In Ocean Food Chains, early fluent readers explore the ocean biome and the food chains it supports. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage young readers as they explore how energy flows through plants and animals in a marine environment. A map helps readers identify the world's oceans, and an activity offers kids an opportunity to extend discovery. Children can learn more about ocean food chains using our safe search engine that provides relevant, age-appropriate websites. Ocean Food Chains also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, a glossary, and an index.
Follow the humpback whale's journey to warmer waters in the Marvelous Migrations series. Focused on 21st century content, engaging inquiry-based sidebars encourage young readers to think, create, guess, and ask questions. Book includes table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, and sidebars.
A kindergarten-level introduction to sea lions, covering their growth process, behaviors, the oceans they call home, and such defining features as their whiskers. The popular Seedlings series from Creative Education now offers irresistible introductions to six more wild animals and six speedy vehicles. Written in a friendly voice, filled with dynamic photos, and featuring text crafted for the youngest of readers, these newest books touch upon the bodies, behaviors, habitats, and family relationships of living things and the parts, operation, settings, and roles of vehicles. As introductions to informational text, these titles will plant the seeds of knowledge!
This revised edition surveys key aspects of crocodiles, describing the swimming reptiles’ appearance, behaviors, and habitats. A folk tale explains why these creatures have rough, bumpy skin.
This revised edition surveys key aspects of crocodiles, describing the swimming reptiles’ appearance, behaviors, and habitats. A folk tale explains why these creatures have rough, bumpy skin.
This revised edition surveys key aspects of dolphins, describing the leaping mammals’ appearance, behaviors, and habitats. A folk tale explains why these creatures are friendly toward humans.
A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of sea lions, oceanic mammals related to seals. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why Japanese fishers respected sea lions. From humpbacked camels to drumming woodpeckers, and from fast-flying hummingbirds to slow-moving tortoises, the world of animals is wonderfully diverse. This popular and newly expanded series continues traveling the planet to study these and other fascinating animals. Beautiful photos are paired with accessible text to examine the featured creature’s appearance, habitat, behaviors, and life cycle. Each book also presents a folk story that people have used to help explain the animal’s appearance or behavior.
This revised edition surveys key aspects of dolphins, describing the leaping mammals’ appearance, behaviors, and habitats. A folk tale explains why these creatures are friendly toward humans.
A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of sea turtles, the migrating shelled reptiles. Also included is a story from folklore explaining how sea turtles cause monsoons. This popular and newly expanded series continues traveling the planet to study these and other fascinating animals. Beautiful photos are paired with accessible text to examine the featured creature’s appearance, habitat, behaviors, and life cycle. Each book also presents a folk story that people have used to help explain the animal’s appearance or behavior.
A basic exploration of the appearance, behavior, and habitat of whales, the large ocean animals. Also included is a story from folklore explaining why New Zealanders traditionally rode whales. From humpbacked camels to drumming woodpeckers, and from fast-flying hummingbirds to slow-moving tortoises, the world of animals is wonderfully diverse. This popular and newly expanded series continues traveling the planet to study these and other fascinating animals. Beautiful photos are paired with accessible text to examine the featured creature’s appearance, habitat, behaviors, and life cycle. Each book also presents a folk story that people have used to help explain the animal’s appearance or behavior.
Como parte de la ciencia única, la serie Know-It-Alls! Cuenta con impresionantes portadas y texto atractivo, ¡este libro pone el enfoque en los tiburones! ¿Sabías que los tiburones pueden oler la sangre en el agua a más de una milla de distancia? Las ilustraciones increíbles realísticas y las cajas informativas de estadística, llenas con datos interesantes, hacen este libro de 24 páginas divertido y emocionantes para los jóvenes entusiastas de la ciencia de edades 4 para arriba!
As part of the unique, science Know-It-Alls! series that features stunning covers and engaging text, this book puts the spotlight on fish. Did you know that fish can see all the way around themselves, without turning their heads? This comes in handy when they are looking for food.
A baby dolphin narrates the story of its life, describing how physical features, diet, habitat and familial relationships play a role in its growth and development.
A baby dolphin narrates the story of its life, describing how physical features, diet, habitat and familial relationships play a role in its growth and development.
A baby seal narrates the story of its life, describing how physical features, diet, habitat and familial relationships play a role in its growth and development.
Gives readers an up-close look at the great lengths emperor penguins go to in order to raise their young. Includes a concise overview of the species, a table of contents, questions to spark critical thinking, a selected bibliography, sources to guide further research, a phonetic glossary, an index, and an introduction to the author.
Did you know that most animals in the world don't have backbones? Learn more about invertebrates in this engaging nonfiction book. Readers will learn all about mollusks, arthropods, arachnids, and crustaceans while being stimulated from cover to cover with its detailed images and charts, intriguing facts, and informative text.
It is fun to watch colorful goldfish swim around a tank, but the care of these little animals can be challenging! Easy-to-understand text and vivid photographs will help children ensure that their pet goldfish have long, healthy lives. Children will learn about the different goldfish breeds, baby goldfish, setting up the fish tank, how to feed a goldfish, and cleaning the fish tank.
A seahorse is a fish that hass a head that looks like the head of a horse. Read more about seahorses at the aquarium.
The manatee is big, slow, gray, and likes to eat lettuce. I like the manatee at the aquarium.
Come and see the moray eel at the aquarium. It looks like a long snake, but is really a fish.
A sea turtle is a reptile that lives in the ocean. Sea turtles are good swimmers and can hold their breath under the water for a long time.
The octopus is a very smart animal with eight arms. The octopus at the aquarium is amazing.
Beluga whales are large, white, and can make a lot of noise. It is fun to watch the beluga whales at the aquarium.
It is spring and Danny finds frog eggs in a nearby pond. Danny watches the eggs change into tadpoles and then into frogs.