Disasters caused by human actions or natural forces often dramatically affect both the environment and civilization. Using personal accounts, well-organized information, and dramatic photos, this series provides an in-depth look at the challenges of various life-threatening crises.
This wonderful, modern-day toddler classic presents information that children both want and need in a refreshingly honest, informative, and age-appropriate way.
Supporting the National Curriculum, each book in this series encourages readers aged between seven and ten to observe and record their environment. This title looks at the living things around us, how they work with each other and the world around them.
The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures. Eyewitness Evolution is DK's classic look at Charles Darwin and the theory of natural selection, now reissued with a CD and wall chart.
Shy little Molly is terrified when she gets invited to a party. But to her surprise, it's not so bad, after all. This story is one of a series which aims to help children deal with new situations in a positive and happy manner.
What is a living thing? Why is there such a huge variety of life? How do we know about evolution? These and many other questions are answered in this colourful book about the variety of life. The interesting and informative text and accompanying activities are in line with the new curriculum.
Children love to read about different kinds of animal families. In this fascinating new book, simple text explains how animals behave toward their young in different and sometimes surprising ways, from fish and reptile mothers who leave their young to fend for themselves to male wolves and penguins who help raise their babies. Engaging photographs also show how mammal mothers teach their young …
The most accessible and joyous introduction to the world of poetry! The Random House Book of Poetry for Children offers both funny and illuminating poems for kids personally selected by the nation's first Children's Poet Laureate, Jack Prelutsky. Featuring a wealth of beloved classic poems from the past and modern glittering gems, every child who opens this treasury will finda world of surpr…
Have you ever tried to write a poem about a pizza? How about a pig? How about a pigeon, penguin, potato, Ping-Pong, parrot, puppy, pelican, porcupine, pie, pachyderm, or your parents? Jack Prelutsky has written more than one thousand poems about all of these things--and many others. In this book he gives you the inside scoop on writing poetry and shows you how you can turn your own experiences …