Small Sparkling Raindrop (Start Small, Think Big #5)
Follow a small sparkling raindrop falling from a cloud and learn about the journey it takes and the contribution it makes to the ecosystems of our mountains, rivers, and seas Start Small, Think Big is a series that sets readers on a journey of discovery, beginning from the small and familiar to new areas of knowledge where you really have to think big! Small Sparkling Raindrop starts with a raindrop falling from a cloud, the beginning of its journey to the sea. It lands on a mountainside in southeast Asia and rolls down the mountain to join the mighty Mekong River. This is the story of the water cycle and other key elementary-grade science topics, including its impact on the land and how vital it is for all living things on Earth. Thinking big, the book shows why clean, healthy rivers are vital for people and wildlife, including the critically endangered Irawaddy dolphin threatened by overfishing and pollution. A big fold-out map shows the major rivers of the world, an illustrated water cycle, and there's an I-Spy game to take children back into the book to further deepen the learning experience.
Spiders
Usborne Beginners are colorful information books for children beginning to read on their own. Vivid, full color illustrations and photographs on every page, accompanied by short, informative text. Developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton. Includes carefully selected Internet links to exciting websites to find out more. Great reading practice for children who prefer fact to fiction.
First Magic Painting Farm
Filled with simple, stylish images designed to appeal to young children. Just brush water over the bold black and white designs to watch a sturdy tractor, a smiling scarecrow and a cheepy chick burst into color.
Pop-Up Nature
Take a closer look at nature in this wonderful pop-up book, which brings a nature walk to life - springing out from the pages! See a pop-up bees buzzing in the flowers, a mouse in a blackberry bush, and watch a moving woodpecker pecking and a frog swimming by in a pond. A wonderful way to celebrate nature with little children. With free online audio to listen to.
Ducks! (New & Updated)
Dive into the world of ducks, in this new and updated edition of a classic from the #1 science writer for kids Gail Gibbons. With their distinctive waddle and quack, quack, ducks are one of the most recognizable birds in the world. But did you know there are 150 types of ducks living on six continents? Discover how ducks swim, dive, feed, communicate, build nests and raise their young, and how conservation groups are trying to protect them and their habitats. This new and updated edition, vetted by an expert, includes the latest scientific information about ducks. The boldly colored illustrations feature clear labeling, and all new words are defined and reinforced with clear, simple language, appropriate for young readers. The book also features a page of fun duck trivia! Gail Gibbons "has taught more preschoolers and early readers about the world than any other children's writer-illustrator." Ms. Gibbons is the author of more than 120 acclaimed books for young readers, including the bestselling titles From Seed to Plant and Monarch Butterflies. Her many honors include the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award and the NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book Award.
Who Laid the Egg?
Spark your child's curiosity with this fun, easy-to-read picture book! Who lays eggs?A chicken?An ostrich?Maybe even . . . a dinosaur?!Can you guess which animal laid each egg as you read together? Who Laid the Egg? invites kids to learn what kinds of animals lay eggs. It offers vibrant illustrations and lots of repetition, ideal for helping kids build vocabulary and practice early reading skills. It's perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, and early readers, ages 2-5. Plus, it's great resource for parents and teachers looking to inspire a sense of wonder and an passion for nature exploration.Get it now and inspire your child to learn more about these animals!
Ocean Friends
In this beautiful companion to Our Ocean Home, readers will meet Naia, a bottlenose dolphin. Robert Lyn Nelson's fine illustrations once again take us under the sea to explore the beauty of ocean creatures and their environment. Ocean Friends serves as an illustrated, poetic primer to the wonders of the ocean by introducing dolphins, sea turtles, manta rays, and whales, and exploring coral reefs and sunken ships. This is a beautiful picture book that reaches children on many levels. Nelson's vibrant and soothing images are equally true-to-life and inspiring.
Tool Book (New & Updated)
Gail Gibbon's bestselling Tool Book is new and updated! This classic introduces kids to tools that measure, screw, scrape, and more. What are tools? How do they help us make things? For little builders, crafters, and DIYers, Gail Gibbons presents the answers to those questions in this cheerful introduction to tools and what they do. From rulers, hammers, and saws, to drills, nuts, and bolts, Gibbons covers basic hand tools and shows them in action! Clear diagrams display how tools work, accompanied by simple text that is accessible to the youngest readers. Newly added text includes facts about workers and their tools, where tools are found, and how tools are simple machines. Gail Gibbons is the go-to source for early nonfiction for millions of educators and caregivers. As The Washington Post wrote, "Gail Gibbons has taught more preschoolers and early readers about the world than any other children's writer-illustrator."
