Melissa Stewart
42) Blue Animals
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Who knew so many animals were blue? This colorful exploration lets new readers practice their colors with vibrant photographs and simple text.
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How are polar bears related to pandas? For thousands of years, philosophers and scientists have tried to organize and understand, or classify, the relationships among Earth's animals and plants. Early classification systems were cumbersome and inconsistent. In the late 1720s, Carl Linnaeus began developing a classification system to describe relationships among all living things, including animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria. This organization, called...
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How can you tell a butterfly from a moth? What is the difference? With colorful photographs and simple language, author Melissa Stewart shows young readers how to identify these animals using critical thinking skills. Readers find all the tips and hints they need to tell these two animals apart.
48) Yellow Animals
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Birds, fish, insects, and more. This book is filled with beautiful yellow animals. Emerging readers will be entertained by the variety of species while practicing the word yellow and a few other terms.
49) Orange Animals
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This colorful book allows emerging readers to read simple text that corresponds to the photograph on the facing page. This helps them practice their reading skills while they enjoy stunning color photographs of many animal species.
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Everyone loves the smile on a dolphin's face. Though smart enough to become theme park tricksters, dolphins are first and foremost wild mammals. Melissa Stewart's lively text outlines our responsibility to conserve their natural environment. This high-interest book also offers an interactive experience to boost awareness of these adorable creatures.
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A bug scurries across the floor in front of you. Or is it a bug at all? Do you know how to tell the difference between an insect and a spider? Readers will learn the tips for telling which animal is which. Appealing color photographs and concise text make this book a must-read. Readers will see if they can tell whether they've found an insect or a spider.
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Discover the coolest robots of today and tomorrow in this colorful, photo-packed book. In this inviting and entertaining format, kids will learn about the science behind these amazing machines. This Level 3 reader is written in an easy-to-grasp style to encourage the scientists of tomorrow!
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Did you know that a tiny golf ball-sized creature called the blue-ringed octopus contains enough venom to kill 26 adult humans? Or why the Sydney funnel web spider is one of the most dangerous creatures in the world? In this Level 3 book, kids will be fascinated by 12 species that you hope you'll never come across! Sharks, snakes, jellyfish and more-these creatures are among the most threatening-and interesting-in the world!
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Can you tell the difference between a salamander and a lizard? Which one has wet skin? Which has dry skin? Readers find out all the tips to tell the difference between these two animals. Award-winning children's author Melissa Stewart offers concise text paired with dazzling photographs. This book is a great addition to any library or classroom.
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Ants are everywhere. They creep, they crawl, they climb, and they fall. But they get up and they keep on working. Ants come in all different shapes, different sizes, and different colors. And they do a lot of different jobs. These hard-working little creatures thrive wherever they go, making whatever adaptations necessary in their ever-changing world.
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Who said science can't be funny? Readers will learn some fascinating science facts about bugs, including butterflies, beetles, and bees. Then learn some seriously silly jokes. And the fun part? The section of the book that teaches readers to create their own jokes about bugs. Get readers ready to laugh and learn about science.
60) Cell Biology
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What are cells made of? Biologists have been studying cells since the mid-1600s, when Robert Hooke viewed a slice of cork through a microscope and coined the word "cell" to describe the walled-in spaces he saw. Most cells are invisible to the naked eye. Yet they carry out the many complex processes that make life possible. As microscopes have improved, scientists have learned more and more about cells and their organelles-the structures within cells....