Ripley's Believe It or Not!-authority on the strange and unusual-and Scholastic present the first of four incredible collections of the world's weirdest, wackiest facts. Believe it! Did you know... ...that hippo sweat looks like blood? ...that a tiger's roar can be heard up to two miles away? ...that golden eagles will attack airplanes that fly too close to their nests? Robert Ripley explo…
From the largest whale to the smallest shrew, Animals Born Alive and Well offers a wealth of information on mammals, and a source of pleasure for any nature lover with a new eye-catching cover! Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Browsers and young students alike will enjoy these lively question and answer books with their unique mix of realistic illustration and engaging cartoons. The enticing questions will amaze, amuse and inspire, while the highly visual format encourages kids to keep reading.
Use World Book's World of Animals as an independent research station where kids can explore and learn about animals on their own. Teachers also can use the animal comparisons to demonstrate comparing and contrasting and then extend the lesson into a writing prompt in which kids flesh out a comparison chart to paragraph form. Use the app to teach common names and scientific classifications of an…
Get ready for a walk on the wild side through every continent on Earth! Kids can discover the animal kingdom like never before in Lonely Planet Kids' The Animal Book, a beautiful encyclopedia featuring over 100 incredible creatures, from the grey wolf and green anaconda, to the bald eagle and emperor penguin. Packed with facts and illustrations, it also explores our relationship with these a…
Perfect for babies and toddlers, this adorable board book from Roger Priddy features a wide variety of animals from ‘frog' to ‘kitten'! With bright, easy-to-turn pages and a new animal on every page, this book is an essential addition to any baby's library. The combination of colorful pictures and simple words will help to build your child's vocabulary, color association, and sensory per…
This book offers readers a bug’s-eye view into the strange and fascinating world of carnivorous plants. From the “jaws” of the Venus flytrap to the pretty sundew plant whose delicate tentacles entrap its prey, the unique anatomy and behaviors of meat-eating plants are detailed with clear, engaging text and art.
An introduction to the life cycles and characteristics of bryophytes, or plants without seeds, such as mosses and ferns.
Text and photographs introduce octopuses and their physical characteristics including their tentacles, suckers, and large eyes, along with behavioral traits such as their ability to change color and squirt ink.
Set sail to Galapagos on a week-long voyage of discovery! Tour the Galapagos Islands in a red-sailed boat and encounter many exotic land and sea animals, like giant tortoises, albatrosses, iguanas, lava crabs and booby birds! This rhyming story, which also teaches the days of the week, also includes fascinating facts on Charles Darwin, the Islands and the animals that live there.