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Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"How old is the earth? Where is the ice three miles thick? Why are volcanoes so dangerous? Where are the wettest and driest spots on the planet? Find the answers to these questions--and many more--in Earth by the numbers."--Dust jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Shares facts on over three hundred animals and offers a brief overview of the history of life on Earth. Dance with a blue-footed booby, or stare down an eyelash viper. But mind your step-- in the animal world, the name of the game is survival
10) The shark book
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Sharp teeth, super senses, and those infamous fins--what's not to love about sharks? Caldecott Honor-winning team Steve Jenkins and Robin Page explore one of the world's most notorious--and fearsome--animals. Learn what makes a shark a shark, what sharks like to eat, and how these predators of the deep have evolved. Ever wonder which shark is the smallest? Or the fastest? Even the most deadly? You'll find your answers in The Shark Book, with countless...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Explore how a simple, often colorful, sometimes surprisingly shaped package, reveals nature's life cycle, unusual animal defensive strategies, parenting behavior, evolution, and more, in this beautifully illustrated non-fiction picture book" --
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Who Am I? gives reader clues so they can guess which animal will be revealed in a beautiful, full-spread illustration when they turn the page. Playful nouns, adjectives, and verbs describe the characteristics and movements of each animal.
Readers are given clues about an animal's characteristics and must use them to guess the identity of the creature.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
"This non-fiction picture book explores time and how we think about it in a different way - as a series of events in the natural world (some of them directly observable, others not) that take place in a given unit of time. Steve Jenkins' extraordinary illustrations will accompany this engaging look at time. Just a Second is visualized as a linear series of illustrations and captions, starting with a second, a minute, an hour, a month, and a year....
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Through infographics and illustrations readers will learn about the unfathomably huge and fascinating topic of solar systems. Explore the galaxy that surrounds our planet through astounding numbers, facts, and figures. With Steve Jenkins's signature art style, his By the Numbers reader series explores the most fascinating fields of nature and natural science. These readers are fact-packed and run the gamut from dinosaurs to dwarf planets, detailing...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The award-winning team of What Do You Do with a Tail Like This? and Move! once again create a nonfiction picture book that is amazingly beautiful, fun, and filled with all sorts of interesting facts. Here, Steve Jenkins and Robin Page investigate sibling relationships throughout the animal kingdom. In this book you will learn that anteaters are always only children and nine-banded armadillos are always born as identical quadruplets. You will also
...17) The frog book
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Nonfiction picture book explores the form, color, pattern, and nature of frogs.
"Caldecott Honor-winning team Steve Jenkins and Robin Page explore form, color, and pattern, and capture the very unique nature of frogs in this brilliantly illustrated picture book. Perfect for fans of The Beetle Book, and young readers looking for nonfiction about this perennially fascinating animal. Long legs, sticky tongues, big round eyes, and other dazzling features--what's...
18) Dogs and cats
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Co
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
"Are you a cat lover? A dog person? Either way, this book is for you! Read about how your favorite companion came to be a pet and how its body works. Then, flip the book over and find out about the other kind."--barnesandnoble.com
19) Actual size
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discusses and gives examples of the size and weight of various animals and parts of animals.
20) My first day
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Explore some of the fascinating things that animals such as Kiwi, Siberian tiger, Wood duck, Giraffe, Emperor penguin, Sea otter, Leatherback turtle, Blue wildebeest, Sifaka, Capybara, Zebra, Tapir, California sea lion, Mexican free-tailed bat, Megapode, Darwin's frog, Manatee, Musk Ox, parent bug, Golden snub-nosed monkey, Muntjac, and Polar bear do on their first day"
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