Take an important journey around the world and discover how pollution is affecting our planet and what we can do to help! Poisonous chemicals and harmful smoke pollute the air we breathe and end up deep in our rivers and oceans, harming the wildlife there. Learn about greenhouse gasses and fossil fuels; crude oil and pesticides. Discover sustainable power sources and how they can help. A timely look at how we can use new, sustainable technology and smart travel to help protect the future of our planet. Sensitively written with informative photographs, this is an important, high-interest read for young kids saving the planet.
Sustainable Living teaches us what 'sustainable' means, how to travel smart, and to think local. Discover low-energy buildings, and what they mean for the future. Learn about the uses of recycling, why shopping locally can save energy, and how what you eat could save the world. See how using less water can save energy and how you can reduce water use at home. Sustainable Living is a timely look at how we can use new, sustainable technology and smart travel to help protect the future of our planet. Sensitively written with informative photographs, this is an important, high-interest read for young kids saving the planet.
Get ready to craft your own penguin island, monsters and mummies tic-tac-toe game, and more! Readers can reuse egg cartons to create five imaginative projects.
If you're looking for an extreme habitat, then you need to head for the oceans. But don't be fooled by their beauty! This book's at-a-glance fact files and survival tips will show you just how dangerous they can be. Oceans cover 70% of the surface of our planet and the world under the water is more extreme than anything on land. In its deepest parts, the water pressure is so massive it feels like you're being crushed by 50 jumbo jets! Learn more about how awesome marine plants and animals have found ingenious ways to survive this inhospitable habitat.
If you're looking for an extreme habitat, then you need to head to the mountains. Don't be fooled by the beauty of them, though! This book's at-a-glance fact files and survival tips will show you just how extreme these habitats can be. Mountains can be majestic, like Mount Fuji, but they can be volatile and deadly with active volcanos that threaten entire cities, like Pompeii. However, that just makes the creatures and the people that strive to survive and conquer mountains magical to read about. Learn more about the ingenious ways plants, animals, and people have all found to survive this inhospitable habitat.
Elephants are some of the biggest animals alive today! Animals in Danger: Elephants looks at how different types of elephants survive in their natural habitats and how they live together. Learn about their amazing trunks and how they can be used as a nose, mouth, or fingers! Discover what tusks have to do with keeping elephants safe. Learn about the differences between African and Asian Elephants, and why some of them have been put to work! Awesome photographs accompany sensitively written text; it's a must-read for young kids with an interest in caring for endangered animals and the planet.
From animal tracks to burrows and nests, signs of animal life are easy to spot if you know where to look. Fun photography and illustrations highlight the different kinds of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians that live in the wild.
Climate change is no joke! Discover how our weather is constantly changing and how too much change is not a good thing as global warming heats up Earth. Melting ice caps, desert droughts, and severe storms; climate change is affecting us all. Discover how planting new trees can slow down global warming and how using less electricity can make a huge difference to the climate. Learn about sustainable power, why walking is the best way to travel, and how you can help to save the planet! Sensitively written with informative photographs, this is an important, high-interest read for young kids saving the planet.
Travel the world and see how populations getting bigger means other habitats are getting smaller. Discover how deforestation and mining have disrupted and destroyed wildlife habitats and what can be done to help. Learn about how farming impacts habitats and how rivers are running dry with our need for more water. Wildfires are burning down habitats and ice caps are melting in the Arctic. Habitat Destruction provides a timely look at the future of our planet and what we can do to help. It's grabbing worldwide attention as we find a solution to the climate change problem. Sensitively written, an important high-interest read for young kids saving the planet.
Look to the future! Discover the problems with energy and the renewable energy technology combatting it. Find out about clean energy; what it means and how it is the best solution for air pollution. See how the wind, waves, and sun can create power using turbines and solar panels, and why we should stop using fossil fuels. Learn different ways that you can help to save energy and save the planet. Future Energy provides a timely look at how we can use clean energy to help protect our future. Sensitively written with informative photographs, this is an important high-interest read for young kids saving the planet.
