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Author
Publisher
DK Children Publishing
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"Look I'm an Ecologist helps children discover they already have the tools they need to be an awesome ecologist: an inquisitive mind, unlimited imagination, and super senses! Whether they are doing nature crafts indoors; growing plants on a windowsill, on a balcony, or in a garden; or collecting things at a park or beach, the exciting, hands-on projects show kids just how much fun it is being green, and encourage preschoolers to use their senses as...
Author
Publisher
Millbrook Press, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Scientists often organize animals into categories based on similar traits and behaviors. But what if an animal doesn't fit in? Author Jessica Fries-Gaither introduces eight common categories and the animals that break those rules"--
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Brings the extraordinary animals of prehistory to life, using the latest in digital technology. Take a journey through the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous worlds to discover giant predatory reptiles lurking in the seas, pterosaurs the size of small planes soaring through the skies, and colossal dinosaurs striding over the land. Meet the monstrous mammals that cam next, such as the saber-toothed Smilodon and the wooly mammoth. Computer-generated...
Series
Publisher
DK Children, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In the same series as the New Children's Encyclopedia and DK Visual Encyclopedias of Science, Art, and Geography (among others), this brand new history encyclopedia will help children, parents, and educators grasp the events, personalities, and inventions that have changed the world. From the earliest civilizations in Mesopotamia and India to the rise of populism in the US and China's growth as a global power, this ebook gives you the facts about...
Author
Publisher
Artisan Books, a division of Workman Publishing Co., Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Since the launch of its magazine in 2011, Kinfolk has grown into an internationally recognized brand known for its minimalist aesthetic and strong community of inspiring and influential creatives. Kinfolk's books, with a combined 335,000 copies in print, have applied this lens to cooking, home design, and work. Now, in The Kinfolk Garden, the team turns its eye to outdoor spaces and the many ways they enhance our lives and help us foster community....
89) Lucky
Author
Language
English
Description
"While looking for a place to live, Lucky bumps into a certain someone and discovers something even better than a shiny new shell: friendship...Dynamic backmatter provides further details on the environmental crisis and how readers can prevent and reverse ocean pollution."--Description from publisher.
Author
Publisher
America Through Time
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
For as long as civilization has grown and thrived, victims of progress are inevitably left behind. Abandoned Iowa: Vacant Heartland captures evocative images of what life once resembled across the Hawkeye State. Readers embark on a photographic journey through the lens of Nicholson's camera as they experience the deteriorating buildings and structures of Iowa's past. Images of disregarded structures allure the reader with the echoes of their previous...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A book that actually takes you inside - and around - the human body to see how it works, with the help of some truly unique illustrations and some very small people! Explore your brain, your bones, and everything in between in incredible cross-section drawings of all the body systems. Inside each one are teams of tiny characters busy at work, and explaining what's going on. Every page is packed with jaw-dropping facts. Did you know that the skin is...
Author
Publisher
Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"From the most Insta-worthy global backdrops to the best places to hang out and feel inspired with fellow travelers, #wanderlust presents a carefully curated selection of the hottest travel stories and spots. Popular Instagram travelers with huge followings come together to share their biggest travel tips and tricks, trendy destinations on their list, and more-this is where to go, what to see, what to do and why at a glance but without the endless...
Author
Publisher
Gibbs Smith
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Meet the famous traveling adventure dog, Kicker, and his human, Andrew, in this photography book all about the duo that inspires readers to fall in love, chase their dreams, and live a more passionate life. Whether they're paragliding down snow-covered mountains, exploring vast ice caves, kite surfing some big ocean waves, rafting down the Colorado River, or repelling off super high mountain cliffs, this celebrated duo are journeying together. And...
98) Wise trees
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Wise Trees is a photography book about trees that have a remarkable story to tell us. To create it, photographers Diane Cook and Len Jenshel spent two years travelling to five continents to photograph fifty-seven extraordinary trees that were carefully selected for their historic and cultural significance. From Luna, the coastal redwood in California that became an international symbol for conservation, to the Bodhi Tree, the sacred fig in India that...
99) At the park
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Introduces young readers to parks, describing all the things to see there and the places to play.
100) Eruption!
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Children
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Eruption! The Story of Volcanoes is a beautifully designed reader all about these dramatic natural features of our world. Children will love to find out how volcanoes are formed; the damage - and the good - they do; where the best places are to see an eruption; and how to build their own model volcano."
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