Bats fly into the spotlight in this exploration of such basics as where the live, how mothers raise their pups, and how they hunt for food. Included as well is a simple plan for a building a backyard bat house.
You can't breathe underwater, but afish can. You can't eat underwater, but a fish does it every day. Afish's body is designed for life in water, just as your body isperfect for living on land. Read and find out how a fish's sleekbody, fins, scales, and gills keep him in the swim! Then read on tolearn how to set up your own goldifish bowl.
The bestselling, fan-favorite chapter-book series celebratesHalloween with this scarily affordable paperback! Jack and Annie have traveled all over the world in their magictree house. But they've never been anywhere like this. In thedistance, a haunted castle looms dark against the light of themoon. No candles burn in its windows. No laughter rings through itshalls. What has happened to the castle and the people who lived there?Merlin the magician asks Jack and Annie to find out. But are theybrave enough to brush the cobwebs aside and step through thecreaking doors? And are they smart enough to solve the mystery ofhow the castle became haunted? Find out in a story packed to the margins with magic, history,and adventure! First published in hardcover in 2003, Jack and Annie's spookyHalloween adventure is finally available in paperback. And—only inthe paperback edition—the book now includes a creepy Halloweenrecipe, a fun puzzle, and a preview of the next book in theseries!
Stage Fright on a Summer Night The showmust go on! That's what Jack and Annie learn when the Magic TreeHouse whisks them back to Elizabethan England. There they meetWilliam Shakespeare who’s having a hard time with some of theactors in his latest show. Are Jack and Annie ready to make a bigentrance? Or will it be curtains for Shakespeare? Good Morning, Gorillas Gentle giants or giant monsters?That's the question Jack and Annie have about gorillas when theMagic Tree House sweeps them to the mountains of Africa. There theymeet a group of amazing and sometimes frightening gorillas. Willthe gorillas be able to teach him some special magic? Thanksgiving on Thursday It’s a time for giving thankswhen the Magic Tree House whisks Jack and Annie back to 1621 on thefirst Thanksgiving Day. The Pilgrims ask them to help get thingsready. But Jack and Annie don't know how to do anything the Pilgrimway. Will they ruin the holiday forever? Or will the feast goon?" High Tide in Hawaii Catch the wave! That's wha
Joanna Cole的大作，风靡全球的一套科学桥梁阅读读物――神奇校车再次出版。在书中，小读者可以跟着主人公一起进行探险，故事情节新鲜刺激，却富有科学性，对话俏皮幽默，在不经意间散落出各种知识，展现出一种严谨、新奇、而又充满乐趣的教学方式，孩子跟随着书中的小伙伴们一起体验原理、学会操作、懂得思考、爱上科学，满足他们与生俱来的求知欲。在不断的求知和探索中，孩子们能够领略到人类的渺小以及科学的强大，对自然抱有敬畏之心，从而慢慢培养他们的人文和科技素养。 这套神奇校车是手绘版，线条细腻，色彩柔和，全套书共六本，并包含时长接近3小时的CD，读者可以选择按书页有断续地朗读或者不间断朗读。 CD时长：2小时47分 《神奇校车》荣获了美国一系列奖项,包括： 全美受欢迎的儿童自然科学图书系列。
Water is always flowing, from a brook to a stream, to a riverto the ocean. Read and find out more about how water shapes theearth and why it is important to keep our water clean.
Each person in the United States makes almost five pounds oftrash every day. That’s more trash per person per day than peoplemake in any other country! We throw away everything from applecores to bicycles. Sometimes, we even throw away things that couldbe poisonous if they aren’t disposed of properly. And often, wethrow away things we shouldn’t, things we could use again. So, whathappens to all our trash? How does it affect the environment? Andhow can we stop making so much of it? Read and find o
The sun shines down on us, giving warmth and light. But didyou know that the sun also makes the seasons? As the earth makesone complete rotation around the sun every year, the seasons on theearth change -- from winter to spring to summer to fall and back towinter again. Find out how the light from the sun affects life onthe earth for all living things in this look at the only star inour solar system.
Fact and fiction meet--for Halloween What are the origins ofsome of the famous ghost stories in Louisiana? Why do peoplebelieve in ghosts? Do most cultures have some kind of ghoststories? Find out the answers to these questions and more in "MagicTree House Research Guide: Ghosts," Jack and Annie's guide to ghoststories from all over the world.
Archaeologists on a dig work very much like detectives at acrime scene. Every chipped rock, charred seed, or fossilized bonecould be a clue to how people lived in the past. In thisinformation-packed Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science book, Kate Dukeexplains what scientists are looking for, how they find it, andwhat their finds reveal.
You're in the water, and suddenly, right beside you, he isbeaming brightly. You're face to face with a dolphin, one of thefriendliest mammals on Earth. Dive deep into the dolphins' realmwith Flip Nicklin, one of the world's foremost photographers ofthese smiling wonders. Meet dolphin types, from botus to orcas tobottlenose; see how they nurse, fish, and echolocate. Nicklin'senthusiasm and the special kinship we all feel for theseintelligent creatures is an inspiration to all readers to takeaction to help protect their ocean home.
You approach with caution, drawn to their equine beauty. Thesleek stallion, the magnificent mare, and the gentle foal look likeany happy family. But don't get too close. These are wild horses,untamed by humans. Now photographers Yva Momatiuk and John Eastcotttake you inside the world of the wild horse. This husband-and-wifeteam of committed experts makes a case for the conservation of oneof America's favorite wild species.
Great herds of zebra thundering across the Africanplain…fragile butterflies traveling unbelievable distances…familygroups of whales coursing through the waves. Many kinds of animalsmake annual migrations, and their stories reveal incrediblestrength and will to survive. These treks are magnificentlydocumented in Great Migrations, the children’s illustratedcompanion to the upcoming 7-hour National Geographic televisionspecial of the same name. Created for the huge audience of young animal lovers—and for thenation’s schools, where migration is taught as part of the corecurriculum—this book spotlights wild creatures of highest interestto children. Action-filled photo spreads deliver immense "wow"appeal as animals vault over obstacles and escape the clutches ofpredators. Info-graphic spreads pack in the fascinating facts, withat-a-glance information on where, why, and how animalsmigrate. Throughout the coverage, this timely book addresses the effect ofclimate change on animal migrati
