For the first to third grade set, spiders are fascinating and suitably gruesome, especially when looked at in EXTREME close-up. Amazing images show the beauty and otherworldliness of spiders. Simple, engaging text conveys basic information about spiders as well as cool and quirky facts. One stop-action montage shows a spider leaping twenty times its body length!
How many kinds of spider webs are there? What makes spider silk so strong? How do small spiders eat bigger frogs and birds? Which spider uses a lasso to catch its prey? How do spiders see at night to hunt? Do all spiders have fangs? These, and more questions and their answers, introduce kids to the intricate and fascinating world of spiders.
Pictures, labels, and numbers such animals as insects, snails, spiders, worms, and centipedes; and invites young readers to find them in illustrations of scenes that include the soil, ponds, caves, and gardens.
Where can you find an insect? Almost anywhere! Photographs and simple text describe the habitats of different insects.
From tiny spiders the size of a grain of sand to their larger relatives that are bigger than your hand, this delightful rhyming book introduces children to the world of amazing arachnids. Wonderfully detailed illustrations and a special reference section makes learning about these fascinating creatures easy--and fun. Full color.
Investigating the more grisly aspects of natural history, this title in the Scary Creatures series is packed with facts on crocodiles and alligators written in an accessible question and answer format.
Two new books on indigenous peoples and conservation have been added to naturalist Michael Chinery's exciting series Secrets of the Rainforest. Each colorful book shows us the wonderful array of plants and animals that live in the lush wildernesses of the world's tropical rainforests. Acting as the earth's lungs, the rainforests are of vital importance to the planet and to the many indigenous p…
Features an adventurous journey through the most magical place on earth. This work explores the whole of the forest, from its floor up to the canopy and beyond. It captures the tropical rainforests, which are the home of millions of strange and beautiful plants and animals. It contains wildlife photography.
An interactive, narrative tone invites readers to walk through America's biomes in this exquisitely illustrated series by award-winning science author Rebecca L. Johnson. Vividly colored photographs bring readers face to face with animals and plants, while realistic line drawings create the sense of a nature hike in progress. Supports the national science education standards Unifying Concepts a…
In Does It Always Rain in the Rain Fores? you will find the answers to more than 75 questions about tropical rain forests. Become an expert on everything from Brazil nut trees and giant vines to hummingbirds and anteaters. Learn amazing facts that will shock your family and friends! There are hundreds of facts to collect, plus colorful illustrations that give you a glimpse of what life is like …