Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature by Beth Krommes $16.99
A Caldecott medalist and a Newbery Honor-winning poet celebrate the beauty and value of spirals.What makes the tiny snail shell so beautiful? Why does that shape occur in nature over and over again—in rushing rivers, in a flower bud, even inside your ear?With simplicity and grace, Krommes and Sidman not only reveal the many spirals innature—from fiddleheads to elephant tusks, from crashing...
First the Egg (Caldecott Honor Book and Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book (Awards)) by Roaring Brook Press $14.99
WHICH CAME FIRST? The chicken or the egg? Simple die-cuts magically present transformation-- from seed to flower, tadpole to frog, caterpillar to butterfly. The acclaimed author of Black? White! Day? Night! and Lemons Are Not Red gives an entirely fresh and memorable presentation to the concepts of transformation and creatiity. Seed becomes flower, paint becomes picture, word becomes...
From Caterpillar to Butterfly Big Book (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1) by Bari Weissman $24.99
Where did the caterpillar go? It seems to have disappeared, but it hasn't. It has turned into a butterfly! From the time a caterpillar first hatches, it eats so fast that its skin can't keep up. It sheds its skin several times as it grows bigger and bigger. Eventually it forms a shell around itself called a chrysalis. Nothing seems to happen for a long time. But then one day the chrysalis...
Biology: Human Biology and Hygiene Bk.2 (C.S.E.Science) by Routledge
A textbook for secondary-school level biology covering topics including food and digestion, respiration, blood, nervous system, reproduction, movement and evolution.
Biology: Life on Earth by Prentice Hall College Div $124.00
Appropriate for Introductory Biology courses.This best-selling introductory text, widely praised for its lively writing style and impeccable scientific presentation, has been revised to reflect the changing dynamics of introductory biology. Emphasizing concepts over facts and critical thinking over memorization, Life on Earth presents the dynamic processes at work in biology and conveys the...
Uncover the Human Body: An Uncover It Book by Silver Dolphin Press $18.95
The Uncover series combines the best elements of a book with model elements to help readers truly "uncover" the mysteries of what makes things work. A fascinating three-dimensional presentation allows in-depth, hands-on exploration of the subject at hand. This unique "model" is easily built, deconstructed and re-built layer by layer, system by system just by turning a page, until an understanding...
Wilderness Ways(Annotated) by
Wilderness WaysThe following sketches, like the "Ways of Wood Folk", are the result of many years of personal observation in the woods and fields. They are studies of animals, pure and simple, not of animals with human motives and imaginations.Indeed, it is hardly necessary for genuine interest to give human traits to the beasts. Any animal is interesting enough as an animal, and has character...
Evolution: How We and All Living Things Came to Be by Daniel Loxton $18.95
Evolution is the process that created the terrible teeth of Tyrannosaurus rex and the complex human brain, clever enough to understand the workings of nature. Young readers will learn how a British naturalist named Charles Darwin studied nature and developed his now-famous concepts of natural selection and survival of the fittest. And how modern-day science has added to our understanding of the...
There Are No Shortcuts by Rafe Esquith $32.95
There is a classroom of fifth graders in Los Angeles that has been rocking the world of public education. In this inner city classroom children who speak English as a second language, who primarily come from impoverished single parent homes, who live in a gun and gang infested neighborhood, are performing Shakespeare around the world, attending classes six days a week, and consistently scoring in...
Germs Make Me Sick! (Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 2) (Reading Rainbow book) by Marylin Hafner $5.99
With Marilyn Hefner's new full color illustrations, bacteria and viruses have never looked so good! As packed with wit and good humor as with charts and diagrams, this book is still the best explanation of how your body fights germs. ‘An introduction to bacteria and viruses and how each of the two forms attacks cells and makes a person feel sick. The text mixes information with reassurance. . ....