Tool Book (New & Updated)
Gail Gibbon's bestselling Tool Book is new and updated! This classic introduces kids to tools that measure, screw, scrape, and more. What are tools? How do they help us make things? For little builders, crafters, and DIYers, Gail Gibbons presents the answers to those questions in this cheerful introduction to tools and what they do. From rulers, hammers, and saws, to drills, nuts, and bolts, Gibbons covers basic hand tools and shows them in action! Clear diagrams display how tools work, accompanied by simple text that is accessible to the youngest readers. Newly added text includes facts about workers and their tools, where tools are found, and how tools are simple machines. Gail Gibbons is the go-to source for early nonfiction for millions of educators and caregivers. As The Washington Post wrote, "Gail Gibbons has taught more preschoolers and early readers about the world than any other children's writer-illustrator."
Ducks! (New & Updated)
Dive into the world of ducks, in this new and updated edition of a classic from the #1 science writer for kids Gail Gibbons. With their distinctive waddle and quack, quack, ducks are one of the most recognizable birds in the world. But did you know there are 150 types of ducks living on six continents? Discover how ducks swim, dive, feed, communicate, build nests and raise their young, and how conservation groups are trying to protect them and their habitats. This new and updated edition, vetted by an expert, includes the latest scientific information about ducks. The boldly colored illustrations feature clear labeling, and all new words are defined and reinforced with clear, simple language, appropriate for young readers. The book also features a page of fun duck trivia! Gail Gibbons "has taught more preschoolers and early readers about the world than any other children's writer-illustrator." Ms. Gibbons is the author of more than 120 acclaimed books for young readers, including the bestselling titles From Seed to Plant and Monarch Butterflies. Her many honors include the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award and the NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book Award.
Spring Street Discover: Inventions
You don't have to be an expert, or even an adult, to come up with a cool and useful invention. A whistlestop tour of some of the world's greatest inventions, including fun things like LEGO, roller skates, and balloons; things invented by young people (earmuffs, Popsicles, the trampoline); printing, photography, phones, computing, gaming, the internet, going wireless, power, self-driving cars, flight, and medical advances (artificial organs, contact lenses, hearing aids); things that keep us safe (CCTV); things that make life easier (microwaves, fridges, and freezers); and foods such as popcorn and ice cream! This is the sixth title in the Spring Street Discover series, which features striking artwork, bold design, and 48 pages of illustrated facts.
Spring Street Discover: Space
Did you know a day on Jupiter is only 10 hours long? An exploration of the sun, each of the eight planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and space ice, plus space exploration, space technology, space missions, and space tourism--a look at our planet and beyond, all the way into the Milky Way. This book is packed full of fascinating facts. This is the fifth title in the Spring Street Discover series.
Fluffy Flying Seed (Start Small, Think Big #4)
Follow the life cycle of a dandelion seed from its small beginnings to its larger impact on the ecosystem of meadows and beyond Start Small, Think Big sets readers on a journey of discovery, beginning with small miracles of life and connecting them to the big picture of our natural world. Each book features a large foldout illustration on the final pages. Fluffy Flying Seed starts small, with a tiny dandelion seed being carried by the wind and landing safely in a meadow, the perfect place to grow. This is its story: how it grows, protects itself from frost, reproduces, and becomes a food source for many creatures. There are facts about germination, photosynthesis, seed dispersal, parts of a plant, and food chains. The narrative progresses in a way that builds understanding, and the gorgeous illustrations bring the story and the science to life. Thinking big, the book shows why this much-maligned wildflower is important to animals in the spring, and why it is so successful at surviving and spreading. A big foldout has a world map showing the temperate regions where it thrives, an illustrated life cycle, and a Meadow I-Spy to take readers back through the book to deepen the learning experience. This book features a textured die-cut hole cover and a large foldout poster at the back of the book.
On an Ocean Journey
With rhythmic text and stunning artwork, this picture book celebrates the dynamic animals and habitats of the ocean, from shallow waters to ocean depths. Beloved Alaskan artist Ray Troll's gorgeous scientifically accurate illustrations capture the imagination of young readers--for ages 5-9. Dive into the dynamic habitat of the Earth's one ocean and discover the many ways sea creatures move through their watery world, from kelp forest fish to swift hunters and long-distance travelers riding ocean currents across the globe. Learn about over 30 species of sea life, including mammals and fish, and discover the beauty of marine ecosystems that comprise our one, interconnected ocean. The book includes kid-friendly information on conservation of marine resources, fostering life-long stewardship among young readers, and also provides a short field guide for the wildlife featured in illustrations. Surging, whirling . . . drifting, swirling.The ocean wraps our world in wonder, from rocky coast to deep down under. Come, let's go-- on an ocean journey.
