Thea Feldman

Explores the different types of work people do, and discusses jobs that may be found in every town, those that take people far from home, and those that may not seem like work, but really are.

It had been nearly a century since elephants had lived in Southern Zululand, South Africa, where Lawrence Anthony founded his Thula Thula wildlife reserve. Yet one day a phone call changed all that. A troubled, unpredictable herd needed a new home. In order to save their lives, Lawrence took them in, and in the years that followed found that they had a lot to teach him about life, loyalty, and freedom. He tells of hair-raising fights with poachers,...

"A beetle band is keeping Tucker Mouse awake at night. What is he going to do?"--P. [4] of cover.

Simple text and color photographs depict the characteristics of each season.

Animals that glow, that make nests from spit, that change shape and color, that ooze thick, gooey slime: How strange! Meet some creatures that have unique and unusual talents. From the glass frog with a see-through body to a fish that happily hides inside a deadly plant, every living thing shown proves that truth is stranger than fiction!

Super Facts for Super Kids is a fun, fresh take on animal nonfiction for beginning readers. Filled with engaging photographs, comic-style illustrations, and cool infographics, these Level 2 Ready-to-Reads are sure to flip, float, and fly off the shelves!
Did you know that elephants don't like ants? Or that they have amazing memories, use their ears as fans to keep cool, and use mud as a natural sunscreen? They are also one of the few species...

"Readers will love learning about elephants in this book that presents amazing facts in a highly visual way for young readers. A backmatter section discusses threats to elephants and what people are doing to help keep elephants safe."--Provided by the publisher.

Introduces learning readers legendary monsters and monster stories from around the world and connects the monsters--like dragons, the Loch Ness monster, and vampires--to real life things that could have inspired them, such as large reptiles, sea creatures, and vampire bats.