from the back cover: Amelia Bedelia has an amazing idea! She decides to build a zoo in her backyard. Better yet, she invites all her friends to bring their pets and help plan the exhibits and rides. But when a real, live squirrel monkey escapes from the real city zoo, Amelia bedelia's backyard zoo becomes the talk of the town!
Small but very determined, Sophie loves animals and is going to be a farmer when she grows up. She has herds of insects and acquires a snail, a rabbit, a cat and a dog. She also befriends a pony called Bumblebee and a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig.
If you could have any animal's hair, whose would you choose? If you had a polar bear's double coat, you would never have to wear a hat when playing in the snow. If you had reindeer hair, it could help you stay afloat in water. And if you had a porcupine's hair, no bully would ever bother you again! WHAT IF YOU HAD ANIMAL HAIR? is a follow-up to the adorable WHAT IF YOU HAD ANIMAL TEETH? Each sp…
What if you woke up one morning and your nose wasn't yours? What If You Had An Animal Nose? --the next imaginative book in the What If You Had series--explores what would happen if you looked in the mirror and saw an animal's nose instead of your own! From the elephant's long trunk to a rhino's pointy horn, discover what it would be like if you had these special noses--and find out why your nos…
How did the universe begin? What is truth? How can we live good lives? Throughout history, humankind has asked these and other bug questions about the nature of life and existence - and big thinkers have offered solutions that continue to shape our world.
Turtle wants to hide in his shell. It’s Sports Day and he keeps coming in last place, but his teacher is proud of him anyway. Can Turtle find something to be proud of even if he doesn’t win? This rhyming story shows that every achievement is important, no matter how big or small, and reminds readers that winning isn’t only about coming first.
Are we true individuals... or do we all conform? What makes us remember and why do we forget? How can we really measure intelligence? Questions like these underpin the work of the world's major thinkers and experimenters in the fascinating field of psychology