With an area of more than 2 million square miles (5.2 million square kilometers), the Amazon rain forest in South America is the largest rain forest in the world. It is so large that it covers an area equal to about half of the United States.
Readers will recognize similiar experiences in their own lives as this little guinea pig describes feeling sad when someone is cross or when something bad happens. Eventually our heroine realizes that feeling sad doesn't last forever.
'Project X, Origins' is a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole school. Action-packed stories, fascinating non-fiction and comprehensive guided reading support meet the needs of children at every stage of their reading development.
What are mammals? There are about 4,000 known species of mammals in the animal kingdom.
Yoshiko Uchida draws on her own childhood as a Japanese-American during World War II in an internment camp to tell the poignant story of a young girl's discovery of the power of memory. Emi and her family are being sent to a place called an internment camp, where all Japanese-Americans must go. The year is 1942. The United States and Japan are at war. Seven-year-old Emi doesn't want to leave he…
In "Extreme Nature Q&A" Check out cool Smithsonian websites and exhibits throughout the book Meet a Smithsonian Specialist See fabulous close-up photos Read extremely fun facts about nature
Complications abound when Dragon befriends an apple that is eaten by a drooling walrus, but the remaining core brings about wondrous happenings
Describes the environment in Antarctica and the various kinds of wildlife that live there.
There are many kinds of animals that until recently have escaped being discovered. Quest for new animals tells the exciting tales of sightings, evidence and clues that eventually lead to the discovery of new animals. Their lifestyles and secretive habits are revealed in stunning discovery artwork.
A zookeeper recounts the story of John, Tonky, and Wanly, three performing elephants at the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, whose turn it is to die, and of their keepers, who weep and pray that World War II will end so their beloved elephants might be saved.