Product Description: This book takes a simple look at what it means to live by a river. It examines basic geographical features, why people choose to live there and the risks people might have because of living by a river, such as flooding. The book also looks at how people adapt to living by rivers and the different things both adults and children do in their daily lives, from getting a boat to travel places to going swimming...read more

Product Description: This book explores the food chains and webs that exist in river habitats. It equips readers with crucial vocabulary, using examples from that habitat to explain the roles of producers, consumers and decomposers, and illustrates how living things depend upon each other...read more

Humans depend on rivers for food and transportation. Wildlife depend on them for survival. But the actions of humans are threatening these diverse habitats. Discover what actions humans need to take to save this valuable part of our endangered Earth.

Product Description: Explores the river biome, plants and animals in the biome, the biome food chain, and highlights the river otter.

Product Description: In this book, children learn all about rivers and streams, including how streams turn into rivers, different ways in which we use rivers and streams, and how to stay safe near rivers and streams. The book also includes a world map showing the longest river in each continent.

LEVEL 4: READING ALONE A greater variety of language and types of information than at level 3. More challenging vocabulary is introduced. Sentences remain clear, interesting, and unambiguous, but are slightly more complex.Guided Reading Levels: N, OKingfisher Readers L4: Rivers by Claire Llewellyn and Thea Feldman introduces children to the extensive role rivers play in our world. Famous rivers and their different characteristics, including types of habitats that live inside of them, important inventions created to utilize such a natural power source, natural disasters, and the role rivers play in our ecosystem are all highlighted in this informative chapter book. With content area vocabulary, call-out boxes, and a glossary young learners can comprehend, the content remains clear, interesting and slightly more complex for advanced young readers.

Product Description: Join intrepid explorers Benjamin Blog and his inquisitive dog Barko Polo as they travel the globe exploring the worlds most exciting habitats! This book looks at rivers around the world such as the Nile, Amazon and Mississippi Rivers and more, taking in a multitude of canyons, waterfalls, amazing animals and plants along the way...read more

Product Description: This series introduces landforms that can be found in different physical environments, such as mountains, rivers, coasts and deserts. Each title looks at how such features form, change, are used by humans, and how they can be conserved.

Product Description: This book explores river habitats around the world, looking at the plants and animals that live there, and the adaptations that help them to survive. Food webs, maps, and photos help bring the topic to life. Threats to river habitats are also covered, as well as efforts to preserve them...read more

Product Description: From puddles to lakes, streams to rivers, and bogs to swamps, each body of water contains an amazing treasure chest of life. There is an abundance of plant and animal life hiding in every freshwater habitat. But freshwater habitats are also fragile and valuable resources that need to be protected and conserved...read more

Product Description: A close up look at the animal life in the stream reveals such creatures as the diving beetle (its eyes are divided into two parts which allow it to see as well underwater as on the surface) and the crayfish (the end of its tail spreads out into a fan, with which it can push itself backwards and escape quickly)...read more

Product Description: Life as we know it would be impossible without water. Luckily for us and the other organisms with which we share our planet, Earth has so much water that it is sometimes known as the water planet. This engrossing volume describes where water can be found in its solid, liquid, and gaseous states...read more

Product Description: Celebrates Earth's amazing variety of animals and plants in specific ecosystems.

Product Description: Introduces the physical characteristics of rivers with simple text and colorful photographs.

Product Description: Rivers, describes the geography of rivers, the impact humans have on them, and conservation of these areas. Also describes plant and animal life in and around around rivers. Includes handson activities. Additonal features include: a table of contents, glossary, index, color photographs and illustrations, and diagrams...read more

Product Description: Geography with the gritty bits left in! Where in the world can you: Peer over the edge of a roaring waterfall? Come face-to-face with a peckish piranha? Go white-water rafting through hair-raising rapids?

Product Description: The 10 Mightiest Rivers (10 Franklin Watts)

A series that explores and describes the formation of the landscapes of Britain through photographs and maps.