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A touching tale of a grandmother and her granddaughter exploring and cherishing the natural world. Words, the woods, and the world illuminate this quest to save the most important pieces of our language-by saving the very things they stand for. When Mimi finds out her favorite words-simple words, like apricot, blackberry, buttercup-are disappearing from the English language, she elects her granddaughter Brook as their Keeper. And did you know? The only way to save words is to know them. * With its focus on the power of language and social change, The Keeper of Wild Words is ideal for educators and librarians as well as young readers. * For any child who longs to get outside and learn more about nature and the environment * A loving portrait of the special relationship that grandparents have with their grandchildren For children who love such books as Outside Your Window: A First Book of Nature, And Then It's Spring, and Finding Wild.
Caldecott Honor-winning team Steve Jenkins and Robin Page explore the astonishing lives of sharks in this brilliantly illustrated picture book. Perfect for Shark Week and all year round, this ode to the notorious ocean predator with more than four hundred species will blow you out of the water! Sharp teeth, super senses, and those infamous fins-what's not to love about sharks? Caldecott Honor-winning team Steve Jenkins and Robin Page explore one of the world's most notorious-and fearsome-animals. Learn what makes a shark a shark, what sharks like to eat, and how these predators of the deep have evolved. Ever wonder which shark is the smallest? Or the fastest? Even the most deadly? You'll find your answers in The Shark Book, with countless others. In this magnificently illustrated picture book, celebrate one of the worlds oldest species that has continued to capture our imaginations and astonish us for thousands of years.
This is a fabulous collection of eight wildlife books with fascinating facts and over 1600 amazing photographs. Find out fantastic facts about your favourite animals in this collection of eight books. It helps you learn all about bears and pandas, big cats, elephants, monkeys, sharks, snakes, whales and dolphins, and wolves. It offers a fascinating exploration of the incredible wildlife of land and sea: habitats, hunting, communication, reproduction and survival. It helps you investigate how animals work and compare how they have uniquely adapted to their environments. It provides over 1600 fabulous colour photographs, illustrations and inside-view artworks of nature in the wild Children love animals, and love to learn about them. This set of eight books lets children find all their animal favourites in an enjoyable, easy and captivating way, by laying out the information in the form of fun facts, focus features, folklore and myth boxes, 'Did You Know?' highlights, and bite-sized lessons of all kinds. It enables you to discover amazing facts about animal bodies and behaviour. For example, did you know that a lion will cleverly flip a porcupine on its back to avoid the sharp spines, that the blue whale's tongue weighs as much as an African elephant, or that rock pythons can kill and eat crocodiles? Every volume in this collection examines each animal in turn and takes a detailed look at how they function, from their physical make-up such as bones, teeth, skin, scales or fur to how they use their brain and senses to find food, communicate and survive. Thousands of fascinating animal facts are accessible in one place with this exciting and colourful set of books. It is an invaluable read for all young natural history enthusiasts, supporting school studies on animal biology and behaviour. Ideal for home study or school use, these are stimulating and accessible reference books for all 8- to 12-year-olds.
Take a trip to the pond and learn how a tadpole grows up to become a frog in this nonfiction book for early readers. Featuring vibrant photographs, illustrations and simple, informative text, readers are sure to be delighted!
Many of the world's animals are finding it harder and harder to survive. Deforestation, pollution, hunting and climate change are all problems that lots of animals are facing today. Learn all about endangered animals in the Arctic, from their ICUN status, to what's being done to help them. Polar bears, walruses, blue whales and reindeer all need our help, what can we do so that we don't lose them forever?
Little ones will love learning French with My First Big Book of Bilingual Coloring: French, a jumbo coloring book packed with almost 200 pages of bilingual coloring fun! Children will love My First Big Book of Bilingual Coloring, a follow-up book to the successful My First Big Book of Coloring. This book is packed with images for kids to color alongside the English and Spanish word for each picture. The appealing artwork, with its heavy, chunky black lines, is eye-catching and kid-friendly. This book is sure to engage little ones for hours!
