Synopsis: Who made tracks in the soft mud by the stream? Whose tracks are curving lines in the mud around the puddle? With simple text and a guessing-game format, children can explore the animal community in the forest. Directions for making plaster casts, track tracings, and track "traps" enable children to become track detectives in their own backyards.

Synopsis: Nancy absolutely adores stars. She loves how they sparkle in the sky, and she can even name the constellations. Nancy can hardly wait for her class visit to the planetarium! Young readers will delight in this newest addition to the Fancy Nancy I Can Read series, sharing in Nancy's anticipation and disappointment when the trip doesn't go as planned. But with her trademark panache, Nancy manages to make even this frustrating situation fun—and, of…

Synopsis: Provides an introduction to giraffes describing their physical characteristics, habitat, young, food, predators, and relationship to people.

Synopsis: Provides an introduction to hyenas describing their physical characteristics, habitat, young, food, predators, and relationship to people.

Synopsis: Learn about the many kinds of animals and plants that live in the ocean ecosystem and how they all interact and depend on one another for survival.

Synopsis: Text and photographs explain what lightning is and how it forms.

Synopsis: From dazzling gemstones to sparkling crystals to molten lava, this brilliantly illustrated book introduces children to the exciting world of rocks and minerals, including both the building blocks and the bling. This level two reader, written in easy-to-grasp text, will help cultivate the geologists of tomorrow!This high-interest, educationally vetted series of beginning readers features the magnificent images of National Geographic, accompanied…

Synopsis: Provides an introduction to leopards describing their physical characteristics, habitat, young, food, predators, and relationship to people.

Synopsis: Text and photographs introduce the forest biome, describing its environment, plants, and animals such as foxes, birds, and insects.

Synopsis: A timely, award-winning first book on wetlands for young naturalists and conservationists. A classroom favorite!Wetlands are some of the world's most at-risk environments today. In this addition to the award-winning About Habitats series, author and educator Cathryn Sill explores the major attributes of wetlands and demonstrates their remarkable diversity using examples from around the globe.She uses simple, easy-to-understand language to teach…

Synopsis: Introduces, in simple text and photographs, the characteristics of some of the animals that can be found at the zoo. Includes a tiger, peacock, lion, elephant, camel, parrot, and zebra.

Synopsis: Describes the physical characteristics and behavior of young rabbits.

Synopsis: An introduction to the life cycle of an apple follows the fruit's journey from a tiny bud on a tree to a large, juicy fruit, and is illustrated with colorful cut-paper art. Original.