One of the most intelligent animals in the wild, but still in danger! Meet the Orangutan! These long-limbed, orange apes live deep in the rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo, they travel through dense forest, living high up in sleeping nests, hunting far and wide for food. Animals in Danger: Orangutans looks at the problem's deforestation is causing them, and how people wanting them as pets has further decreased the population. Learn more about why these awesome animals are endangered and what is being done to help them. It's a must-read for young kids with an interest in caring for endangered species and our planet.
If you're looking for an extreme habitat, look no further than the desert. Don't be fooled by its beauty though, this book's at-a-glance fact files and survival tips will show you just how extreme these habitats can be. From space, deserts look empty and lifeless and in a place that gets less than 25 centimeters of water each year, that could easily be the case. However, that just makes the creatures and people of the desert awesome and magical to read about. Plants, animals, and people have all found ingenious ways to thrive this inhospitable habitat.
What can you make from a paper roll? A spooky centerpiece, zoo animals, and even a castle are some of the options in this book. Follow these simple instructions and make crafts from your recyclables!
Help young explorers discover the little critters of the forest. Guide them in animal friendly ways to search for ants, slugs, and spiders in this hand-on book.
Craft-lovers can use boxes and other materials to make original creations. Step-by-step instructions show how to make imaginative projects while recycling!
Nature-lovers can craft a garden mobile, a bark owl, and other 3D art using natural materials found outside! Step-by-step instructions and full-color photos guide readers along the way.
If you're looking for extreme habitats, then you need to head for the ends of the Earth. Polar Regions is packed with facts, survival tips, awesome photography, explorations, and research.
Nature-lovers can craft all sorts of wild art using natural materials found outside, including pine cones, bark, grass, leaves, and more! Detailed photos and simple instructions guide readers through each step.
Gorillas are one of the strongest animals known to man, but they are still in danger! Discover the rare Mountain Gorilla living deep in African mountain parks in habitats that are fast disappearing. Learn about gorilla families, how they forage for food, and the proud and fearsome Silverback that protects them from danger! See how they create nests on the ground and help keep each other clean. Gorillas in Danger looks at why the population has decreased, how a war nearly ruined everything, and what we can do to help save them. It's a must-read for young kids with an interest in caring for endangered species and our planet.
Turn everyday waste into a work of art! Design a futuristic cardboard building, make funky chicken bookends, and construct a robot from nuts. Learn how to think outside of the box while recycling.
Make a stegosaurus, a lighthouse window, or a weather forecaster out of paper plates! Step-by-step instructions guide young craft-lovers in making original creations. Readers can construct imaginative projects while they recycle!
Readers will love this creatively spooky art. Make a grisly gargoyle, a garbage gobbler, and spooky skeleton, and more. Step-by-step photographs illustrate the process and support the easy-to-read instructions"--
Perfectly equipped for life in the polar region, but still in danger! Meet the biggest land predator in the Arctic, the polar bear! Discover how polar bears make dens deep in the snow and how they can smell food from far away. Learn about how they hunt and why that makes them strong swimmers! But even these powerful predators are having a tough time as their natural habitat changes. Learn why these awesome animals are endangered and what is being done to help them. It's a must-read for young kids with an interest in caring for endangered species, and the planet.
Create a carnival of handmade animals using different shapes and patterns. Make dramatic black-and-white prints, a papier-mâché dog, a shark sculpture, and more. Simple step-by-step instructions and photographs guide readers through the process.
They're some of the fiercest animals on the planet, but still in danger! Discover great cats in their natural habitats, where they have no natural predators. Lions are some of the finest hunters in the world, but there is one predator putting them in danger, humankind! Discover the lion's pride, why male lions have huge manes, and how lionesses hunt for food. Learn why these awesome animals are endangered and what is being done to help them. It's a must-read for young kids with an interest in caring for all endangered species and our planet.
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