Above, Below and Long Ago
Let's get closer to wildlife that is hard to see. There are animals and plants in the skies, deep underwater, on clifftops, in caves, underground and from long, long ago that remain hidden from the world. In Above, Below and Long Ago, catch a rare glimpse of a snow leopard stalking its prey high in the mountains and a ghostly pale, eel-shaped olm that can live in underground caves for 10 years without eating. Dive deep into the earth to find out how a mysterious orchid only blooms underground or go back in time to meet the megalodon, one of the largest predators to ever live on Earth. Young readers will explore how these elusive plants and animals adapt to their sometimes extreme environments and how some left their mark in the fossil record. Illustrated with linocut prints, this book highlights the textures and patterns of the natural world, up high, down low and long ago.
DK Super Planet Look at These Landforms!
Explore the breathtaking variety of landforms that shape our planet--from deep ocean trenches to vast plateaus and the highest mountains on Earth! DK Super Planet Look at these Landforms! Is part of the new DK Super Planet series and encourages young minds to delve into the wonders of our planet. Aligned with science and earth science curricula, this title is part of the dynamic new DK Super Planet series which invites young minds to delve into the mysteries of our planet and beyond. It builds background knowledge and covers key content, including how fossil fuels, volcanoes, and mountains are formed and how natural hazards occur. This space book for children offers: A guide to reading through curriculum-aligned content and exciting illustrations.A highly visual approach that makes the association between words and where they originate easier to understand.Material to help children become more confident readers, speakers, and spellers.Captivating and curriculum-aligned content, diagrams and hands-on experiments provide an immersive learning experience while covering core information about a range of landforms. With specially designed sections that build scientific vocabulary and make complex concepts accessible to children, Look at these Landforms! is the ideal companion to any science learning. Transform learning into an adventure with DK Super Planet, where science comes to life on every page.
DK Super Planet Essential Ecosystems
Explore the essential ecosystems of our planet! Aligned with science and earth science curricula, this title is part of the dynamic new DK Super Planet series which invites young minds to delve into the mysteries of our planet and beyond. Captivating and curriculum-aligned, each book in the series features engaging content, infographics, and hands-on experiments, providing an immersive learning experience. Dive into the wonders of Earth and space, with specially designed spreads that build scientific vocabulary, making complex concepts accessible to children. DK Super Planet goes beyond traditional topic books by incorporating interactive elements. Transform learning into an adventure with DK Super Planet, where science comes to life on every page, fostering a love for discovery and understanding.
How to Explain Climate Science to a Grown-Up
The best-selling author of the Baby Loves Science series levels up with this playful STEM picture book introducing kids (and grown-ups) to climate science. Do you want to know a secret? Sometimes grown-ups need YOU to explain things to THEM. Like climate science! In this tongue-in-cheek guide, an in-the-know narrator instructs kid readers in the fine art of explaining climate science to a grown-up. Both children and their adults learn: The difference between weather and climate.How climate scientists collect data.What causes climate change.What we can do to reverse course and repair the planet.Fun and fact-filled, the How to Explain Science to a Grown-Up series will empower kid experts to explore complex scientific concepts with any grown-up who will listen.
Meet the Mini-Mammals
Meet some of the world's very smallest mini-mammals in this "interesting and engaging" (School Library Journal, starred review) picture book with actual-size illustrations from Sibert Honoree Melissa Stewart and Caldecott Honoree Brian Lies. Big mammals like elephants, hippos, and giraffes get a lot of press, but what about the little guys? From pint-sized flying squirrels to itty bitty chipmunks and teeny tiny mouse lemurs, learn all about the mini-est mammals from around the world, depicted at their real-life size.
Stemville: The Fast Lane
The annual Big Race has arrived in STEMville! Gather around the track to watch the town's contestants compete to become this year's champion. Frankie Thunderfoot comes from a family of confident trophy winners, while Wilbur Hardshell's race team are slow, steady and mathematical in their approach. When Frankie's need for speed causes her to crash, Wilbur must decide whether he should forfeit his position to help her or secure first place for himself. Learn all about how race cars are built and how they work, from acceleration to g-force and quick-fire pit stops.
