What sounds cannot be heard? How do bats find their way in the dark? What animal makes the loudest sound of any on Earth? Take a closer look at the science we use every day! From the moment we get up in the morning and all through the day and night, find out about the science in your life.
When can you hear the Doppler effect? -Which animal makes the loudest sound? -How can curtains stop an echo? Do It Yourself offers an exciting new approach to understanding and investigation. Each book helps you conduct your own experiments and activities to learn more about the world around you.
Ideal for students in the upper grades of elementary school, 100 Words Every Fourth Grader Should Know is the latest book in the popular 100 Words series from the American Heritage® Dictionaries. This book includes one hundred words of varying degrees of difficulty, representing the kind of vocabulary students often encounter in their classes and in their reading. From accommodate to zest, wit…
Mom, where do babies come from?? Many parents live in fear of the day their child asks this question?which inevitably happens, often as early as the preschool years. Here is a picture book designed especially for young children who are becoming aware of their bodies, but aren?t ready to learn about sexual intercourse. Written with warmth and honesty, Amazing You! presents clear and age-appropri…
Laszlo is afraid of the dark. The dark lives in the same house as Laszlo. Mostly, though, the dark stays in the basement and doesn't come into Lazslo's room. But one night, it does. This is the story of how Laszlo stops being afraid of the dark. With emotional insight and poetic economy, two award-winning talents team up to conquer a universal childhood fear.
Not every book is quite the same, and this one here is more a game. A picture hunt that's lots of fun, a game that's great for everyone. The pictures are of different kinds, and full of many things to find. You start the search with a clue but after that it's up to you. There's a challenge here for everyone, when finished you have just begun; as once you're through and found the lot, you can st…
Within these pages you will find, many things of a different kind. Test your skill at spotting what, you have to spot to find the lot. But when you make it to the end, that may seem all but no my friend. For once you're done and found the lot, you can start again to play Spot What! Spot What! will challenge your mind, with hidden things for you to find! Follow the clues in the poems to find all…