Every creature in the forest—from the tiny beetle to the giant bear—depends on trees for survival. Trees give off oxygen for living things to breathe, and they provide a home for countless bugs and animals all over the planet. This engaging book introduces children to the wildlife that lives in the world’s forests.
Slow Down: Bring Calm to a Busy World with 50 Nature Stories is a beautifully illustrated treasury for young readers that invites them to notice the quiet miracles unfolding around them every day. Rachel Williams and illustrator Freya Hartas offer 50 concise nature stories—depicting things like a wave’s rise and fall, a chick hatching, bees pollinating, or water lilies opening—each told i…
The Angry Monk and the Fly: A Tale of Mindfulness for Children tells the story of a monk who is almost always calm and peaceful, respected by animals and nature for his disciplined meditation. But his tranquility is repeatedly disturbed by a persistent fly buzzing around his head, landing on his nose day after day, stirring feelings of irritation and anger. Each time the monk vows to ignore the…
Every day you do a weather check- should we wear a sunhat, maybe we need an umbrella, will it be a white Christmas . . . ? The weather affects us all - not only the way we live, but even our moods! So, why does the weather change and how? This fascinating and colourful book will answer all your questions and more from the Ice Age, El Nino, the Super Outbreak and global warming, to such pheno…
With full-color maps in a spectacular three-dimensional rendering, the Atlas in the Round series offers an amazing perspective on Earth Studies and Natural Science. Natural Disasters is an eye-opening look at the world's tremendous natural forces and their awesome capacity for destruction. Floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, avalanches, tornadoes, volcanos -- this atlas puts the workings of the eart…
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.
In this series that covers all of Earth's key habitats, each book reveals the life cycles of eleven animals which link together to create three different food chains. At the end of the book a simple overview helps readers understand how the three food chains interact to create a food web-the perfect first introduction to this core science concept. The world's forests are rich habitats that supp…