"Can you lick your own elbow? Could you pick up a car? Can you sneeze faster than a cheetah? This book takes a fun look at the human body by asking and answering a series of quirky yet thought-provok
Describes how population growth, increased farming, and pollution affect rivers and lakes, contributing to habitat destruction and other damage, and discusses ways to make a difference.
A guide to competitive swimming demonstrates such skills and techniques as freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and racing starts and turns, and includes information about warming up, diet,
Describes how pollution, overfishing, and global warming affect the marine environment, contributing to habitat destruction and other damage, and discusses ways to make a difference.
Describes how farming and other threats to grasslands affect the environment, contributing to animal endangerment, world hunger, and other situations, and discusses ways to make a difference.
Describes how global warming, increased development, and war affect the environment in the mountains, contributing to habitat destruction and other damage, and discusses ways to make a difference.
Bizarre, incredible and downright gross facts about human and animal bodies. In Astounding Animal Body Facts, you'll learn about some of the most unbelievable and intricate adaptations in the animal
Bizarre, incredible and downright gross facts about human and animal bodies. In Astounding Animal Body Facts, you'll learn about some of the most unbelievable and intricate adaptations in the animal
Introduces the animals and plants of the Amazon basin and environmental conditions in the region through the diary entries of an American scientist and the letters she sends to her sponsors to report
Describes the issues with the growing urbanization of the world, including unsafe and unsanitary conditions, shortages of resources, and pollution problems.
Describes the events surrounding the discovery of gold in California, the huge migration it brought to the area, and the lifestyles of miners and mining towns.
Introduces structures with unique architecture, from the pyramids of Giza and the Colosseum in Rome to the Ice Hotel in Sweden and the underground town of Coober Pedy in Australia.
Introduces structures with unique architecture, from the pyramids of Giza and the Colosseum in Rome to the Ice Hotel in Sweden and the underground town of Coober Pedy in Australia.
Bizarre, incredible and downright gross facts about human and animal bodiesIn Hair-raising Human Body Facts, you'll learn about some of the most incredible things going on inside you right now! Giggl
Bizarre, incredible and downright gross facts about human and animal bodiesIn Hair-raising Human Body Facts, you'll learn about some of the most incredible things going on inside you right now! Giggl
Learn about our planet Earth through facts focused on percentages.Did you know that 40% of volcanoes are active and 60% aren't? Find out what causes earthquakes and how they are measured. Habitats, ea
Discover the wackiest facts about animals and their farts - and the scintillating science behind them!Hold your nose for the latest batch of wacky animal facts in The Farts That Animals Parp! Try not
Discover the wackiest facts about animals and their wee - and the scintillating science behind it!Welcome to the weird world of animal wee! Find out which animals are the fastest at peeing, which anim
Discover the wackiest facts about animals and their farts - and the scintillating science behind it!Hold your nose for the latest batch of wacky animal facts in The Farts That Animals Parp! Try not to
Snappy the Nile crocodile introduces key science topics with a quirky bit of fun and asks questions to involve readers in exploring the topics further. In this book, find out all about light and the t
Looking to take up a new sport? Or just thinking about ways to keep fit and healthy? This book is a great introduction to all the important gymnastics skills you'll need. Full of skills tips and pho
Looking to take up a new sport? Or just thinking about ways to keep fit and healthy? This book is a great introduction to all the important cycling skills you'll need. Full of skills tips and photos s
