New Releases by Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld

Lue ja tutki maailmaa! Helppolukuinen tietopaketti dinosauruksista lukemaan opetteleville! National Geographicin Luen itse -sarja tarjoaa tutkittua ja kiinnostavaa tietoa helposti lähestyttävässä muodossa. Taso 1 on sopiva lukemaan opetteleville. Napakat tavutetut tietotekstit kertovat dinosauruksista ja havainnolliset kuvat tukevat luettua ja opittua. Vieraammat sanat selitetään tekstin ohessa. Kirja on dinofanien lemppari!

All blizzards are snowstorms, but not all snowstorms are blizzards! What is the difference? How much snow falls during a blizzard? How fast are the winds? How cold does it get during a blizzard? Read and find out! Written by acclaimed children’s science writer Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld and with beautiful illustrations by Maddie Frost, What Makes a Blizzard comes chock-full of visual aids like charts, sidebars, and hands-on activities—including how to keep a winter weather journal and how to observe what a snowflake really looks like. This is a Level 2 Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science title, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades and supports the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

With colorful illustrations and engaging text, Phones Keep Us Connected is a fascinating look into the science, technology, and history of how phones work! Before telephones were invented, there was no way for you to sing "Happy Birthday" to your friend if she wasn’t in the room with you. Now you can call anyone, anywhere in the world! How was the phone invented? How has it changed? Read and find out how a telephone can carry your voice across oceans, and how phones have changed the world. Featuring rich vocabulary bolded throughout the text, this book includes a glossary, a find out more section with an activity about building a string telephone, and an infographic about the history of the phone. Both the text and the artwork were vetted by Dr. Jerry D. Gibson, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of California, Santa Barbara. This is a Level 2 Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science title, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades and supports the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

An all-new nonfiction series featuring DreamWorks Dragons! Hiccup, Toothless, and other exciting characters from DreamWorks Dragons teach readers about tornadoes, blizzards, hurricanes, and more of Earth’s deadliest weather! Filled with full-color photos and lots of fun facts, these 80-page books based on JumpStart’s School of Dragons online game are the perfect way to help young readers soar into the world of nonfiction.

How DOES a tadpole become a frog? Watch a tiny tadpole grow into an adult frog in this book full of facts and photographs. Learn what tadpoles eat, how they survive, and how they transform into frogs.

Read and find out about the deepest part of the ocean in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book. The ocean covers almost three-quarters of the Earth, but how deep does it go? Put on your scuba gear and explore the ocean, from its shallowest waters to its deepest, most mysterious parts. As you dive deeper, you’ll discover glowing animals, strange creatures that don’t need sunlight to survive, and even the largest hunter in the world. With beautiful illustrations and engaging text, How Deep Is the Ocean? will guide young readers into the deepest parts of the ocean. Featuring a find-out-more section with a water-pressure experiment, a lesson in making a sounding line to learn how scientists measure the depth of the ocean, a glossary of new terms, and web research prompts, this book will begin children’s explorations of the deep sea. Both the text and the artwork were vetted for accuracy by Dr. David Gruber, real-life deep sea explorer and professor of biology and environmental science at Baruch College. This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. It''s a Level 2 Let''s-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series are: hands-on and visual acclaimed and trusted great for classrooms Top 10 reasons to love LRFOs: Entertain and educate at the same time Have appealing, child-centered topics Developmentally appropriate for emerging readers Focused; answering questions instead of using survey approach Employ engaging picture book quality illustrations Use simple charts and graphics to improve visual literacy skills Feature hands-on activities to engage young scientists Meet national science education standards Written/illustrated by award-winning authors/illustrators & vetted by an expert in the field Over 130 titles in print, meeting a wide range of kids'' scientific interests Books in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let''s-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

From woolly mammoths to saber-toothed cats, prehistoric mammals once roamed Earth. With beautiful and engaging illustrations, authentic photos, and accessible text, kids will learn all about these mighty mammals in this Level 2 reader.

Could you survive an outer-space disaster? Aspiring astronauts and young explorers will love this out-of-this-world Totally True Adventure. Astronauts Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert, and Fred Haise blasted off for the Moon on April 11, 1970. But after a disastrous explosion damaged their spacecraft, the three men had only one goal: to get back home safely. This informational text makes space travel exciting and accessible for younger readers and features illustrations, photographs, a map, and additional Story Behind the Story facts. Perfect for readers of the I Survived series and the Who Was series, Totally True Adventures are captivating nonfiction stories with not-to-be-missed bonus content.

