A caterpillar goes through one of the most dramatic transformation in nature. This title explains plant growth in a clear and organized manner. Readers will love watching the transformations take place.
Ladybugs are a farmer's best friend-they eat the bugs that would otherwise harm plants. Nature Up close series uses beautiful watercolors to depict each creature's world from its unique perspective. Simple text describes the creatures' movements and activities.
Combine DK's highly successful Eyewitness approach with engaging and easy-to-read stories and you'll have a series of books guaranteed to capture and delight the imagination of any child. Each level is intended to help develop reading skills and general knowledge to build a lifelong love of reading. Written by leading children's authors and compiled in consultation with literacy experts, these …
Winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series A tadpole is a baby frog! Female frogs lay masses of jelly-coated eggs in the water, but what hatches from each egg isn't a frog yet—it's a tadpole. Tadpoles are likely tiny fish that breathe underwater through gills. As the tadpole gets older, it loses its…
Written in story form, this text shows how an egg grows into a tadpole, and then into a leaping frog. It is part of a series which charts the early stages of an animal's life.
How far can frogs jump? Why do their eggs look slimy? Answer these questions and many more in this illustrated introduction to amphibians, and learn about the unique role frogs play in the environment. With her signature bright, well-labeled diagrams and simple text, Gail Gibbons introduces the habitat and life cycles of frogs, and gives a brief overview of common frog behaviors. Important v…
Discover that earthworms aren't just yucky, but are necessary to keeping soil healthy. Nature Up close series uses beautiful watercolors to depict each creature's world from its unique perspective. Simple text describes the creatures' movements and activities.
In autumn, a strong wind blows flower seeds high in the air and carries them far across the land. One by one, many of the seeds are lost -- burned by the sun, fallen into the ocean, eaten by a bird. But some survive the long winter and, come spring, sprout into plants, facing new dangers -- trampled by playing children, picked as a gift for a friend. Soon only the tiniest seed remains, growing …
This series of books looks at the life cycles of familiar animals and plants. Question boxes throughout the text encourage children to make predictions about what is coming up in the text.
Text and photographs depict the life cycle of the sunflower, from seeds to sprouts to flowers that finally turn again to seeds.