New Releases by Patricia J. Wynne

Genes are what make you YOU With 46 illustrations and easy-to-read captions, this book explains that genes are "chemical instructions" that living things need in order to stay alive and reproduce. Learn about genes and DNA, what genes control and how they are passed along from one generation to the next, and lots more about this fascinating subject. Perfect for ages 8 and up, it will spark children''s curiosity and help foster their interest in science.

Chemistry is all about what''s happening in the air, under the sea and ground, and inside every living thing — including you! With 46 pages of fun-to-color illustrations and fact-filled captions, children ages 8 to 12 can explore atoms and molecules, why carbon is so important, how our bodies break down food, what is causing global warming, and much more.

Physics is fun! It''s all about pushing and pulling, running and jumping, rainbows and rockets — it''s even about sports! Physics involves the sun and the moon and all the things around you, including how you use energy and how animals and plants do, too. This is the book you''ll want to use to discover fascinating facts about gravity, light, heat, sound, and other wonders such as thunder and lightning and volcanoes. Find out how things move, how you see and hear, what electricity is, and what''s inside an atom. These 46 detailed, full-page illustrations with easy-to-understand captions will introduce you to the most basic concepts of physics, using memorable examples drawn from nature.

Your brain uses our five senses — sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch — to figure out what''s going on in the world around you. This book shows how your senses work by combining easy-to-understand explanations with detailed illustrations for you to color. You''ll also find out about similarities and differences between human and animal sensory perception. Discover the nervous system, the pathway of sensory information, and how neurons receive and send data. Read about synesthesia, an extreme form of perception that enables people to hear sounds in response to smell, feel something in response to sight, and experience other unusual sensory combinations. Learn about special animal senses that detect heat, provide night vision, and alert birds, fish, and mammals to when it''s time to migrate. These and other fascinating aspects of the senses are described and illustrated with 46 full-page illustrations to color.

Colorists can re-create magnificent works by the famous American painter and naturalist with these 31 painstakingly rendered reproductions. Captions identify illustrations of titmouse, great horned owl, condor, and other birds.

Winner of the Bronze 2016 Moonbeam Award for Education, Science, and History! The ideal introduction to meteorology for kids, this volume presents 46 full-page illustrations with related text. Children will learn about blizzards, tornadoes, rainbows, mudslides, and other natural phenomena.

Where do we live among the galaxies, what did people think before they could study the sky with telescopes, and what happened to Pluto? Thirty-nine illustrations to color answer these and other questions about our Solar System and beyond. Entertaining, easy-to-understand captions explain crater formation, constellations, weightlessness, space junk, and other fascinating subjects. Suitable for ages 8–12.

Thirty-one original designs present spectacular combinations of natural elements — from flora to fauna — in eye-opening, full-page patterns. Illustrations are printed on only one side of the perforated pages for easy removal and display. Previously published as NatureScapes.

How does the brain control the rest of the body? How does it enable the senses, regulate speech, affect balance, and influence sleep and dreams? These 30 full-page illustrations to color help explain every aspect of the brain''s big job, from communicating with the central nervous system to retaining memories.

They''re scary, but they''re smiling — these grinning skulls and skeletons are full of creepy fun! The 15 luminous stickers look even better in the dark, when their great bone structure positively glows. Whether it''s Halloween or just an ordinary evening, kids will look forward to "lights out."

Here''s the most entertaining way for children to get a good look at the human body and learn how bodies work: 28 fun and instructive, ready-to-color illustrations. Coordinating text explores the muscular, skeletal, nervous, digestive, respiratory, and immune systems, and answers such questions as What is a hiccup? and Where is my DNA?

Everyone who loves horses will be amazed to see the many forms these creatures have taken since their first appearance over 50 million years ago. Thirty images range from the very first horse, which was no bigger than a house cat, to the familiar animals of today.

Seashells on the sand, peacocks in flowering magnolia trees, butterfly fish in elkhorn coral, and rainbow-billed toucans in golden liana vines. These and 26 other ready-to-color illustrations present spectacular combinations of natural elements in glorious full-page patterns.

This splendid safari of fun features wildlife from every continent. Kids travel from rainforests to deserts with 34 activities -- mazes, connect-the-dots, coloring, crosswords, hidden pictures, and more. Solutions included.

Twelve full-color frogs of every shape and size (plus tadpoles!) practically jump off the pages of this all-original sticker collection. Each sticker glows in the dark, heightening the individuality of each exquisite little amphibian! Sticker fans will delight in adding these images to their collections — and applying them to walls, stationery, gifts, and more.

Travel back in time to help prehistoric Maisaur hatchlings find their way back to the nest. Show a lost Apatosaur how to join its migrating herd. Feed a hungry Mosasaurus a fishy snack, and find your way past a grinning Carnosaur without getting snagged on his pointy teeth! These 37 fun-to-navigate mazes are geared toward readers ages 4 to 8. Complete solutions appear at the end, so no one will get stuck in the past!

Illustrations of 25 sites of New York CIty with appeal to grade-school children, such as the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, the ships at South Street Seaport, mummies at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and dinosaurs at the American Museum of Natural History. Suitable for coloring, with informative captions accompanying each illustration.

Presents fifteen models designed to introduce students in kindergarten through third grade to the pilgrims, their voyage on the "Mayflower," and their settlement in Plymouth.