a national park to protect the Gal pagos Islands. When they did a census, scientists found only 14 individual Espa ola Island tortoises. The species was almost extinct. Then, they found one more Espa ola tortoise-in the San Diego Zoo They named him Diego and brought him back to the Gal pagos for a breeding program. Ecuador established one of the most successful breeding programs in scientific history. For sixty years, scientists and hundreds of volunteers have fought valiantly to save this amazing giant tortoise species. Would it be enough? Would they be able to save the species? Read the amazing story of Diego, the giant Gal pagos tortoise. This is the fifth book in a picture book series, Another Extraordinary Animal, which includes a bird, mammal, spider, amphibian, and reptile. Back matter for this book contains information about Diego, his species, the Gal pagos Islands, and more.

The delightful story of Friday, a dog who discovers that the world of art is filled with many wonderful friends. A dog in an art museum? Maybe not most dogs, but Friday goes to the museum every Tuesday to visit his friends. One day Friday must say goodbye for the winter. Join the fun as Friday trots through the galleries, taking selfies and saying goodbye to all of his friends—Maman the spider, Rosie the Riveter, George Washington, and many others.?? Later, looking at his photos, Friday realizes that the works of art in a museum are more than just bronze and steel, paint and canvas, ink and paper. Instead, the art connects him—and us—to stories, lessons, inspiration, and dreams. And through the art collection at Crystal Bridges, all of us—even a dog—become part of the American experience.

Put scientists out in the field-where they observe and learn from their subjects-and exciting things happen. Join thirteen American scientists as they watch sleeping hippos, avoid cactus thorns, hide snakes under their skirts, make jokes, and draw elephants, termites or squid. Drawing from the original journals of scientists, kids will learn about descriptive, informative, humorous, expository writings. Scientists use notebooks to summarize data, draw maps, or draw specimen. Represented are scientists studying birds, cactus, zoo keeping, human diseases, termites, mollusks, fish, grasses, Mayan ruins, Chinese plants and animals, taxidermy, and peanuts. Kids will be inspired to create their own field notebooks.

Put scientists out in the field-where they observe and learn from their subjects-and exciting things happen. Join thirteen American scientists as they watch sleeping hippos, avoid cactus thorns, hide snakes under their skirts, make jokes, and draw elephants, termites or squid. Drawing from the original journals of scientists, kids will learn about descriptive, informative, humorous, expository writings. Scientists use notebooks to summarize data, draw maps, or draw specimen. Represented are scientists studying birds, cactus, zoo keeping, human diseases, termites, mollusks, fish, grasses, Mayan ruins, Chinese plants and animals, taxidermy, and peanuts. Kids will be inspired to create their own field notebooks.

The stage was set for a showdown: Man v. Machine. On March 9, 2016, the AlphaGo artificial intelligence computer program played the board game, GO, against the world champion, Lee Sedol. The Game: Go is the oldest board game in the world. Games are perfect tests for A. I because they keep score. It's easy to see when the A. I. is improving. The Man: Korean Lee Sedol was the world's top Go player. He expected to win all five games of the match. Could the A. I. teach him anything? The Machine: Developed in 2014, AlphaGo was a computer artificial intelligence program designed to play Go by using deep learning to recognize patterns in the game. It had already beaten the European champion. Could it defeat Sedol? The exciting historic meeting of minds unfolded across five difficult games. This story introduces concepts of artificial intelligence and helps kids understand the challenges and the promise of working with A. I. MOMENTS IN SCIENCE COLLECTION, Book 6This exciting series focuses on small moments in science that made a difference.- BURN: Michael Faraday's Candle- CLANG Ernst Chladni's Sound Experiments (2019 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book)- POLLEN: Darwin's 130 Year Prediction (Junior Library Guild selection, Starred Kirkus Review. 2020 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book)- ECLIPSE: How the 1919 Eclipse Proved Einstein's Theory of General Relativity- EROSION: How Hugh Bennett Saved America's Soil and Ended the Dust Bowl (2021 NCSS Notable Social Studies Book)- AI: How Pattern Recognition Helped Artificial Intelligence Defeat World Champion Lee Sedol

The stage was set for a showdown: Man v. Machine. On March 9, 2016, the AlphaGo artificial intelligence computer program played the board game, GO, against the world champion, Lee Sedol. The Game: Go is the oldest board game in the world. Games are perfect tests for A. I because they keep score. It's easy to see when the A. I. is improving. The Man: Korean Lee Sedol was the world's top Go player. He expected to win all five games of the match. Could the A. I. teach him anything? The Machine: Developed in 2014, AlphaGo was a computer artificial intelligence program designed to play Go by using deep learning to recognize patterns in the game. It had already beaten the European champion. Could it defeat Sedol? The exciting historic meeting of minds unfolded across five difficult games. This story introduces concepts of artificial intelligence and helps kids understand the challenges and the promise of working with A. I. MOMENTS IN SCIENCE COLLECTION, Book 6This exciting series focuses on small moments in science that made a difference.- BURN: Michael Faraday's Candle- CLANG Ernst Chladni's Sound Experiments (2019 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book)- POLLEN: Darwin's 130 Year Prediction (Junior Library Guild selection, Starred Kirkus Review. 2020 NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book)- ECLIPSE: How the 1919 Eclipse Proved Einstein's Theory of General Relativity- EROSION: How Hugh Bennett Saved America's Soil and Ended the Dust Bowl (2021 NCSS Notable Social Studies Book)- AI: How Pattern Recognition Helped Artificial Intelligence Defeat World Champion Lee Sedol

"... Pattison's characters delight..." Kirkus Review of Book 1THE KITTENS, THE KITTYTUBERS, Book 3 Does Angel Persian have what it takes to become a KittyTuber star? Angel Persian is struggling to find her place among the kennels of Kittywood. They have one last month to find a kennel and to work with. Each kennel can offer two contracts to kittens, just two. Angel's beloved Majestic Kennels will likely choose her best friend Jazz, whose dress-up videos consistently ranked high on KittyTube. Their second contract will likely go to her other friend, Rudy, and his Ivory Bongo Harp Band. That leaves Angel without a home kennel for her videos. To become an actress, she must work with the Directors from the other kennels: Malachi-Glenys, Wells Brothers, Fox, and Cardinal. It's a month of work, filming new videos in strange studios to please strange directors. Will one of these kennels become her new home? Join the kittens in this new adventure and watch as they grow up and move into new acting roles. What does the future hold for the beloved Angel Persian?

Have you heard of Goldilocks? Of course, you have She's the name-fame-dame. That long-strong, bold-gold hair has earned her an international reputation. And she knows it. Goldilocks thinks she can do anything she wants. Breaking and entering? No problem. Theft? No problem. Damaging property? No problem. Until...the glitzy-see neighbors are tick-tock-talking. And they decide to take action. Will Goldilocks be able to use her fame-name to get out of trouble? Or will she wind up in folktale-jail? This fun spoof on Goldilocks is rollicking with word play: "Papa Troll clomped-stomped. 'Someone ate my meal for real. It's all woebegone-gone.'" This retelling of the folk/fairy tale creates a children's picture book that is sure to become a read-aloud classic.