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The Magic School Bus Spins A Web: A Book About Spiders
Tracey West, Joanna Cole · back to the book
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Include books by the same authorChickens Aren't the Only Ones
Ruth Heller · 44 pages
A pictorial introduction to the animals that lay eggs, including chickens as well as other birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, insects, and even a few mammals.
An Egg Is Quiet
Dianna Hutts Aston · 36 pages
"From tiny hummingbird eggs to giant ostrich eggs, oval ladybug eggs to tubular dogfish eggs, gooey frog eggs to fossilized dinosaur eggs, this poetic illustrated book describes the incredible variety of eggs and how they protect the young animals inside them"--
Eye to Eye: How Animals See The World
Steve Jenkins · 32 pages
Profiles a series of animals with unusual eyes and explains how such animals use their uniquely evolved eyes to gain essential information about the biological world. This book explain how, for most animals, eyes are the most important source of information about the world in a biological sense. The simplest eyes, clusters of light-sensitive cells, appeared about 600 million years ago.
Creature Features: Twenty-Five Animals Explain Why They Look the Way They Do
Steve Jenkins, Robin Page · 32 pages
The Magic School Bus Inside Ralphie: A Book About Germs
Joanna Cole · 30 pages
Ralphie's sick and can't host the Frizzle News Network TV show on health--until Ms. Frizzle and the gang travel inside his bloodstream to learn how the human body fights germs.
Feathers: Not Just for Flying
Melissa Stewart · 32 pages
The Magic School Bus Gets Ants In Its Pants: A Book About Ants
Linda Ward Beech, Joanna Cole · 32 pages
Ms. Frizzle's class has to create a project for the school science fair. But they need the perfect idea! When Keesha brings an ant to the classroom, the kids decide to make a movie about ants. They'll make Keesha's ant a star! But Keesha's ant disappears, and the kids have no choice but to follow...all the way into an anthill. And surprise! The anthill is crawling with activity! Come along on a
The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds: A Book About How Living Things Grow
Bruce Degen · 32 pages
The Magic School Bus Meets The Rot Squad: A Book About Decomposition
Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen · 35 pages
In this simplified series, Ms. Frizzle and her students embark on numerous entertaining scientific journeys. The books are based on the PBS television series.
Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World's Wildlife
David Burnie, Don E. Wilson · 624 pages
Offers photographs and information about mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, and invertebrates from throughout the world.
Animals: A Visual Guide to the Animal Kingdom
Keith Laidler · 208 pages
Tiny: The Invisible World of Microbes
Nicola Davies
There are living things so tiny millions could fit on a dot. Although they are invisible, they are everywhere and they multiply very quickly. They are vital for life on earth, and do all sorts of things – from giving us a cold and making yoghurt to wearing down mountains and helping to make the air we breathe. With charming illustrations by Emily Sutton, this friendly, clever book by Nicola Davies
Frogs
Nic Bishop · 48 pages
Nic Bishop's photographs show all different kinds of frogs, big ones, very tiny ones, frogs with beautiful colors of skin, and one frog you can see inside of.
Truth About Bats
Eva Moore · 70 pages
The Magic School Bus takes Ms. Frizzle and her class on a trip around the United States looking for bats. During the trip the class learns many amazing facts about bats, including what they eat, where they live, how echolocation works, and more.
Mother Nature Is Trying to Kill You: A Lively Tour Through the Dark Side of the Natural World
Dan Riskin · 272 pages
Using the seven deadly sins as a road map, Riskin offers dozens of jaw-dropping examples that illuminate how brutal nature can truly be and shows ways this deadly world has shaped us as humans and what our responsibilities are to this terrible, wonderful planet we call home.
The Life of Mammals
David Attenborough · 320 pages
"Published in conjunction with a ten-part television series that will air on the Discovery Channel, The Life of Mammals brings us nose-to-nose with mammals in all of their beauty and immense variety. Renowned naturalist, writer, and filmmaker David Attenborough treks across every continent and kind of terrain to introduce us to such unusual and evolutionarily successful creatures as the Patagonian
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
Richard Dawkins · 272 pages
What are things made of? What is the sun? Why is there night and day, winter and summer? Why do bad things happen? Are we alone? Throughout history people all over the world have invented stories to answer profound questions such as these. Have you heard the tale of how the sun hatched out of an emu's egg? Or what about the great catfish that carries the world on its back? Has anyone ever t
The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworm
Amy Stewart · 240 pages
Venomous: How Earth's Deadliest Creatures Mastered Biochemistry
Christie Wilcox · 256 pages
Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History
Bill Schutt · 350 pages
"Eating one's own kind is completely natural behavior in thousands of species, including humans. Throughout history we have engaged in cannibalism for reasons relating to famine, burial rites, and medicinal remedies. Cannibalism has been used as a form of terrorism but also as the ultimate expression of filial piety. With unexpected wit and a wealth of knowledge, Bill Schutt, a research associate
If You Were a Penguin
Wendell Minor, Florence Minor
Pictures and rhyming text present some of the many extraordinary things penguins can do. Includes facts about penguins as well as related websites.
Me...Jane
Patrick McDonnell
Holding her stuffed toy chimpanzee, young Jane Goodall observes nature, reads Tarzan books, and dreams of living in Africa and helping animals. Includes biographical information on the prominent zoologist.
Monkeyluv: And Other Essays on Our Lives as Animals
Robert M. Sapolsky · 216 pages
A collection of original essays by a leading neurobiologist and primatologist share the author's insights into behavioral biology, including discussion of the physiology of genes and the factors that shape human social interaction.