人们是怎么知道地球是圆的的？你也许会说是哥伦布航海发现的，但其实远在古希腊时期就有了地球是圆的的理论。 从船上的?t望台能看到在甲板上看不到的远方，月相变化，时差的产生，不同地方的人能看到不同的星空等等，这些都表明地球是圆的。 这本英语原版科普绘本提供了丰富有趣的知识，穿越历史，进入太空，启发孩子观察、思考有关地球形状的现象与知识，培养孩子独立思考的精神。 书后有简单的小实验，引导孩子自己动手、观察。

This Magic Tree House set including the following titles: Night of the Ninjas (Magic Tree House, No. 5) Afternoon on the Amazon (Magic Tree House, No. 6) Sunset of the Sabertooth (Magic Tree House, No. 7) Midnight on the Moon. (Magic Tree House, No. 8)

In this title you will find over 1000 illustrations, plus factfiles, maps and diagrams explaining who's who in the dinosaur world. From life on earth before the dinosaurs, the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and different types of dinosaurs: to fossils, famous finds and dinosaur myths and legends.

Get ready for take off! The sky's the limit with thissoaring, swooping, looping look at the fantastic flying machinesthat made aviation history. Junior pilots will delight in buildingand flying 5 models of legendary aircraft, including the 1909Blériot monoplane and the rocket-powered Bell X-1. From the firstflight at Kitty Hawk to breaking the sound barrier, AmazingAirplanes gives kids a chance to go faster, higher and fartheras they learn all about the evolution of flight and the incredibletechnologies that enabled man to fly. Filled with excitinghistorical photos, detailed diagrams, and colorful comic strips, Amazing Airplanes also tells the stories of pioneers likeWilbur and Orville Wright and Chuck Yeager. This engaging,educational book really lets kids' imaginations soar!

Welcome to ti~e Magic School Bus Phonics ReadingProgram! Learning to read is so important for your child's success inschool and in life. Now Ms. Frizzle and her class are here to help your child learnimportant phonics skills. Here's how these readers work: Phonics is the fundamental skill of knowing that the letters weread represent the sounds we hear and say. Add The Magic SchoolBus, and help your childLEARN to read and LOVE to read! At first you may want to read the story to your child. Then read together by taking turns line by line or page bypage. Look for all the words that have the sound being featured in thereader. Read them over and over again. Scholastic has been encouraging young readers for more than 80years. Thank you for letting us help you support your beginningreader.

It’s time to sleep! Who dozes standing on one leg withoutfalling over, snores while flying, or snuggles together in a bigsleepy pile?

MORGAN, THE MAGICAL librarian of Camelot, sends Jack and Annie to find lost stories in the ancient worlds of Roman Pompeii, imperial China, Dark Age Ireland, and classical Greece. Will the books help them in their darkest hours? This boxed set includes four exciting Magic Tree House adventures: #13: Vacation Under the Volcano, #14: Day of the Dragon King, #15: Viking Ships at Sunrise, and #16: Hour of the Olympics, as well as a Magic Tree House poster.

A is for APRIL FOOLS' DAY, Horrid Henry's favourite day of the year (except his birthday, of course.) B is for BOGEY BABYSITTER, Rabid Rebecca, the toughest teen in town. C is for CHRISTMAS PRESENTS, Father Christmas had better get it right this year! From the Purple Hand to pink frilly knickers; supersoakers to Sour Susan; football fiends to fizzywhiz drinks; demon dinner ladies to Dungeon Drinks - this book has it all and more. An encyclopaedia of absolutely EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know about Horrid Henry.

