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Long teeth, cone-shaped teeth, and teeth like knives. There’s a whole world of animal teeth out there. Readers will learn about animals and build vocabulary while guessing which creature is…
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Students will learn all they need to know about caring for the classroom tarantula in this accessible, fact-filled book.
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Many historians believe the Battle of Gettysburg was the most important battle in the Civil War. Readers of this informative volume will learn all about this battle and its part…
The period of time including the Civil War and Reconstruction in the United States was an era that involved a lot of change. For many African Americans, this transition included…
Many people know Abraham Lincoln as the president who helped end slavery, but there is much more to know about the man that many call the Great Emancipator. This captivating…
Understanding slave states and free states is important in understanding the period of time surrounding the Civil War. The Missouri Compromise also played a key role in this time period…
This volume recounts enthralling ancient stories that made a lasting mark and explains how these myths shaped Greece and Rome –Provided by publisher.
Creation tales, stories of tricksters, and descriptions of deities are just a few elements of the rich tradition of the mythology of ancient Egypt and Africa. This bright book celebrates…
The book provides historical and cultural context to create a vivid understanding of Middle Eastern lore –Provided by publisher.
Many First Peoples’ creation stories center on the relationships between humans, animals, and our planet. This book demonstrates the range of indigenous peoples’ beliefs while also illuminating these kinds of…
This exciting book includes the most important stories from ancient Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. The book also describes the dramatic rise and fall of the Celts…
Hindu gods Brahma (the creator) and Shiva (the destroyer) are just two Indian deities characterized by action, adventure, and drama. Hinduism has inspired some of the greatest epics ever recorded…
Early American folktales demonstrate the ambitions and values of the first settlers in the United States, including bravery, honesty, and a pioneering spirit. These legends, tall tales, and fairytales also…
This book recounts the stories the Vikings and northern Germanic peoples told and explores how these tales have been passed on for generations to appear in popular culture today –Provided…
Menacing and poisonous black widow spiders are profiled in fact-filled detail. Readers will learn about the lives of these spiders, including their eating and living habits. Large, close-up photographs are…
These scary spiders carry their newborn babies on their backs. A facts spread and informative text fill this book with similar details to introduce this family of spiders to readers…
The worlds biggest, scariest spiders are explored in this unforgettable book. Detail-rich text and a nightmare facts spread clarify some of the myths and facts about these hairy arachnids. Readers…
Learn more about some of the most colorful spiders on earth. Readers will discover how crab spiders use camouflage as a weapon through captivating descriptions and terrifying photographs. Learn about…
Discover the spiky, hairy, and big-eyed members of the orb-weaver family. Shudder at the mortifying size of their webs. Accessible text and photographs of diverse species will help a student…
Bella tells how she and her brothers and sisters were once wormy caterpillars but turned into beautiful Monarch butterflies.
Known as the cradle of civilization, ancient Mesopotamia was different from other ancient civilizations in that it was made up of a collection of varied cultures that were only loosely…
People have been living in Asia for hundreds of thousands of years. The ancient civilizations that developed in places such as China, Japan, and India, were shaped by the geography…
What was it like to live in Ancient Rome? What made the society so successful and what led, ultimately, to its downfall? Fact-filled yet engaging text and full-color photographs will…
Everyone knows Europeans did not discover the Americas, despite what Christopher Columbus may have believed. People had been living there for thousands of years before the first Europeans landed on…
Take a tour of the human eye in this engrossing volume. Colorful images and diagrams invite the reader to take a deeper look at the workings of the human eye…
As this books points out, Science is all about getting to know the world around us. This book helps familiarize readers with their world by encouraging them to notice features…
While liquids have size and solids have both size and shape, gases have neither! This book introduces young readers to this very important, though often invisible, form of matter. It…
Discusses the properties of the liquid state of matter.
So many things in the world around us are dependent on electricity. Electricity in My World explains the importance of these invisible currents in our daily lives and alerts readers…
The hulls of boats, knives, plows, axes and doorstops are all wedges. The world around us is full of these useful simple machines. The young readers of this book will…
