Product Description: Which creature is the deadliest? Is it the insect that bites, the ostrich that kicks, the snake that squeezes, or the shrew that paralyzes? Is it the most venomous, the most poisonous, or the one that infects its victims with a fatal disease? Fascinating facts and spectacular illustrations will inspire young readers to choose which creature they think is the deadliest in this newest picture book collaboration between Guiberson and Spirin...read more

Product Description: Natural and man-made disasters have the power to destroy thousands of lives very quickly. Both as they unfold and in the aftermath, these forces of nature astonish the rest of the world with their incredible devastation and magnitude...read more

Product Description: Natural and man-made disasters have the power to destroy thousands of lives very quickly. Both as they unfold and in the aftermath, these forces of nature astonish the rest of the world with their incredible devastation and magnitude...read more

Chronicles the miracle of survival of an emperor penguin egg, laid in the middle of winter in the coldest place on Earth, describing the behavior of the father emperor penguin whose task it is to care for the egg until it hatches.

Product Description: Since the time of the dinosaurs, frogs have added their birrups and bellows to the music of the earth. Frogs are astonishing in their variety and crucial to ecosystems. Onomatopoeic text and stunning illustrations introduce young readers to these fascinating and important creatures, from Chile to Nepal to Australia, in Frog Song by Brenda Z...read more

Follows the life of a sea turtle from its hatching on a beach, through its years in the sea, and its return to land where it lays its eggs.

The 'New York Times' chief correspondent in Israel examines the Arab and Jewish cultures and probes the ways in which the two peoples have sought to accommodate themselves to living together

Product Description: Which sea creature is the greatest? Is it the one with the most venom, the greatest diver, the one with blue blood, or the best rotating eyes? Or is it the master of disguise, the one with the best light, the most slime, or the most eggs? Fascinating facts and spectacular illustrations will inspire young readers to choose their own favorite sea creatures...read more

Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Vibrant, colorful collages and an inviting text take readers on a journey through a rain forest, investigating the plants and animals that dwell there.

Product Description: Splitter, splat, splash! While they sleep, the forest fills with the sounds of the night creatures. Sloop! A silky anteater slurps up thousands of ants. Flap flap! A bat bites a fig. Hssss. A snake thrusts its tongue to taste the air...read more

Describes the salmon's life journey to the sea and back, and the threat posed by pollution, commercial fishing, and other factors