Jump into the past and visit the world of the mysterious Mayans. Get the lowdown on gruesome sacrifice. Discover why the Mayans wore the heads of their enemies. Take a peek inside the world of the spooky Mayan priest, find out why children were cross-eyed, and discover the world's first chocolate money as you hunt down the secrets of the dead!
This book explores the fun parts about keeping dogs, and looks at their natural behavior. It describes how to properly care for a dog including feeding, grooming, and health problems. The book also contains expert tips on dog care.
Bengal tigers are in danger of dying out. Read this book to learn where Bengal tigers live and what they eat. Discover why Bengal tigers need our help and how you can help save these tigers. Age-appropriate text introduces new concepts gradually for young children. This book features fantastic photographs, explanatory diagrams, a glossary, an index and information about more books to read.
Looks at local and wider communities, and how they are made up of different individuals. This title also explores the basic needs we share, the interdependence of countries, religious communities, celebrations, and people's rights. It also looks at making connections with a school from a different country or area.
Look closely at a pond and discover a world of inhabitants! A close look at this microhabitat reveals an unbelievable variety of organisms. Vibrant photographs and detailed illustrations combine to make these books informative and engaging. A visual table of contents helps readers navigate the text, and informative labels make the photographs valuable sources of information.
To reach certain places on Earth, we must cross miles of open water. Whether by plane or boat, there's always a chance of disaster, and the ocean is a dangerous place to be alone without transport. Readers learn what to do should they be left in open water or stranded on an island, including how to get food and water. True stories of those who have survived shipwreck exemplify the courage and resourcefulness needed in scary situations. Readers use their critical-thinking skills to answer multiple-choice questions about similar situations as they learn about the ocean ecosystem, including its hidden dangers.
Why do Muslims always wash before entering a mosque? Where can you see a tree made of gold and silver? Why should you avoid beating a sultan at chess? This title uncovers the mysteries of life in the ancient Islamic world. Discover what riding a camel across the desert was really like, why Islamic doctors were so good at healing their patients, and why the River Euphrates once turned black.
Readers will learn about how mixtures and solutions are made and measured; what makes dissolving easier; how we can separate mixtures and solutions; what air is made from; and more.
An introduction to poverty and hunger answers such questions as what hunger and poverty are, how people around the world are affected by both, and how readers can help them.
Working in a group or team is a fact of life for most people-whether at school, in the workplace, or on the sports field. Together as a Team! will help you understand team dynamics and recognize the best ways to use the skills and interests of every person in the group. With tips for organizing strategies, team-building exercises, preventing arguments, and getting your group motivated, this book demonstrates how great teamwork can really make things happen! Book jacket.
This superb new series is designed to present the facts and promote awareness and understanding of conditions that many children learn to live with. Each book: - introduces a condition, examining its causes and effects - looks at control, medication and treatment - covers the help and support available - includes numerous real-life case studies - is written with the help and advice of key experts
How did ancient people manage to find light sources? How do we know about light-based theories such as prisms? This fascinating book looks at the historical controversies that surround the discovery and theories of light and tells the stories of the scientists who worked on them. It also examines how the different theories based on light were arrived at, how they were tested, and what impact these theories and discoveries have had on our understanding of science today.
The world is full of materials, and they are all different. This book explores the wide range of materials we use, looking at their properties and what makes them suitable for different applications.
See what happens to different sea animals over the course of a day and night, discussing different aspects of the animal's anatomy and behaviour e.g. sleeping, eating, hunting and moving.
Read and Learn is a collection of non-fiction books that aim to help young readers discover and understand the world around them. In the Life Cycles strand, each book investigates the various stages in different plant or animal's life process. The book highlights the key features of each animal or plant, including its growth, feeding and development. Chapter headings are designed as child-friendly questions to help children focus and learn.
The Big Picture series launches with 16 titles for KS1 all about what is going on all around the world, split into four high interest topics. Find out how other people around the world live/lived; extreme animals habitats or weather across the globe; faraway homes made of ice and much, much more. Each book within this Key Stage 1 series will provide a number of jumping off points in a high interest, accessible way, with which to cover the 'big curriculum picture'. Eventually backed up by teacher notes comprising background information and teaching notes re: how to use the books to cover statutory national curriculum key skills. Ice Age takes a first look at dinosaurs and the story of extinction.
The lion is the undisputed king of Africa's grasslands, comfortably placed at the top of most of the habitat's food chains. This dynamic book offers a vividly detailed look at the grassland biome, and the lion's position as apex predator. Fact-rich text examines the way that claws, teeth, eyes, and even mane help the lion track its prey, while also offering a comprehensive look at life within a pride of lions.
Introduces the characteristics, behaviors, and habitats of giant pandas and describes the actions that threaten their existance and the efforts undertaken to save them.
How does sound travel? What is sonar? Why do cats see well in low light? Read this book to find out the answers to these questions and more. Each title in the Essential Physical Science series explores a key curriculum topic. Find out how light and sound move. Which moves faster, light or sound? Why can't astronauts hear each other in space? Each book includes three simple activities or experiments to try. Heinemann Infosearch asks the questions you want answered. Each chapter starts with a question and provides a detailed answer. Book jacket.
Dehydration. Freezing night temperatures. Scorpions. These are just some of the dangers that await those traveling through the desert. With preparation, anyone can survive. But what if something goes wrong? This book introduces readers to the desert ecosystem in an inventive, fascinating way through its perils! Real-life tales of those who have survived the hardest parts of desert living encourage readers to be prepared when visiting an area with little water, lots of sun, and quicksand! Full-color photographs accompany each story, while multiple-choice questions help readers assess each scary situation.
There are 30,000 different types of fish on the planet, but the deadliest, fastest, and most unusual—among others—are all gathered here. This book overflows with mind-boggling facts about our finned friends and covers a range of life science topics in an exciting presentation.
Key biological terms are defined in a way that all readers can understand in this book that explains the essential concepts of life processes and how living and nonliving things relate to each other. The basics of feeding, respiration, waste, and reproduction, among other important activities that sustain living things, are explained in clear, simple language, with colorful photographs to illustrate them. Non-living things are defined and described, as well. Each section also includes text boxes that define key terms and reading comprehension activities with thought-provoking questions.
Mountain gorillas are in danger of dying out. Read this book to learn where mountain gorillas live and how many mountain gorillas are in the world. Discover why mountain gorillas need our help and how you can help save these animals. Age-appropriate text introduces new concepts gradually for young children. This book features fantastic photographs, explanatory diagrams, a glossary, an index and information about more books to read.
Looks at how health and the ability to react to disease change during each stage of life, from birth to old age, including the impact of different lifestyle choices on the body.
White-water rafting and other river trips are fun adventures. They can go very wrong when a boat tips or a sudden storm hits. This book teaches readers about the river environments they may encounter and how to deal with their potential dangers. Real survival stories of life-threatening situations make these dangers real to readers, while offering important information on how to find food, deal with injury, and more should a bad situation occur. Multiple-choice questions and their answers ask readers to use their critical-thinking skills about surviving in the river environment while full-color photographs show them the ecosystem up close.
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