Examines how human activites such as fossil fuel consumption and destruction of natural habitats are harming nature; details conservation efforts including nature and marine reserves; and describes how readers can protect the environment.
This title provides an introduction to rivers in the local environment with ideas for activities and investigations.
Gentle giants or giant monsters? That's the question Jack and Annie have about gorillas when the Magic Tree House sweeps them to the mountains of Africa. There they meet a group of amazing and sometimes frightening mountain gorillas. Annie knows how to play with the creatures right away. But Jack is left out. Will the gorillas be able to teach him some special magic?
Young Kenneth Mtiti is shocekd when his father accidentally kills a chimpanzee. against his father's whises, he adopts the chimpanzee's baby. How will he protect his new friend from its human enemies? how can Jane Goodall, a visiting scientist, help?
It's science with the squishy bits left in! Where does your food go? What happens when a boil bursts? Which animals live in your eyelashes? Get the awful answers in "Blood, Bones and Body Bits".
In its 68 fully illustrated, 99.9% fact-free chapters, Andy Griffiths's and Terry Denton's What Body Part Is That? will explain everything you ever needed to know about your body without the boring technical jargon and scientific accuracy that normally clog up the pages of books of this type. Never again will you be stuck for an answer when somebody comes up to you, points at a part of your …
Sorted! What happens in your head during a headache? What are toes for? This book explores everything from cells to organs, from breathing to blood-flow, from scabs and rashes to broken bones and brainpower. It will tell you everything you ever needed to know about bodies and all the amazing things that go on in them!
Did you know human bones are eight times stronger than concrete? Or that both humans and giraffes have seven vertebrae in their necks? You will learn about these amazing human body facts and much more in this fascinating book for children. Packed with amazing 3D computer images highlighted in different colours, The Skeleton Book allows children to explore every bone and joint in the human bo…
He's beheld the butt and offered the scoop on poop. Now Artie Bennett takes young readers on a discovery of those little (and not so little) puffs that exit from our mouths and duffs--the burp, the belch, and the fart! With Bennett's signature combination of real science and zany rhyme, kids will learn the how, why, and where of gas-tastic eruptions made by people and animals, such as: * why…
Are you always the last person to get the joke? Do you get a headache when you try and add 34 to 97? Do the words that come out of Stephen Fry’s mouth just sound like nonsensical mumbo-jumbo? If the answer to all these questions is yes, then you need help. How To Be A Genius is filled with informative and fun ways to train your brain into an intellectual athlete! The book contains over 50 tri…