A kindergarten-level introduction to seeders, covering their purpose, parts, role in farming, and such defining features as their hoppers.
A kindergarten-level introduction to harvesters, covering their purpose, parts, role in farming, and such defining features as their metal bars.
A kindergarten-level introduction to cultivators, covering their purpose, parts, role in farming, and such defining features as their metal shanks.
A kindergarten-level introduction to tractors, covering their purpose, parts, role in farming, and such defining features as their big tires.
A kindergarten-level introduction to plows, covering their purpose, parts, role in farming, and such defining features as their heavy blades.
A kindergarten-level introduction to the planet Earth, covering its orbital process, its moon, and such defining features as its clouds, oceans, and forms of life.
An elementary exploration of volcanoes, focusing on the geological evidence that helps explain how and where they form and spotlighting famous examples, such as Hawaii’s Mauna Loa.
A kindergarten-level introduction to grasslands, covering their climate, plant and animal life, and such defining features as their varied grasses.
A kindergarten-level introduction to wetlands, covering their climate, plant and animal life, and defining features.
A kindergarten-level introduction to tow trucks, covering their purpose, where they are found, their drivers, and such defining features as their booms and winches.
A kindergarten-level introduction to the large trucks known as big rigs, covering their purpose, drivers, and such defining features as their tractors and trailers.
A kindergarten-level introduction to mountains, covering their climate, plant and animal life, and such defining features as their rocky peaks.
A kindergarten-level introduction to oceans, covering their climate, plant and animal life, and such defining features as their salty water.
A high-interest introduction to the size, speed, and purpose of one of the world’s largest passenger ships, including a brief history and what the future holds for the Oasis of the Seas.
A high-interest introduction to the size, speed, and purpose of one of the world’s largest excavators, including a brief history and what the future holds for the Krupp Digging Machine.
A kindergarten-level introduction to battleships, covering their captains, weapons, role in battle, and such defining features as their decks.
A kindergarten-level introduction to tanks, covering their drivers, weapons, role in battle, and such defining features as their turrets.
A kindergarten-level introduction to bullet trains, covering their speed, drivers, role in transportation, and such defining features as their cars.
This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells how honeybees make honey. Includes picture glossary.
How are the tallest buildings built? How do the biggest boats get into the water? The crane, also known as a bridge or overhead crane, is the large machine used for these big, tall jobs. Children will learn about the different types and sizes of cranes and how they perform, how a crane is a vehicle, and why the crane provides power that people and animals cannot.
This new book from Cherry Lake Publishing, highlights oils one of the key components contained in the new dietary guidelines for Americans launched in January 2011 by the FDA. This leveled reader helps the young child understand the importance of oils as a part of a balanced diet.
From providing the oxygen we breathe to supplying nutritious foods, this engaging title examines some of the many ways plants are essential to all living things. In addition to encouraging an appreciation for the natural world, readers will learn some personal choices they can make to help protect plants and their habitats.
This photo-illustrated book for early readers tells why crickets chirp and briefly explains their life cycle. Includes picture glossary.
Featuring stunning photographs, beautiful illustrations, and detailed text, Rainforest Food Chains examines the delicate balance of life maintained in lush Southeast Asian tropical rain forests. Children will learn how the plants and animals in a rain forest rely on one another to survive. Highlights include rainforest photosynthesis, how rainforest plants and animals have adapted to survive, and the dangers to rain forests and their inhabitants.
When a tornado leaves a farmer with a heap of scrap metal and no animals, his neighbors are sure it's all over for him. But the determined farmer refuses to admit defeat. His plans are big, and when his neighbors dismiss them with the words, "When pigs fly," they grow bigger still. The farmer sets to work to turn that scrap metal into some rather surprising creatures. Mechanimals will help all of us believe in our dreams, despite what the neighbors may say.