Discovery Kids: Rumble with the Dinosaurs
Head back to the Mesozoic and rumble with the dinosaurs! Part of the 2021 NAPPA-award-winning Discovery 10-Button Sound Books series With 10 cool sound buttons, fun facts, full-color illustrations, and much more, this Discovery Kids sound-and-reference book is a unique way for kids to learn about dinosaurs. Kids will love hearing the sounds of the various dinosaurs in this vibrant and interactive book.
Animal Camouflage
Break down the science of animal camouflage in this hi-lo scaffolded text. This title layers decoding strategies with comprehension skills to ensure students can access the text as they build content knowledge. With Weird Animal Science: The Breakdown, older readers can explore the science of animals while building foundational reading skills, acquiring vocabulary, and gaining fluency.
An Anthology of Butterflies and Moths
A beautiful field guide featuring notes, photos, and illustrations of more than 100 species of butterflies and moths. A compact version of DK's bestselling anthology series, An Anthology of Butterflies and Moths is perfect for young bug enthusiasts aged 7-9 for taking on the go. Children can marvel at the many beautiful and delicate creatures covered, including the monarch butterfly, the blue morpho, the luna moth, and much more - all beautifully detailed through illustrations, photographs, and annotations explaining each one. This impressive butterfly and moth anthology for kids offers: A handheld, compact version of DK's hugely successful Anthology series.A wide selection of species featured throughout, each accompanied by a beautiful photograph and an illustration.A quality gift book, with metallic foil and striking photographs on every page.An Anthology of Butterflies and Moths pairs photography with storybook descriptions that will captivate young readers as they learn about these delicate creatures from all around the world. Featuring photographs of striking creatures and illustrations by the artist behind DK's bestselling Anthology series, as well as plenty of intriguing information, this book will be one to treasure for young nature enthusiasts. More in the series An Anthology of Butterflies and Moths is part of the beautiful, new and compact Anthology spin-off series. Complete the series and nurture your child's curiosity as they explore different mushroom species with An Anthology of Fungi and An Anthology of Rocks and Minerals.
The Book About Fish for Kids
From rivers to reefs, come take a look - discover the wonders inside this book!Splash into an ocean of fun and explore the wonders of underwater in this beautifully illustrated rhyming kids' book about fish!Perfect for children ages 3-6, this delightful read-aloud adventure is filled with whimsical art, fun fish facts, and playful rhymes that bring the world's most fascinating underwater animals to life.Whether in oceans or rivers, lakes or reefs, each turn of the page introduces a new friend, all while teaching little explorers about the underwater world. Get ready to meet clownfish, pufferfish, stonefish, goldfish, stingray, anglerfish, eel, betta fish, tang, angelfish, lionfish, flying fish, butterflyfish as well as other water creatures.Why Kids (and Parents!) Love This Book: - Rhyming Fun - bouncy, lyrical text keeps young readers engaged and entertained- Beautiful Whimsical Illustrations - every page is a visual delight, bursting with colorful underwater magic- Freshwater & Saltwater Wonders - explore fish from rivers, lakes, reefs, and the deep blue ocean- Fun Facts for Curious Minds - a perfect blend of education and entertainment- Perfect for Read-Aloud & Bedtime - a joyful mix of learning, rhythm, and imaginationA perfect read-aloud educational book for toddlers and young kids who love animals, marine life, water, and adventure!
Eyewonder Rainforest
Explore Earth's lively, lush rainforests with this picture-packed nature book for kids. DK's best-selling Eyewonder series is back and has been refreshed for the next generation of young readers ages 5-7. What lies hidden under the canopy of dense rainforests? Learn all about this magical world where lush green plants and tall trees grow in dark forests with fast-flowing rivers, all of which are home to some of the most unusual rainforest animals and plants on Earth. This picture-led reference guide will take you on a visual tour of what goes on in rainforests. Stay-at-home explorers will feel inspired by the dramatic photographs, up-to-date information, fact-packed pages, and a brand-new "eyewonder" feature where knowledge meets real-world application. Throughout the pages of this newly revised book on rainforests, you can find: Fully updated and revised content for children starting to develop a passion for science.Eye-catching photographs that grab the attention of young readers and keep them coming back for more.Engaging facts, simple explanations, and fun activities throughout the book.Find out why we need these forests and how we can help them survive. Plus, with fun and interactive activities and puzzles to reinforce learning, your nature-loving child will be entertained time and time again. Explore the series! The Eyewonder series is back and better than ever, with a fresh new look and the latest information. If you liked Eyewonder Rainforest, why not explore into Eyewonder Stars and Planets, investigate with Eyewonder Human Body or dive into Eyewonder Oceans?
100 Days of Addition and Subtraction Timed Test Practice (0-20)
