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Introduce readers to corals, sea otters, and other ecosystem engineers in this high-interest series. Engaging text and photos highlight curricular science topics, and a back-matter activity encourages further reader engagement.
Introduce readers to corals, sea otters, and other ecosystem engineers in this high-interest series. Engaging text and photos highlight curricular science topics, and a back-matter activity encourages further reader engagement.
Discover the diversity of life in six different ecosystems and learn how plants and animals depend on each other to maintain a thriving food web in this narrative nonfiction series. Vibrant artwork illustrates the link between producers, consumers, and apex predators while carefully levelled text weaves a cohesive story that explains the importance of each element in the ecosystem.A food web model at the end of each book summarizes the information, making these an excellent resource for Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Perfect for animal lovers, nature enthusiasts, and budding science buffs.
From hot, wet rain forests to cold, dry tundras, our world is filled with amazing places, and all of them are rich with life. This fascinating series explores the unique characteristics that define an ecosystem, introducing readers to the plants and animals adapted to live there. Supportive text is enhanced with vibrant, full-colour photos to make reading informational text easy and fun.
Thirteen-year-old Eddie needs to do a community service project in preparation for his bar mitzvah. He ends up volunteering at a retirement home, where intrigues and hijinks upend all his assumptions about the elderly.
The days as a pirate trainee are long and gruelling, but it's not the physical pain that Cas dreads most. It's being forced to work with Swift, the pirate girl who broke her heart. But Cas has even bigger problems when she discovers Bao is not the only monster swimming free. Other Reckoners illegally sold to pirates have escaped their captors and are taking the NeoPacific by storm, attacking ships at random and threatening the ocean's ecosystem. As a Reckoner trainer, Cas might be the only one who can stop them. But how can she take up arms against creatures she used to care for and protect?
Leaving port from Superior, Wisconsin on a sunny November day, the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald is looking forward to a routine crossing of deep Lake Superior. Heading for a port in Cleveland, the giant transport ship is loaded with ore that will be used to build cars. But disaster is building in the wind as a gale storm begins to track after the great ship. This suspenseful retelling of the last hours of the doomed vessel pays homage to all sailors who traverse deep waters, in fair skies and foul. Atmospheric paintings from award-winning artist Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen bring the story to life.
3...2...1... KAA-BOOM! Edward blasts into space on a magical tour of the Milky Way with meteor showers, asteroids, aliens, and even a message for Mom from Mercury. This brightly illustrated adventure is one you definitely won't forget!
Readers will be delighted by the malodorous melodies of poems calling out the different pungent attributes of a full cast of foul-smelling creatures.
Gecko Press, founded in 2005, is a New Zealandbased awardwinning independent publisher of curiously good books from around the world. We translate and publish English language versions of children's books by some of the world's best writers and illustrators. We choose books that are excellent in story, illustration, and design, with a strong "heart factor". Gecko Press aims to encourage children to love to read.