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Readers are immersed in current issues affecting the world in this edge-of-your-seat, modern-day mystery adventure. Follow Q (Quest) his step-sister Angela and rocker parents while they try to unlock mysterious and avoid bad guys!
Readers are immersed in current issues affecting the world in this edge-of-your-seat, modern-day mystery adventure. Follow Q (Quest) his step-sister Angela and rocker parents while they try to unlock mysterious and avoid bad guys!
Readers are immersed in current issues affecting the world in this edge-of-your-seat, modern-day mystery adventure. Follow Q (Quest) his step-sister Angela and rocker parents while they try to unlock mysterious and avoid bad guys!
Animals in varied habitats describe unique features of their eyes and how they are adapted for the jungle, the deep ocean, the desert, and even the dark. From bulging eyes to hiding eyes, handlebar eyes to double-decker eyes, young readers will learn about the diversity of the animal world in this nonfiction picture book.
What animals walked the earth during the last ice age? Readers will find out in this hi/lo series that introduces some of the most famous ice age animals! Engaging text and detailed illustrations show off the animalsÎ body parts, behaviors, interaction with early humans, and more. Features compare each animalÎs size to a common object, show off favourite foods, highlight a famous fossil find, and compare the animal to a modern relative. Each book ends with a two-page profile that puts important information in one place!
Long ago, massive animals roamed the earth. During the last Ice Age, even as glaciers encroached on their homes, some of the beasts survived. Examining fossil remains for clues, scientists have learned how these Ice Age Mega Beasts lived in the harsh climate. In language fit for emerging readers, this series looks at predators and prey alike, surveying the diets, habitats, and strengths of each animal, as well as how its species ultimately succumbed to the changing environment.
Everywhere you go, all around the world people are eating ice cream! And while some folks spoon up sundaes and some savor Syrian bouza--one thing is always true: ice cream is joy! Travel the globe and discover a mouthwatering selection of cold, creamy treats. Which one is your favorite?! Ice Cream Everywhere includes a map, an author's note--and three scoops of fun!
From Maria Gianferrari, award-winning author of Play Like an Animal!, comes a beautiful collaboration between verse and science. Brief poems and ethereal illustrations introduce readers to many different types of ice on land and at sea. Fascinating back matter provides additional information about water as a solid, liquid, and gas, as well as more details about the different forms of ice mentioned in the poems. Celebrate winter with an exploration of ice on land and at sea in this evocative and atmospheric picture book. Welcome winter with this evocative and atmospheric exploration of ice on land and at sea!
Ten-year-old Siri and her little sister Miki live with their elderly father in an Arctic archipelago. One day, while they are out gathering snowberries, Miki is abducted by Captain Whitehead, a notorious pirate, who is rumoured to enslave the children he steals in a diamond mine. To prevent her father from risking his life to find Miki, Siri sets out to find her sister herself. In Siri's adventure on the seas she will encounter wolves, sailors, mermaids, profound evil, and true humanity.
Approaching its one-hundredth anniversary in 2012, the 1912 tragedy of the sinking of the Titanic still looms large in the public imagination, as attested by numerous books, films, and exhibitions. Through a straightforward account of events both before and after the largest ship in the world hit an iceberg and sank, Stephanie McPherson examines why the Titanic continues to intrigue us.