Learningisland: 800 books

It all started with a smell. In Paris, France, during the 1800s, the people living there were starting to get sick. They could not escape the foul smells coming from the cemeteries. The worst cemetery was Saints-Innocents (the Cemetery of Innocents). This cemetery was in the heart of the city next...

In the days not long after the pharaohs in Egypt, there lived a woman in China. Leizu (say lee - zhoo) was an empress. She lived in a beautiful palace in China. The palace had a huge garden filled with many trees and flowers. Leizu and her husband, Hoangti loved to walk through their gardens. The...

Elephants are the biggest animal that lives on land. They are HUGE! A male elephant is taller than the room in your house! They can weigh as much as 13 small trucks! Female elephants are smaller, but they are still big. This book is a shortened version of our popular “Elephant Seals: Mountains of...

Have you ever thought about walking a pig? How about dressing a bunny in doll clothes? How would you like to comb and fluff the fur of a longhaired hamster? Pets can be forever friends, but they also need a lot of care. Be sure to read about your pet before you buy it.Here is some fun information...

You see it every night in the night sky, but how much do you really know about the moon? Here are some things you may not know. Do you know: What one thing is different about our moon from every other moon we have found? What kind of atmosphere is there on the moon? How many sides of the moon do we...

This book is a shortened version of our popular “Hippos: Giants Who Love the Water” and is intended for beginning readers. With only 1156 easy to read words, young children can experience for themselves the joy of learning about the hippo. They will find out the answers to these questions: How...

The Muddy Mississippi River is the largest river in the United States, and one of the most well known rivers in the world. People have been discovering things about this river for hundreds of years. How much do you know about America’s waterway? Do you know the answers to these questions? Where...

This book is a shortened version of our popular “Roadrunners: Birds That Like to Run” and is intended for beginning readers. With only 1026 easy to read words, young children can experience for themselves the joy of learning about the roadrunner. They will find out the answers to these questions: Do...

Who created the word dinosaur?How big was an apatosaurus’ brain?What was strange about iguanodon’s hands and feet?Was spinosaurus bigger or smaller than tyrannosaurus rex?How many front teeth did stegosaurus have?What was strange about triceratops’ skin?What were the holes in t. rex’s skull...

They are one of the fiercest animals in the ocean, feared and hated by many people. How much do you know about sharks? Do you know: Do sharks like to eat people? What does a shark's dorsal fin help him to do? How fast can a shark go through a set of teeth? Do sharks have bones? What does a...

This book is a shortened version of our popular “Whales: Giants of the Sea” and is intended for beginning readers. With only 804 easy to read words, young children can experience for themselves the joy of learning about the whale. They will find out the answers to these questions: Are whales bigger...

Sea dragons are some of the weirdest animals in the sea. They look like sea plants with a snout. They have a long snout or nose at the front of their head. But that is about the only part that looks like an animal. Their body is round and lumpy, and sticking out from everywhere are growths. These...

This book is a shortened version of our popular “Octopuses: Eight Armed Wonders” and is intended for beginning readers. With only 1006 easy to read words, young children can experience for themselves the joy of learning about the octopus. They will find out the answers to these questions: What...

Hummingbirds are amazing animals. They can fly in different directions and even hover. Many scientists have studied these tiny wonders, and discovered amazing things How many of these facts do you know? How far can a hummingbird walk? How fast is a hummingbird? How many eyelids do hummingbirds have? Do...