Rewild your life! With metal corners and 448 full-color, highly illustrated pages, OUTDOOR SCHOOL: ANIMAL WATCHING is an indispensable tool for young explorers and animal lovers. Make every day an adventure with the included: - Immersive activities to get you exploring - Write-in sections to journal about experiences - Next-level adventures to challenge even seasoned nature lovers No experience is required--only curiosity and courage. This interactive field guide to animals includes: - Animal tracking - Identifying birds by silhouette, size, and color - Reading animal range maps - Bird nest spotting - Essential animal-watching gear - Identifying mammals - Bird calls and animal sounds - Finding amphibians, reptiles, and fish - Spotting scat - Recognizing eyeshine - Recording animal behavior And so much more!
Prickelus is a clumsy hoglet, who has a habit of getting into all kinds of trouble. When he is hungry, he puts his rumbling tummy first, ignoring all his mothers warnings about how to avoid danger. Hoggleberry, his sister, is always looking out for him and coming to his rescue. Join them on their scariest adventure yet as they find themselves lost and Prickelus gets caught, putting them both in danger. They must rely on the kindness of humans to save them. Who will come to their aid? Hedgehogs have been our friendly garden guests for centuries. These delightful little animals are in decline and desperately need our help. Discover more about hedgehogs, rescue centres and how you can help these wonderful prickly creatures. Have fun colouring in the beautiful illustrations, see if you can solve the puzzles, enjoy making autumn crafts and trying the tasty recipes. Create and play your own hoglets game. Discover how to relax a hedgehog while learning ways to deal with stress and relax you. All this inside one fantastic book!
A fascinating animal for every day of the year! Dip in each day to discover a new animal to enjoy sharing with friends or family – make sure to find YOUR birthday animal! Travel through the incredible ecosystems and habitats of our beautiful planet, and meet some of the most fascinating animals that call them home. Dive into the oceans to find whales and giant squid, journey across the icy poles with penguins and polar bears, race across the African savanna with lions and wildebeest – and so much more. Each day’s entry is filled with fascinating facts – learn about completely new animals, and find out some incredible new sides to animals you might see often in everyday life. This stunning book is packed with breathtaking illustrations to bring each animal to life. It also features information about conservation, and how we can protect endangered animals and the places they call home. The ULTIMATE gift for animal lovers aged 6 and up.
Orangutans swing through rain forest trees. Learn all about these clever apes and their habitats in Orangutans.
A magical fairy school series about helping animals and looking after nature, from the publisher of the best-selling series, Rainbow Magic! Poppy Merrymoss has just started at Oakwings Academy, a magical school where fairies learn how to care for the forest around them and its inhabitants. Poppy and her friends are getting ready for the upcoming Blossom Fair where animals gather to exchange food before they go into hibernation. It's not long until evil Lady Nightshade appears, steals the food and cocoons the adults. It's up to Poppy to stop her! Can Poppy and her friends defeat Lady Nightshade and rescue the baby bunnies caught up in the chaos? Look out for Poppy Merrymoss's next adventure, Fairy Forest School: The Snowflake Charm.
The third title in the bestselling and highly illustrated children's books series, soon to be hitting screens everywhere as an animated film and TV show with Nickelodeon and produced by James Corden. A super-accessible and highly-illustrated chapter book series, perfect for readers aged 6+ and fans of Pamela Butchart, DogMan, the Naughtiest Unicorn and Hotel Flamingo. Ever wonder why pigeons always act so weird? It's because they're out there chasing the bad guys and saving your butts! What do REAL PIGEONS do? They nest, of course! And when they nest, they nest HARD. Protecting their city from crime is tiring work after all! But the squad can't rest yet, not with a bone-crunching vulture on the loose, a wild child running amok, and a long-lost family to find! Will the REAL PIGEONS ever find the perfect nest to take the perfect nap?
There are so many different animals at the zoo, and they each make lots and lots (and sometimes LOTS!) of poo. So what do zoos do with all of that poo? This laugh-out-loud picture book explores all kinds of zoo poo, from cube-shaped wombat poo to teeny tiny worm droppings, and all of the places it ends up, including in science labs and your back garden! Welcome to the wonderful world of poo! Take a whiff and learn something new...
My first book of Southern African Animal Tracks introduces 55 different types of animals and the footprints they leave behind. The animals and birds included are those that you are likely to find on visits to nature reserves or game parks – or even in gardens. For each species featured, the book gives: - Life-sized track ‘imprints’ - A full-colour illustration of the animal and a visual size comparison with a human body, arm or hand - A short description in four languages of each creature and its prints. This introduction to the intriguing world of tracking will keep children happily absorbed for hours at home or on trips to view wildlife. The text in four languages expands the readership and promotes multilingualism.
