Product Description: Spiders are small but fierce hunters with all the tools and skills they need to capture and kill their prey. Some species have venom that is lethal to humans as well as their normal prey. Six deadly spiders, including the black widow and the Chilean recluse, are profiled.

Product Description: While most reptiles are not dangerous to people, some have habits or traits that make them deadly. They may use size, strength, venom, speed, stealth, or other abilities to capture and kill their prey. Six deadly reptiles, including the saltwater crocodile and the Komodo dragon, are profiled...read more

Product Description: Deadly snakes abound in the world. They rely on sight, sound, speed, and venom to capture and kill their prey. Six deadly snakes, including the black mamba and king cobra, are profiled.

Product Description: Born in the mid-1800s, the Impressionist movement redefined the way artists approached their craft, opening the doors to previously unheard-of freedom in methods, viewpoint, and execution. This book examines Impressionist artthe tools, the techniques, the artists, and the artwork that so many generations have come to know and love...read more

Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Twins Tommy and Tallulah agree to care for ailing Mother Hen's newly hatched chicks, even though they and their friends plan on flying their kites together.

Describes the invention and development of LEGO toys. Includes glossary, websites, and bibliography for further reading.

Product Description: Topics include explanations of how HD-TV works, difficulties with its development, broadcasting issues surrounding wide spread usage and future applications. Glossary, additional resources and index.

Product Description: Werewolves are part human, part wolf, and all awful. This book examines these legendary creatures in frightening detail, describing their bodies, their behavior, and their monstrous transformations. It also goes snout to snout with some of historys most infamous real-life werewolves and discusses the many books and films these encounters have inspired...read more

Product Description: To capitalize on the fascination teens have with all kinds of monsters, from the mythological to the could-be-real varieties. Books in this series should include lots of stories and personal accounts.

This book introduces where, why, when, and how often hurricanes occur. Engaging text breaks down concepts for the reader, such as air pressure differences, cloud formation, updrafts, rising air, and rotating winds. Chapters highlight the progression from tropical disturbance to tropical depression to hurricane based on wind speeds, as well as hurricane structure from rain bands to the eyewall to the eye. Readers will learn how hurricanes are classified by wind speed on the Saffir-Simpson Scale, how scientists predict a storm’s path to issue watches and warnings, how conditions change as a storm approaches an area, how winds and storm surge cause damage, and how to stay safe during a hurricane. Clear, helpful diagrams, full-color photographs, bold glossary words, and an index support this easy-to-read, engaging text.

This book introduces the tools scientists use to predict the weather. Chapters highlight the history of forecasting, folk sayings, the importance of inventions such as the thermometer and the barometer, and vital tools such as anemometers, hygrometers, rain gauges, radar, weather balloons, satellites, and computer models. Readers will learn about short- and long-term weather prediction, how weather information is shared across the globe, and the future of forecasting. Full-color photographs, bold glossary words, and an index support this easy-to-read, engaging text.

Let's talk (and read) about the weather! The science of weather phenomena are explained in this colorful, diagram-filled series. Perfect for supporting curricular units on meteorology or satisfying curious minds in weather-obsessed parts of the US and Canada. Explains extreme and everyday weather, forecasting, and more.