Natural World category: 7079 books

A few friends, who always enjoyed playing and roaming around the Kruger National Park and looking for food together, were gathered round the waterhole. They had a lot to discuss this afternoon. Nkonkoni Wildebeest, their dear friend, had a longing to trek all the way to the Serengeti National Park...

For Zeb Hogan, bigger is better – especially when it comes to fish. From sawfish to alligator gars to giant stingrays, Zeb's on a mission to save the world's freshwater giants. In this cool Chapter book, you'll join Zeb on amazing – and TRUE – adventures with supersize swimmers.

Uncover some of the most infamous disasters in the world including the Hindenburg, the sinking of the Titanic, the Dust Bowl, BP oil spill, the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs, and the Chernobyl disaster in this shocking book. With its intriguing facts, vivid images, helpful graphs and maps, and...

Up, up, and away! Pani and Omo are off to a new adventure to seek out new life forms and most importantly, new food. When the starving pelican and seagull discover a colony of seed krackers, they had no idea how much their life would change. If they had not stopped on the small seed kracker island,...

The tale of the epic rivalry between two foundational paleontologists to find bigger and better bones in the American West, perfect for readers of Steve Sheinkin and Candace Fleming. Today we take for granted the idea that dinosaurs once roamed the earth. But two hundred years ago, the very...

Standing tall above the tree line, Sequoia stretches his ancient arms and gathers clouds to him. He watches as days, seasons, years pass by. His branches are home to owls and choirs of frogs. Beneath his broad canopy, a world grows. This is his story. Through controlled verse and luscious illustration,...

The troop of meerkats in the zoo live a happy life until one day the eagle owl next door tells them the van has come to take some away. Who is going to go and where? Would they be split up? There was only one thing to do – make a break for freedom and see what happens. Which is exactly what Molly’s...

Explores Plants And Animals Found In Estuaries And How They Adapt To Their Watery World. Supports Next Generation Science Standards.

Explores Plants And Animals Found In The Rich Grasslands Across The World. Supports Next Generation Science Standards.

In the far-north latitudes, just below the treeless tundra of the polar region, a forest of evergreen trees called the boreal forest encircles the earth. In this book, students explore the biggest terrestrial ecosystem in the world and can make observations comparing the diversity of life in different habitats.

From the award-winning team that brought you WISDOM, THE MIDWAY ALBATROSS, comes a new heart-warming story of an orphaned puma cub. Pumas are also known as cougars or mountain lions; the Florida panther is a sub-species of the puma. A mother puma, an attempt to steal a chicken and an angry...

ROSIE THE RIBETER Who holds the world record triple jump record – for bullfrogs? Rosie, the Ribeter. She set the record in May 1986 at 21 feet 5 ¾ inches. Her record has stood for over 30 years. This is her story. It all started with Mark Twain and his...

How did we get from 20-foot-long maps to GPS devices small enough to fit in the palm of our hands? How does GPS work and what can it tell us? How do ancient mapmaking techniques used by the Romans and Greeks influence the satellite technologies we use today? The history of mapmaking is full of remarkable...

For curious young minds who ask why? how? what? when? and then why? again and again, the bestselling team behind Ada Twist, Scientist has developed a STEM project book based on the beloved character. Ada herself will take readers through the scientific method and introduce them to some of her favorite...