Looks at dolphins as wild mammals and discusses the need to preserve their natural environment.

Introduces a plant's life cycle, explaining how seeds grow into flowers and trees.

What causes thunder and lightning? How do different clouds form? What makes a tornado twist? Kids will discover the answers to these questions and more in this colorful, photo-packed book.

A kitten enjoys a day filled with fun and exploration in a skill-building reader that includes a vocabulary tree and a wrap-up activity.

"Find out about dragon-like critters in this new Co-reader from National Geographic Kids. Co-readers provide one page of adult-read-aloud text and one page of kid-read-aloud text on each spread, building toward a collaborative reading experience. Think dragons exist only in fairy tales? Think again! Meet huge komodo dragons, flying lizards, and all sorts of amazing creatures that really are stranger than fiction. Adult and child readers will learn...

Presents a miscellany of facts about bats.

"Facts about animals in Africa, for young readers"--

Traces the life of a Jewish girl who chronicled her day-to-day life in a diary as she hid in an attic in Nazi-occupied Holland for two years.

Introduces professions that aid the community including mail carriers, police officers, firefighters, and teachers.

"Packed with beautiful and engaging photos, this new leveled reader will teach kids how tide pools work, what kinds of animals live in them, and even how to prepare for a tide pool visit of their own."--Amazon.com.