Award-winning artist Sylvia Long and author Dianna Hutts Aston have teamed up again to create this gorgeous and informative introduction to seeds. Poetic in voice and elegant in design, the book introduces children to a fascinating array of seed and plant facts, making it a guide that is equally at home being read on a parent's lap as in a classroom reading circle.

There's no need for expensive, high-tech materials to test your engineering skills—you probably have all you need in your home junk drawer. Each hands-on project in this book will challenge you to come up with a unique solution to a specific design problem. Construct a Pasta Bridge strong enough to support a heavy load, using only dry linguini and glue. Build a Marble Roller Coaster from recycled cardboard tubes, in which the marble "car" jumps...

Explores Plants And Animals Found In Hot And Cold Deserts And How They Survive Such Extreme Conditions. Supports Next Generation Science Standards.

Describes the physical characteristics of Scotties and discusses how to care for them as pets.

Isaac uses his senses to practice moments of mindfulness with his favorite tree: he hears the leaves, then he smells the grass, then he feels the breeze. Pairs with the nonfiction title Being Mindful.

Text and photographs describe the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of the nocturnal kinkajous of southern Mexico and Central and South America.

An introduction to copperheads, snakes named for their reddish colored heads, discussing their sizes, colors, habitats, where they are found, their senses, defenses, food, and babies.

The facts about natural disasters are so big and devastating they could make your head explode! You hear about huge costs (like the $360,000,000,000 in damage caused by the 2011 tsunami in Japan), huge speeds (the fastest-moving tsunami waves have been recorded at 500 miles per hour), and even huger mysteries (where, exactly, the danger zones are for natural disasters). How can all these big numbers and concepts make more sense? Infographics! The...

Audisee® eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and sentence highlighting for an engaging read aloud experience! Snowmen droop / Cardinals swoop, Rabbits bounce / Foxes pounce In the early days of spring when the snow begins to melt, plants and animals stir to life. High-impact photos and simple, rhyming text make for an engaging read-aloud while back matter offers more detail about each of the creatures featured in this celebration...

Text and photographs describe the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of the nocturnal tarsiers of Southeast Asia.