Join National Geographic expert and TV personality Brady Barr on some wild adventures with snakes! Readers won''t believe their eyes as they read Barr''s hilarious—and completely true!—accounts of his interactions with some of the biggest, weirdest, and craziest snakes on Earth. Filled with engaging photos, fast facts, and fascinating sidebars, readers won''t want to put this book down.

Jeff has found a treasure map hidden in a dusty old book, but Uncle Roy doesn’t believe it’s real. The only way to find a sunken ship, Uncle Roy insists, is through long, hard research. But sometimes, maybe “X” really does mark the spot!

National Geographic Kids Chapters picks up where the best-selling National Geographic Readers series leaves off. This new series offers young animal lovers who are ready for short chapters lively, full-color true stories just right to carry in a backpack, share with friends, and read under the covers at night. Based on the hit feature in National Geographic Kids magazine, we bring you Animal Adventures! Featuring three amazing stories of explorer Brian Skerry and his incredible encounters with animals, written in fun and lively prose that empowers readers to devour page after page.

Apple-picking season is here! Let''s grab a basket and head to the orchard. Whole or sliced, baked or juiced -- everyone loves apples!

The family from Secrets of the Garden are back in a new book about backyard science that explains why the seasons change. Alice and her friend Zack explore the reasons for the seasons. Alice''s narrative is all about noticing the changes as fall turns into winter, spring, and then summer. She explains how the earth''s yearlong journey around the sun, combined with the tilt in the earth''s axis, makes the seasons happen. Alice''s text is clear and simple, and experiential. Two very helpful—and very funny—chickens give more science details and further explanation through charts, diagrams, and sidebars. Packed with sensory details, humor, and solid science, this book makes a complicated concept completely clear for young readers—and also for the many parents who struggle to answer their kids'' questions! "Several adults of my acquaintance . . . would find Secrets of the Seasons to be an eye-popping revelation." —John Lithgow, The New York Times Book Review

There''s nothing more fascinating than dinosaurs. In this Level 1 reader, youngsters learn all about the terrifying giants that once roamed the Earth—maybe even as close as their own backyard! They''ll be wowed by new information and eye-popping illustrations from National Geographic, a trusted source of children''s nonfiction content. National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.

Depicts a family of four who make their garden their summer home as they prepare the soil, plant seeds, water the garden, and watch for a harvest of vegetables.

Discusses the real-life adventures of a zoologist who studies crocodiles by dressing up in a special crocodile suit, and discusses the behaviors and habitats of the large aquatic reptiles.

IN 1902, WILLIAM HORNADAY handed a map to the famous paleontologist Barnum Brown. It was Hornaday’s hand-drawn directions to a remote area of the Montana Badlands, where he believed amazing dinosaur fossils lay buried. Following the map, Brown dug up a jawbone edged with six-inch long teeth, the remains of a monstrous creature no one had ever seen before. But one bone wasn’t enough, and Brown soon found himself in a desperate race to discover the skeleton of the mystery carnivore!

Did you ever walk through a wall or drink a glass of blocks? Have you ever played with a lemonade doll, or put on milk for socks? Introduces young readers to an important science concept; the differences between solids, liquids, and gases.

Two-day-old White Shark must find the strength and will to fulfill her destiny and become ruler of the sea.

Have you ever wanted to take the same steps as a dinosaur or see how your foot compares to that of a Tyrannosaurus rex? Amazingly, the tracks or footprints of dinosaurs that walked on the earth millions of years ago can still be seen today! Read and find out about the astonishing discoveries scientists have made just from the footprint of a dinosaur.

As the Ice Age comes to an end, animals Manny, Sid, Diego and their friends scramble to escape an oncoming flood.

When Jeff accompanies his uncle to the Amazon rain forest to acquire butterflies for a museum exhibit, he hopes to see real jaguars as well.

The heroes of the first hilarious film return and this time they are saving all the animals from extinction.Now fans can relive the story again and again in this fantastic film novelisation.

A story about a boy and his cheetah in South Africa.

"Playful, Pooh-filled renditions of classic nursery tales and rhymes feature all your favourite friends from the Hundred-Acre Wood"--Back cover.

"Playful, Pooh-filled renditions of classic nursery tales and rhymes feature all your favourite friends from the Hundred-Acre Wood"--Back cover.

Text and photographs describe penguins and their lives.

Some dinosaurs were big. How big? As long as four school buses in a row, as heavy as sixteen elephants. Some dinosaurs were small. How small? Read and find out!