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。

From the award-winning creators of An Egg Is Quiet, A Seed Is Sleepy and A Butterfly is Patient comes this gorgeous and informative look to the fascinating world of rocks. From dazzling blue Lapis to volcanic Snowflake Obsidian, and incredible variety of rocks are showcased here in all their splendor. Poetic in voice and elegant in design, this book also presents a wide array of rock facts, making it equally suited for classroom sharing and home exploration.

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.

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.

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.

The young daughter of American artists living in Giverny, France, in 1893, records in her journal her exciting trip to Paris to attend an Impressionist art exhibition. Includes biographical sketches of the artists featured in the story.

A delightful bilingual reader with lively illustrations showing the dramatic significance of water in the earth. Faucet well raincloud sea …from each of these comes water. But where does Water go? To find out, honey,turn the page, dive in with tongue or toes,with eyes and ears and nose—and wonder at the flow of this great world’s life story.

With the able assistance of Thing 1 and Thing 2 -- and a fleet of Rube Goldbergian vehicles -- the Cat in the Hat examines the various parts of plants, seeds, and flowers; basic photosynthesis and pollination; and seed dispersal.

"Au revoir," Pluto In this newly revised, bestselling backlist title, beginning readers and budding astronomers are launched on a wild trip to visit the now "eight "planets in our solar system (per the International Astronomical Union's 2006 decision to downgrade Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet), along with the Cat in the Hat, Thing One, Thing Two, Dick, and Sally. It's a reading adventure that's out of this world

Step inside a magnificent 14th century castle and back in time This fully updated edition of Stephen Biesty's Cross-Sections Castle takes you on an illustrated tour of a fully functioning 14th century castle. Explore life within the castle walls with colourful cut-away pictures that give you a unique glimpse of Medieval life. Look at scenes around the castle, from the great hall, the kitchens, to the dungeons and battlements, to see how people lived. Interesting facts about the lives of the inhabitants take you even further in this unique exploration of history.

B is for Binary, F is for Fibonacci, P is for Probability...even a small sample begins to give you the idea that this is a mathbook unlike any other. Ranging freely from exponents to light-yearsto numbers found in nature, this smorgasbord of math concepts andtrivia makes a perfect classroom companion or gift book for thebudding young mathematician at home. Even the most reluctant mathstudent will be drawn in by the author's trademark wit, MarissaMoss's quirky illustrations and funny captions, and the answersrevealed in W is for " When are we ever gonna use this stuff,anyway?" Download the G is for Googol Teacher's Guide(300K)

Follow Steve Bloom as he travels across continents taking photographs. Find out how big-cat predators survive in tough conditions; how they live, grow up, hunt and have babies. Bloom’s in-the-field account makes a compelling narrative in the same way that the voiceover on a natural-history television programme is both informative and pacy. The photographs are full of drama. They are sharp and clear, and bring the subject to life for children. At the back of the book there is a brief section on how to take photographs of animals in the wild. Here, children will also find helpful tips about taking photographs of animals at home.

The ingeniously designed, safe plastic bottle is perfect for catching and viewing creepy crawlies, then letting them go unharmed. This is a bug kit with a conscience! The full-colour book provides field notes to 46 bugs (up from the original 24) arranged by habitat, including pond, forest, ground, leaves, field, flower. Written by entomologist Hugh Danks, the "Bug Book" gives comprehensive information about these fascinating creatures - how they live, what they eat, unusual characteristics, and more.It offers simple, clear guidelines on how to collect and care for bugs, and equally helpful hints on which bugs not to catch. New to the kit are a fold-out bug chart for quick identification, a magnifier to see the critters up close, and a bug explorer's journal to record discoveries. Discover how the whirligig beetle got its name, why fireflies light up, and how water striders walk on water. And then impress parents and friends - here are all the tools kids need to become bona fide bug experts.