A magical fairy school series about helping animals and looking after nature, from the publisher of the best-selling series, Rainbow Magic! Poppy Merrymoss is going on a school trip to the Magic Mountains with her best friends Ninad Cleardrop and Rose Seedpip. But evil Lady Nightshade (disguised as her teacher Ms Webcap) is coming too, and when the Snow Fairies magical Snowflake Charm is stolen, Poppy knows just who's taken it. Without the charm, the snowflake fairies can't use their magic to help the local Artic Foxes and the school trip is ruined! Can Poppy, Ninad and Rose find the Snowflake Charm and reveal Ms Webcap's evil identity before it's too late? Have you read Poppy Merrymoss's previous adventures, Fairy Forest School: The Raindrop Spell and Fairy Forest School: Baby Bunny Magic?
Help the Squirrels find the perfect spot for Enid’s afternoon catnap in this delightful, lift-the-flap book.
Based on their #1 kids podcast, Wow in the World, hosts Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz take readers on a hilarious, fact-filled, and highly illustrated journey through the animal kingdom! Feathers, fins, fur, feet-the animal kingdom is made up of nearly 9 million known species! From flying fish to flightless birds, each living creature has a unique role to play in the life of planet Earth. In this book, Mindy Thomas and Guy Raz, hosts of the mega-popular kids' podcast Wow in the World, will take you on a fact-filled adventure to explore the funniest and most fascinating animals known to humankind. Sections include: Build your own insect! Play hide and seek, chameleon-style! Look for six signs you might be a fish! And much, much more! Featuring hilarious illustrations and filled with facts, jokes, photos, and quizzes, this book is a call to the wild kids of the world. Join us as we venture onto land and into the sky and sea to discover the WOW of Earth's creatures, both big and small.
How many teeth does a crocodile have? Which is the world's most poisonous animal? How do orcas hunt? Come face to face with the world's top predators on this unforgettable tour of nature's deadliest and scariest hunters. Fast Facts is a new series of high-interest, lower reading ability books aimed at fact-hungry children who enjoy information books but may be less confident readers or have difficulty with the usual quantity and level of text aimed at their age group.
A Delightful Christmas Tale Inspired by Milne's Classic Stories - Perfect For Children Aged 3 And Up Christopher Robin has played with all his toys and read all his books... so what else is there left to do on a dark, wintry day in the Hundred Acre Wood? Make a Christmas pudding of course! Eeyore, Owl, Rabbit, Kanga, Roo, Tigger, Piglet and Pooh gather to help make an enormous pudding, fit for a feast. But when little Roo goes missing, Eeyore is inclined to blame the pudding ... Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends are brought to life in this festive story with beautiful illustrations - it's a perfect stocking filler. This picture book edition of the Winnie-the-Pooh storybook, 'A Pudding for Christmas' is a wonderful festive treat. Also look out for more Winnie-the-Pooh stories: A Present from Pooh - ISBN 9780755501229 A Song for Christmas - ISBN 9781405297486 A Tree for Christmas - ISBN 9781405286633 The Long Winter's Sleep - ISBN 9781405294591 The Great Heffalump Hunt - ISBN 9781405278300
"I absolutely love this book." - Jane Goodall From the New York Times-bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees and The Inner Life of Animals comes a book for kids ages 8-12 about animals at home and around the world. Get ready to become an animal expert! Perfect for STEM home-schooling, online learning, and outdoor education. Have you ever wondered .... Are worms afraid of the rain? Do fish use farts to communicate? Why do elephants stomp their feet? Do animals dream? What do they dream about? Do animals get scared, feel happy, or become excited like we do? In this highly visual, fun, and interactive book, kids will get to know all sorts of animals, from birds and caterpillars in their own backyard, to grizzly bears in chilly Alaska, to puffer fish in the waters of Australia. Through a mix of at-home activities, facts, stories, and pictures,kids will learn: How to spot animal homes and follow their movements How our actions impact animals and their ability to survive and thrive in nature About some of the wildest and most interesting creatures on Earth This wonderful introduction to the animal kingdom features playful questions, fun quizzes, and activities that will help kids study animals in their own backyards-and make the world a better place for them. |
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