This Magic Tree House set including the followingtitles: Night of the Ninjas (Magic Tree House, No. 5) Afternoon on the Amazon (Magic Tree House, No. 6) Sunset of the Sabertooth (Magic Tree House, No. 7) Midnight on the Moon. (Magic Tree House, No. 8)

Rain forests are literally bursting with life! Covering just6% of the earth’s surface, rain forests are home to over 60% of allknown animal species! From the riverbed to the treetops, kids canexplore the many fascinating layers of the rain forest in 3-DExplorer: Rain Forest. This amazing book gives kids a close-upview of the plants and animals that inhabit dense jungles. Filledwith engaging facts and spectacular photography, this book alsofeatures five dramatic 3-D pop-up scenes with transparent layersthat reveal the secrets of each rain forest zone.

Weather is all around us, and it affects everyone--bothpositively and negatively. But it can be hard to understand,especially since it often changes so quickly.With Weather Lab, kidsages 8 and up can chart weather patterns, create a weather station,and make their own forecasts--just like meteorologists do! Thisbook comes with everything they need to perform 50 hands-onexperiments that will teach them about our weather, including atest tube with lid, thermometer and wind cups. Step by stepinstructions and diagrams will help them create mini tornadoes andbuild their own barometers, wind vanes, and rain gauges as theydiscover how air, water, and temperature can cause everything froma summer breeze to a hurricane.Weather Lab is the ultimate guide tolearning about the science behind our atmosphere--and the perfectkit for whipping up a storm of fun!

Roughly 4.6 billion years ago, planet Earth was just a red-hotmolten ball in the solar system. Since then, the planet has evolvedtremendously! Packed with astonishing photographs and intriguingfacts, this 3-D Explorer book also features five dramatic pop-upscenes with see-through layers that provide a one-of-a-kind glimpseinto our planet's inner workings, including a spectacular volcaniceruption and a depiction of life in the Arctic. 3-D Explorer:Planet Earth takes kids on an incredible journey through thenatural world. They'll discover Earth's early history, and learnabout its constantly changing surface, land masses and extremeweather. This is a journey to the center of the earth like noother!

It's 1895. Charlotte and her family came to France three years ago so that her father could learn to paint in the French style of Impressionism. Now Charlotte and her parents are travelling to London to see if the famous artist John Singer Sargeant will paint Charlotte's mother's portrait. Topical and beautifully illustrated, follow Charlotte as she explores artistic London.

Though fierce, not all sharks are the dangerous monsters wethink them to be. In fact, far more sharks are killed by humanseach year than human are killed by sharks. Doubilet takes you downto the deep, where a glorious variety of this amazing family awaitsyou, from the famous Great White to his foot-long cousins. Howclose do you want to get to these marvels of the deep? Doubiletspends much of his life trying to get close enough to look them inthe eye. And now, through Doubilet's remarkable photographs, youcan too! Once you have seen the true beauty of sharks, you will besad to learn that humans both fear them and destroy them in greatnumbers.

Dolphins have long been a source of fascination for humans fortheir immense intelligence, charming personalities, and magnificentacrobatics. But there are lots of things that we don’t know aboutthese captivating mammals: Did you know that there are 37 differentspecies of dolphins? Or that dolphins drink milk? That they takenaps? Or that some scientists believe that the dolphin’s ancestorsonce walked upright on land? Here, 3-D, layered models let childrenlook through a dolphin's insides while they encounter interestingfacts and vivid illustrations along the way.

Fearsome and fascinating, sharks have an enduring appeal forkids. With this imaginative three-dimensional model-in-a-book kit,the great white can be easily built, deconstructed, and rebuiltlayer by layer until each of its elements - cartilage, dentition,fins, gills, and then cardiopulmonary, digestive, and acute sensorysystems - is understood. Included are discussions on interestingtopics like shark fin soup, shark liver oil, and shark populations.With Uncover a Shark, kids can get up close and personal with agreat white without getting bitten!

Steve Bloom is an internationally bestselling wildlifephotographer and the author of Thames Hudson's bestsellingpublication, Elephant!. Now he has produced what will surely be thechildren's book of the year, a stunning photographic look at thewonderful world of the elephant, accompanied by a fascinating andaccessible text.