Say hello to tiny but mighty ants! Young readers will get the fast facts on these hard-working insects, including ant body parts, habitats and life cycles. Along the way, they will also uncover surprising and fascinating facts. Simple text, close-up photos and a fun activity make this a perfect introduction to the bustling world of ants.

Readers experience for themselves how the coloring of a carefully designed picture almost magically creates understanding. Indispensable for every biology student.

From smelly poos to dribbly goos, bloody squirts to growing spurts: bodies are amazing - and disgusting! Have you ever wondered how a pizza becomes a poo? What turns bogies black? Why do you need to trim your toenails? Find out about farts, hearts and itchy parts in this weird and wonderful look at the body's super systems.

Here, children can explore some of the most interesting and important life cycles in the animal kingdom. With engaging language and an innovative use of design, this series makes the science behind life cycles accessible to reluctant and confident readers alike.

For the first time, Kingfisher brings its expertise in beautifully-designed, trusted non-fiction to the sphere of learning to read. This new graded reading series will grip children's interest. Developed with literacy experts, the five-level series will guide young readers as they build confidence and fluency in their literacy skills and progress towards reading alone.

This beautiful book of narrative non-fiction looks at the urban forest and dives into the question of how we can live in harmony with city trees. "Imagine a city draped in a blanket of green ... Is this the city you know?" A Forest in the City looks at the urban forest, starting with a bird's-eye view of the tree canopy, then swooping down to street level, digging deep into the ground, then moving up through a tree's trunk, back into the leaves and branches. Trees make our cities more beautiful and provide shade but they also fight climate change and pollution, benefit our health and connections to one another, provide food and shelter for wildlife, and much more. Yet city trees face an abundance of problems, such as the abundance of concrete, poor soil and challenging light conditions. So how can we create a healthy environment for city trees? Urban foresters are trying to create better growing conditions, plant diverse species, and maintain trees as they age. These strategies, and more, reveal that the urban forest is a complex system-A Forest in the City shows readers we are a part of it. Includes a list of activities to help the urban forest and a glossary. The ThinkCities series is inspired by the urgency for new approaches to city life as a result of climate change, population growth and increased density. It highlights the challenges and risks cities face, but also offers hope for building resilience, sustainability and quality of life as young people act as advocates for themselves and their communities. Key Text Features diagrams author's note glossary sources definitions Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.7 Interpret information presented visually, orally, or quantitatively (e.g., in charts, graphs, diagrams, time lines, animations, or interactive elements on Web pages) and explain how the information contributes to an understanding of the text in which it appears.

This book argues that community can exist at the international level, and that states dwelling within an international community have the capacity to develop a pacific disposition. The contributors provide an exhaustive regional and historical survey of places where states have come to expect peace, where they are working to foster such expectations, and where peace is hoped for rather than expected. This volume is an important contribution to international relations theory and security studies, providing a new vision of the possibilities for peaceful relations among states.

Get ready to go on a stomach-churning journey exploring the gross and ghastly human body. An alternative fun factbook perfect for kids aged 6-9 that love any gross and bizarre facts. Have your mind blown by these weird and wonderful facts about the human body and its functions. Packed with facts, puzzles, and games, young readers are sure to learn something exciting about their body. Gross and Ghastly: Human Body is packed with fun and educational information about the human, some of this being: - Funny text and beautiful illustrations make this educational book easy for adults and children to read together - Filled with exciting and funny facts about the human body suitable for ages 6-9 - Includes a number of interactive activities, such as quizzes and puzzles - Written and illustrated by popular, upcoming author Kev Payne Did you know that there are about 600 hairs in a person's eyebrow? Or can you guess how much of your life will you spend on the toilet? Learn about all the gross things that the human body does, with this fantastically gruesome activity book! Filled with facts, puzzles, and games that will keep children happy for hours.

Discover the delightfully disgusting science of boo-boos in this colorful biology picture book for kids! Why do bruises change color? Why do we get scabs? What does blood do? Find out the surprising scientific answers to these questions and many more in The Secret Life of Boo-Boos! This bright and informative picture books includes: practical info and gross details about boo-boos and injuriesscientific fun facts about how your body healsbasic first aid tips for future boo-boosand more!The perfect book to empower kids with knowledge so they can face boo-boos with courage and curiosity!

Bells and Mitch, space aliens from the planet Exergy, come back to Earth for more exciting adventures in science! Our heroes dive deep into Earth's Pacific Ocean to solve a problem: how can they protect their home city on Exergy? Could the creatures living in the Pacific Ocean--who use camouflage to hide from predators--hold the answer? Join Bells and Mitch as they use the principles of the engineering design process to ask, imagine, plan, create, and improve their ingenious solution in Book Two of the Engineering Everything series.

Learn all about the human body with this giant box set packed full of facts and fun. Contains activity book, giant 3D model with play scene, poster, card game, jigsaw and sticker sheets.

Do you ever wonder how animals stay warm in the winter? Well they wonder how humans do too In a twist of perspective, wild creatures question if humans use the same winter adaptation strategies that they do. Do they cuddle together in a tree or fly south to Mexico? Take a look through an animal's eyes and discover the interesting ways that animals cope with the cold winter months in this rhythmic story.

4 pg For Creative Minds educational section in the back

30-40 pg cross-curricular Teaching Activities and 3 Interactive Quizzes available free on the book's homepage

eBooks with Auto-Flip, Auto-Read and selectable English and Spanish text and audio

Aligned to State Standards / Lexile, Guided Reading, AR, Reading Counts, and Fountas & Pinnell

Get ready to have your mind blown with some hair-raising, eye-popping facts! This latest addition to the crazy popular Weird but True series is all about YOU! It's an exciting internal journey through your own wacky, weird, sometimes gross, but always fascinating human body. Did you know that your stomach is shaped like the letter J? Or that if you lined up all your blood vessels they'd circle the Earth twice? Or that your body gives off a light you can't see? From your head to your toes, you'll be surprised and amazed by what you discover.

Natural selection and speciation are all but ignored in children's nonfiction. To help address this glaring deficiency, award-winning children's science writer Sneed Collard traveled to the Galapagos Islands to see for himself, where Charles Darwin saw, how new species form. The result is this fascinating story of two species of iguana, one land-based and one marine, both of which developed from a single ancestor that reached the islands millions of years ago. The animals evolved in different directions while living within sight of one another. How is that possible? Collard uses the iguanas to explore Charles Darwin's great discovery. F&P Level V