Follow Steve Bloom as he travels across continents taking photographs. Find out how big-cat predators survive in tough conditions; how they live, grow up, hunt and have babies. Blooms in-the-field account makes a compelling narrative in the same way that the voiceover on a natural-history television programme is both informative and pacy. The photographs are full of drama. They are sharp and cl…
Its a valentine's day and chomp, the lemon shark, is new to the neighborhood. He hasn't made any friends yet, so who will be his valentine
Understand how earthquakes start. Learn how mountains are formed. Find out what damage a meteorite can cause.
This book is about animals that are related but different in size. How can one bird or snake be so big and another bird or snake be so small?
What is the biggest animal in the world? the smallest? the strongest? You might be surprised at some of the answers.
This fascinating exploration of children's inquiry -- what it is, how it develops, and how it contributes to children's learning -- will help teacher educators and elementary teachers to understand, appreciate, and foster children's inquiry in classrooms. In this volume. Lindfors introduces a theoretical framework for understanding children's inquiry language -- not as linguistic forms (questio…
My daughters love picture books and they always make a beeline for these whenever we visit our local library. Normally it is the picture on the front cover that inspires them to pick up a book and start reading and this was definitely the case with ‘There’s No Such Thing as Monsters!’ where on the cover we see a very cute cuddly bear peeking out from under the bed covers with only his sta…
Why the cheese stand alone?In this hilarious riff on the favorite nursery rhyme "The Farmer in the Dell," readers will discover what really happened to that hunk of cheddar.