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Miss Maple’s Seeds

sarah — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 16:01:42 +0000

What happens to seeds that don’t sprout? Fortunately, they have Miss Maple to look after them. Every year, she rescues orphan seeds, taking them to her cozy maple tree house. All winter long, she nurtures them and teaches them the ways of seeds and the paths by which they might find their new homes. And come spring, she sends them off to take root out in the wide world and to sprout into the wonderful plants she knows they’ll become.

Celebrate every season with Miss Maple, from Earth Day to graduations to harvest festivals.

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City Under the Back Steps

AWiebe — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 15:48:22 +0000

Meet Jill and Craig, two children who mysteriously shrink and are taken prisoner by an ant colony. Down beneath the ground they are herded, to the city under the back steps and the complex world of the ant colony. Here where the haughty Queen rules with an iron hand, each of her subjects has a [...]

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Stephen Biesty’s More Incredible Cross-sections

sarah — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 20:49:58 +0000

Part of a unique series, More Incredible Cross-sections is Stephen Biesty at the top of his game. In this updated edition with a refreshed, contemporary style, he gives readers an exploded view of 12 objects, places, landmarks, and modes of transport. But look closer! In every picture is an alien who has lost his way: can you find him?

As you pore over Stephen Biesty’s superbly detailed pages, you will also discover loads of awesome facts. Did you know that steam engines were notoriously difficult to stop, leading to frequent accidents? Or that people at an Antarctic research base rely on supplies from an aircraft’s parachute drops during winter?

From windmills to cities, airports to space stations, More Incredible Cross-sections is for curious minds of any age interested in finding out how our amazing world works.

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Stephen Biesty’s Incredible Cross Sections of Everything

sarah — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 20:46:22 +0000

His intricate artwork will have children and adults alike poring over every detail, whether it’s following the production line of a factory making newspapers or exploring the insides of the Saturn V rocket. Taking you through every stage of each process is Chester the Tester, a character who helps explain how things are made, along with his sidekick Hector the Inspector.

Written with humor and fascinating facts to guide you through the illustrations, this book is a glorious way to learn about the world around you.

First published 25 years ago, Stephen Biesty’s Incredible Cross-Sections series has been updated for the silver anniversary, bringing delight to a whole new generation of curious young readers.

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Stephen Biesty’s Incredible Body Cross-Sections

sarah — Tue, 14 Jun 2022 20:42:11 +0000

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 your largest organ – in an adult, it’s 2 sq m (22 sq ft). Have you ever thought about how heavy the brain is? Well, it’s about 1.4 kg (3 lb) and is crammed with 100 billion nerve cells that help you think and move. And by the time you turn 75, your heart will have pumped blood around your body 4,000 million times!

With the challenge of finding two tiny explorers making their way through the body, learning about anatomy has never been so much fun!

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Gregor Mendel: The Friar Who Grew Peas

AWiebe — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 22:11:03 +0000

Regarded as the world's first geneticist, Mendel overcame poverty and obscurity to discover that animals, plants, and people all inherit and pass down traits through the same process. Children will be inspired by Gregor's never-ending search for knowledge, and his famous experiments are easy to understand.

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A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder

AWiebe — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 16:55:33 +0000

The camera stops the action so young readers can observe what they could not otherwise see: a drop of water as it falls from a faucet, water as a single snowflake, and much more. Full color.

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The Bee Bundle

Admin — Sat, 30 Apr 2022 21:46:53 +0000

Bundled together to help you save! Cultivate a love for learning with this picture book bundle. Make memories along the way as you spend time together reading aloud. Use this bundle to teach your primary learners about flowers, bees, and honey making, but don't overlook the value of reading aloud to your older learners.

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The Burgess Seashore Book for Children

sarah — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 21:24:55 +0000

Sample

The Burgess Seashore Book for Children is a wonderful way to introduce young ones to the fascinating world beneath us and is a perfect compliment to earlier books in this series, the Bird, Animal, and Flower books.

This edition is complete and unabridged with all of the beautiful illustrations by W.H. Southwick and George Sutton.

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The Burgess Seashore Book (Colour)

sarah — Mon, 04 Apr 2022 21:09:52 +0000

Sample

Since its release in 1929, the Burgess Seashore Book for Children has delighted readers of all ages. This new release presents the original text, complete and unabridged, along with over 140 new color images allowing the reader to get closer to the subject than ever before. Also included are the updated scientific names of the plants and animals described. This book is perfect for anyone looking to learn more about the seashore and the animals that live there.

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What’s it Like to be a Fish?

AWiebe — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:35:15 +0000

Read and find out about how a fish's body is perfectly designed for life in water in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book. You can't breathe underwater, but a fish can. You can't eat underwater, but a fish does every day. Named a Best Children's Science Book of the Year by Science Books & Films, [...]

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What’s for Lunch?

AWiebe — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:30:20 +0000

What's for lunch? Your body needs lots of different things to eat, and every kind of food has a different job to do. Did you know drinking milk makes your bones strong? Or that eating carrots helps you see better? This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at [...]

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