This series deals with a wide variety of subjects, from robots to conservation, castles to volcanoes and religions to money. The texts are short and straightforward. Focusing on the seasons of the year, this book examines its subject from the viewpoints of geography, history, astronomy, biology and anthropology. It first explains why there are seasons and how they differ around the world, and t…
A host of season-specific images and activities include steaming mugs of cocoa, fall leaves, sleigh-riding, running in the rain, playing baseball, and trick-or-treating.
Geography students will appreiciate this definitive, informative, and highly scenic series. Each title provides a solid picture of the landform and its variations are identified, what plants and animals live there, what impact people have had on it, and a variety of other land-use and environmental issues.
The Where I Live series provides a glimpse of everyday life in a variety of settings. Each book introduces a different type of location from the viewpoints of children who live there. The interesting, on-level information satisfies beginning readers' curiosity and the simple language satisfies their desire to read on their own.
These books will help you think about and look around your local area. Find out what your surroundings can tell you about how people live and work, where they shop and go to school and how they travel and spend their leisure time. Discover the clues that will tell you how people lived in the past. Think about the changes that could benefit your local area, whether it's your home, school or furt…
In Native American legend, the thirteen scales on Old Turtle's back hold the key to the thirteen cycles of the moon and the changing seasons. These lyrical poems and striking paintings celebrate the wonder of the seasons, from the Northern Cheyenne's Moon of the Popping Trees to the Big Moon of the Abenaki.
'Reading Roundabout' offers a range of non-fiction books to build reading confidence. The series promotes referencing skills and provides a model for children's own writing. This book covers what you can hear, see, smell, taste and touch at the seaside.
Discusses the heart, arteries, veins, blood, and other parts of the body's circulatory system and the causes and prevention of coronary heart disease.
Not only are seashores a popular muse for painters, the stretching seashore is also home to millions of creatures, from crabs and sea lions to sea urchins and puffins. Stunning real-life photographs of lobsters, tide pools, fish, seals, seabirds, and more offer a unique "eyewitness" view of life on the seashore. See a starfish on the move, how a sea urchin disguises itself, a sea anemone catch …