Spend a day in the life of a Tasmanian devil. Follow along as Tasmanian devils fight, scavenge for food, and raise joeys. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they are introduced to Tasmanian Devils' appearance, diet, behaviors, and habitat.
Spend a day in the life of a sugar glider. Follow along as sugar gliders glide from trees, search for food, and raise joeys. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they are introduced to sugar gliders' appearance, diet, behaviors, and habitat.
Spend a day in the life of an opossum. Follow along as opossums search for food, play dead, and raise joeys. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they are introduced to opossums' appearance, diet, behaviors, and habitat.
Hop along in a day in the life of a kangaroo. Follow along as kangaroos search for food and raise joeys. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they are introduced to kangaroos' appearance, diet, behaviors, and habitat.
Spend a day in the life of a koala. Follow along as koalas climb trees, search for food, and raise joeys. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they are introduced to kolas' appearance, diet, behaviors, and habitat.
Learn to identify different kinds of birds in North America. Photos and carefully leveled text provide defining details for each kind of bird, such as feather colors and patterns.
Learn to identify different wild animal scat in nature. Carefully leveled text provides defining details for each animal's poop, what may be in it due to the animal's diet, and where to find it, while accompanying photos show both the droppings and the animal that left them. i
Learn to identify different animal homes in nature. Carefully leveled text provides defining details for each animal home and where to find it, such as nests in trees and dens and burrows in the ground, while accompanying photos show both the home and the animal that inhabits it.
Learn to identify different animal homes in nature. Carefully leveled text provides defining details for each animal home and where to find it, such as nests in trees and dens and burrows in the ground, while accompanying photos show both the home and the animal that inhabits it.
Learn to identify different wild animal scat in nature. Carefully leveled text provides defining details for each animal's poop, what may be in it due to the animal's diet, and where to find it, while accompanying photos show both the droppings and the animal that left them.
Learn to identify different kinds of birds in North America. Photos and carefully leveled text provide defining details for each kind of bird, such as feather colors and patterns.
This book introduces readers to the amazing world of insects, including their vast diversity and many unique characteristics. Young readers will enjoy fun facts about common insects such as butterflies, ants, and grasshoppers.
This book introduces readers to the amazing world of arachnids. Young readers will enjoy fun facts about spiders, scorpions, and ticks, as well as fascinating information about spider silk, web-building, and how arachnids hunt.
When two siblings head outdoors on a nighttime hike, they experience the awe-inspiring wonders that take place in the natural world when most people are sleeping. From the night sky with its glorious celestial displays to the nocturnal insects and animals that only venture out in the dark, there's an abundance of activity going on once the sun goes down and the stars come out. Tree frogs chirp their throaty songs, bats soar after buzzing mosquitoes, and a Luna moth flutters on its angel-like wings. But finally, it's time to head back home to a cozy bed, and dream of the next night's outdoor adventure.
On a chilly spring day, Goose and Gander flap down toward a little island just beginning to thaw out after a long winter. It is here that they will build a nest, lay eggs, and wait. And wait. And...wait. For the goslings to arrive. During all that waiting--through sun and snow, day and night--Goose keeps their eggs warm, while Gander protects the little island.
Explore how animals hear, see, and smell in this decodable science book for beginning readers. A combination of domain-specific sight words and sequenced phonics skills builds confidence in content area reading.
Just like human families, animal families come in all shapes and sizes. Some wild animal fathers have diverse and surprising wildlife parenting roles in the rearing of their offspring. Told through captivating illustrations and lyrical text, young readers learn how animal dads, from wolves to seahorses, protect, nurture, and teach their young.
We prepare at home for natural disasters and weather emergencies. If hurricane winds or floods are heading our way, we can stay (ride it out) or leave (evacuate). But what happens when zoos, aquariums, or sanctuaries are in the storm’s path? How do zoo staff protect the animals? Who can come to help them after the storm has passed? This engaging children's book explores how zoos protect their animals during natural disasters. Through captivating storytelling and vivid photographs, young readers learn about zoo emergency plans and animal care.
At the end of a warm, dark night in the rainforest, dawn starts to break. Soon, animals will rise to greet the day. But not everyone is waking up. Some animals haven't even been to bed yet! Small brown bats have been busy all night, swooping and looping through the starry skies. Now it is time for them to settle in among the trees. But one baby bat wants to stay up and play. How will her mother convince her it's time to close her eyes and go to sleep? Lyrical text and soft, soothing illustrations show little readers that from bath time to lullabies, getting ready for bed looks very similar for bat babies and human babies alike. Fascinating scientific facts and photos from the Smithsonian Bat Lab showcase the amazing lives of bats and reveal how they are not so different from humans in their family behavior.
Topanga the dog gets blamed for everything, but she's here to tell you that the only reason the household works at all is because she's the one in charge. Topanga wakes the family up, takes Big Guy for a run, gets the kids off to school on time, and chases off that trouble-making raccoon. And that's not all! Will Topanga's family ever realize what a giant role she plays in their lives? Maybe not before it's time for her to go back to bed, she has another big day tomorrow after all.
From savannas to wetlands, weavers build their nests in many different habitats! In this title, young readers learn how these birds plan and build their complex nests. Colorful photos support thoughtfully leveled text to engage readers from the first twig to the completed nest. Special features share the details of weavers’ building materials and adaptations for tying knots and weaving their nests!
Many spiders create silk webs to trap their food! This title moves through a spider’s building process from the first thread to their completed web. Leveled text and bolded glossary terms challenge and engage young readers, while crisp, labeled photos support the text. Special features highlight silk and other building materials and help readers identify different types of webs!
Dive into the wetlands to explore how beavers build dams and lodges! This book uses crisp photos to show each step of a beaver’s building journey. Leveled text engages young readers by describing how these mammals choose build sites, use their massive incisors, and change their environment as they complete their dams. Special features help readers visualize beavers’ building materials, finished structures, and more!
Bowerbirds are songbirds known as nature’s interior designers! Decorated bowers are built by male bowerbirds to attract a mate. In this title, leveled text takes young readers through the building and decorating process of different types of bowers. Vibrant photos show off the colorful materials used around the bower, as well as some bowers’ intricately woven walls. Special features show where bowerbirds live and add visual examples of completed bowers!
Female worker honeybees use wax to build the cells of their honeycomb. But where does the wax come from? This title uses leveled text to answer this question and more about honeycombs and how bees create their building materials. Colorful photos help demonstrate the steps behind building honeycombs. Special features detail honeybee adaptations and take readers inside a finished honeybee nest!
