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.
When it comes to wild animals, everyone knows that there arecertain things you just don't do. It's clearly a bad idea to teasea tiger, pull a python's tail, or bother a black widow spider. Butdo you know how dangerous it can be to pet a platypus, collect acone shell, or touch a tang fish? Some creatures have developedunusual ways of protecting themselves or catching prey, and thiscan make them unexpectedly hazardous to your health. In thisdynamic and fascinating picture book by Steve Jenkins, you'll findout what you should "never" do if you encounter one of thesesurprisingly dangerous animals.
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!
You're crouched in the African brush, camera at the ready.You're waiting on one of nature's loners. It's dark. It's scary.Then silently, he appears; the ever-elusive leopard. You haveseconds to capture on film this wonder of the wild, with its exoticspotted fur, so prized by hunters. National GeographicExplorers-in-Residence Dereck and Beverly Joubert take you closerto the mystery of the magnificent leopard and make a passionateplea to young readers to help secure a future for these felinetreasures.
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.
From the sunlit surface to the darkness of the deep, this book explores the fascinating life forms that exist in our oceans. Peer in to the depths of this tunnel effect book and investigate each zone of the ocean.
Beautiful double-page illustrations bring fourteen key periods in history to life. You will see magnificent buildings go up and come down, new churches built on the site of ancient temples, wooden bridges destroyed and then remade in stone, and statues demolished then unearthed many years later. You'll find out how people lived long ago - the tools they used, what they wore, what they ate and what they did all day. In an added twist, you can search for the time traveller in each period and locate the objects that have managed to survive through the ages.
In this evocative wordless book, internationally acclaimed artist Suzy Lee tells the story of a little girl's day at the beach. Stunning in their simplicity, Lee's illustrations, in just two shades of watercolor, create a vibrant story full of joy and laughter. New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book 2008
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.
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!
Brr! Bundle up, kids, you're about to depart on an incredible,icy expedition in The Field Guide to Polar Animals. In this cleverbook, kids will discover the 1920s journal of a fictional zoologistwho traveled to the subarctic region and Antarctica. The journal isfilled with observations about the animals he encounters on hisjourney to the ends of the earth. From polar bears to penguins,kids will learn all about wildlife in the planet's most extremeenvironments. Detailed illustrations, maps, photographs, andhandwritten diary excerpts make readers feel as if they're part ofthe expedition. Kids can also create a 3-D polar scene with afull-color diorama and eight easy-to-assemble polar animals thatcome with the book. Very cool. The Field Guide series offers anexceptional experience to young pioneers who want to explore exoticplaces. As readers learn interesting facts about eight differentanimals, they can construct models of their furry and featheryfriends to play with. Each book provides a beautifully illu
Did you know that an estimated 80% of all life on earth isfound in the ocean? Now kids can dive in to discover all of theamazing secrets of the world’s oceans in 3-D Explorer: Oceans. Inthis multidimensional book, they can learn more about the familiarplants and animals of the shoreline and rock pools and uncover themysteries lurking in the ocean’s midnight zone and murky depths.Five spectacular 3-D pop-up panoramas feature clever transparentlayers, revealing each ocean zone from the surface to the seafloor.Future marine biologists will be mesmerized by the amazing photos,facts, and artwork.
Award-winning artist Sylvia Long has teamed with up-and-coming author Dianna Aston to create this gorgeous and informative introduction to eggs. From tiny hummingbird eggs to giant ostrich eggs, oval ladybug eggs to tubular dogfish eggs, gooey frog eggs to fossilized dinosaur eggs, it magnificently captures the incredible variety of eggs and celebrates their beauty and wonder.The evocative text is sure to inspire lively questions and observations. Yet while poetic in voice and elegant in design, the book introduces children to more than 60 types of eggs and an interesting array of egg facts. Even the endpapers brim with information. A tender and fascinating guide that is equally at home being read to a child on a parent's lap as in a classroom reading circle.
