A young explorer’s introduction to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, covering its mountain landscape, plants, animals such as salamanders, and activities such as horseback riding.
A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of hippopotamuses, the large African mammals. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why hippos live mostly in water.
A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of octopuses, the eight-armed ocean creatures. Also included is a history of the belief that octopuses were sea monsters.
A kindergarten-level introduction to rescue boats, covering their divers, equipment, role in rescuing, and such defining features as their lights.
A kindergarten-level introduction to spiders, covering their growth process, behaviors, the places they call home, and such defining features as their legs.
A kindergarten-level introduction to helicopters, covering their pilots, equipment, role in rescuing, and such defining features as their rotors.
A kindergarten-level introduction to fire trucks, covering their firefighters, equipment, role in rescuing, and such defining features as their ladders.
A kindergarten-level introduction to worms, covering their growth process, behaviors, the ground they call home, and such defining features as their bands.
A kindergarten-level introduction to crickets, covering their growth process, behaviors, the habitats they call home, and such defining features as their wings.
A kindergarten-level introduction to ambulances, covering their EMTs, equipment, role in rescuing, and such defining features as their sirens.
A kindergarten-level introduction to ants, covering their growth process, behaviors, the nests they call home, and such defining features as their antennae.
A kindergarten-level introduction to speedboats, covering their speed, drivers, role in transportation, and such defining features as their v-shape.
A kindergarten-level introduction to whales, covering their growth process, behaviors, the oceans they call home, and such defining features as their blowholes.
A kindergarten-level introduction to motorcycles, covering their speed, drivers, role in transportation, and such defining features as their engines.
Author and illustrator Etienne Delessert reflects on his lifelong pursuit of art using the dreamlike scenario of a circus procession filled with fairy-tale allusions and literary inspirations. As each car passes, a different act represents a “stage” in life, and the performers direct a question to the bystander, prompting him to participate and follow the caravan into the great unknown.
An early reader’s introduction to the connections between the vegetables food group and staying healthy, benefits of vegetables such as carrots, nutritional concepts such as potassium, and recipe instructions.
A kindergarten-level introduction to bullet trains, covering their speed, drivers, role in transportation, and such defining features as their cars.
An early reader’s introduction to the connections between the dairy food group and staying healthy, benefits of dairy products such as yogurt, nutritional concepts such as calcium, and recipe instructions.
An early reader’s introduction to the connections between being fit and staying healthy, benefits of aerobic exercises such as biking, nutritional concepts such as calories, and recipe instructions.
A kindergarten-level introduction to Indy cars, covering their speed, drivers, role in racing sports, and such defining features as their wings.
An elementary introduction to the relationship between cooking and Mexican culture, the effect of local agriculture on the diets of different regions, common tools such as rolling pins, and recipe instructions.
An elementary introduction to the relationship between cooking and French culture, the effect of local agriculture on the diets of different regions, common dishes such as ratatouille, and recipe instructions.
An elementary introduction to the relationship between cooking and Italian culture, the effect of local agriculture on the diets of different regions, common dishes such as pasta, and recipe instructions.
An elementary introduction to the lives, work, and popularity of One Direction, a British pop group formed on the TV singing contest The X Factor known for such songs as “What Makes You Beautiful.”
An elementary introduction to the relationship between cooking and Middle Eastern food, the effect of local agriculture on the diets of different regions, common tools such as pestles, and recipe instructions.
