Best Selling Books by Gilda Berger

Introduces the eight key holidays of the Jewish year, including the seven major annual holidays and the weekly holiday of the Sabbath, exploring the background, meaning, and celebration of each.

Presents facts on various pets, including dogs, cats, hamsters, gerbils, fish, and rabbits.

Introduction to penguins and where they live.

Explains the cycle of evaporation, condensation, and precipitation that provides fresh water to the earth and describes how this supply is brought to people''s homes.

Presents the life of a young woman, raised in a foster home and sexually abused by her foster father, who turned to drugs as an escape and is currently trying to rebuild her life.

Find out how ants work together in almost everthing they do.

Provides answers to such questions about the weather as "What makes the weather?", "Does air have weight?", "How big are hailstones?", and "What is El Niño?"

Explains how the postal system works by following a letter on its way to its destination.

Describes the different climate zones of a mountain and how plants and animals have adapted to these varying conditions.

An unusual treasure--an illustrated work about the life, world, inspirations, and paintings of this famous American artist. 136 full-color and black-and-white illustrations.

Learn the life cycle of butterflies.

A young science series in a fun question and answer format.

Describes the multiplication and distribution throughout the world of humans and various species of cats, camels, and bears from their ancestors millions of years ago.

Discusses immigration, past and present, focusing on how four children from different countries came to live in the United States.

Gives a close inside look at the life of an addict, including his first experiences, effects of his illness, treatment, and finding ways to control and live with it.

An exploration of the parts and functions of the human body which includes the basic systems.

Questions and answers provide information about volcanoes and earthquakes, covering such aspects as why, how, when, and where these phenomena occur.

Read and discover all about living things.

Offers advice on making wise choices about the use of drugs.

Asks readers a true or false question about storms that the reader can find the answer to by turning the page.

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A simple explanation of what bears look like, how they hunt, what they eat, how they sleep during the winter, and how their cubs are born and raised.

A level 2 reader in the Scholastic nonfiction reader line featuring gigantic animals that you''ll hardly believe are real! Some people are short and some people are tall, but everyone is a little different. The same is true for animals. Some animals are small and others are bigger. But did you know that certain animals grow much, MUCH larger than all others of their kind? In this level 2 reader, you''ll meet oversized animals--from rabbits the size of dogs, and dogs the size of horses and so much more. They are the supersize animals!

Wintertime survival strategies of several different animals.

Questions and Answers series.

Let''s face it, kids love to ask and answer questions, which is why the Scholastic True or False series is packed full of fun questions like "Do thunderstorms always have thunder and lightning?" and "Can all birds fly?" Kids will read the question on the right-hand page and then flip it over to find out the answer. It''s the truth--the Scholastic True or False series is a hit!

Hello Reader! Science.

A tadpole looks more like a fish than a frog. Read and discover how a tadpole changes into a frog.

Poses true or false questions about toads, frogs, and other amphibians and reveals the answers with a turn of the page.

In an easy-to-follow conversational style, this book explores basic questions about this endearing, and endangered, species. Illustrations.

The follow-up to the fun and informative 20 Questions #1: Why Do Feet Smell? A follow-up to 20 Questions: Why Do Feet Smell? (Spring 2012) featuring fun facts about animals. Why Do Zebras Have Stripes? will ask and answer the questions about animals that kids are really curious about. Each book in the 20 questions series contains 20 questions and answers, with a full-color photograph on every page. Read the question on the right and turn the page to see the answer on the left!

Asks readers a true-or-false question about mammals that the reader can find the answer to by turning the page.

The New York Times started a new phenomenon: ugly is the new black. After publishing an article entitled "A Masterpiece of Nature? Yuck!" that chronicled several of the world''s ugliest animals (sphynx cat, star-nosed mole, proboscis monkey, etc.), they were bombarded by loyal readers who sent in their own pictures of ugly animals. Each one trying to out-ugly the last. Little did they know that we were way ahead of them! With 101 Animal Secrets and 101 Freaky Animals, the Bergers have already brought to light some of the ugliest animals on the planet. Now they have concentrated their efforts to compile the definitive list of the ugliest animals ever!

Discover the 101 most amazing disguises in the animal kingdom! The fifth book in the 101 ANIMAL series, 101 ANIMALS IN HIDING, will feature some of the most extraordinary creatures in nature. Featuring large full-color photos of camouflaged animals, see insects, reptiles, mammals, birds, and fish blend into their backgrounds. Learn how and why these amazing animals have developed these adaptations.