This new addition to the Smart Kids series is an incredible, brightly colored, fact-packed compendium of predators, prey, and everything under the sea!
LEVEL 5 READING FLUENTLY
Extent: 48pp, 75 to 100 words per page.Text at level 5 is for readers fast developing in confidence and ability. There is more text than at level 4, with more difficult vocabulary, more sophisticated information and a range of tenses and sentence types. Information is still clear and appealing. Packed with deadly animals, extreme sports, daredevil stunts and large-scale natural hazards, Record Breakers – The Most Dangerous is a no-holds-barred look at some of the most perilous situations in the world. Multiple text layers, callout boxes, and the detailed glossary and index help emergent readers truly comprehend all of the amazing information. This high-interest nonfiction chapter book that will captivate reluctant and proficient readers alike is one for the record books!
Creepy, crawly, dirty, grimy, smelly, and scream-worthy, this full-color Doodle book is filled with all things disgustingly funny. Grossly delightful scenes only need the addition of slugs, bugs, snot, and poo to be complete. And better to be explored on paper than in real life!
(4)Adults, stop reading now. We mean it. This book is TOP SECRET and it's FOR KIDS ONLY! (Are the grownups gone? Good.) Now that it's just the kids, we'll let the cat out of the bag: This book is full of disgusting things and nasty (but funny) pranks. It's also packed with weird superstitions, freaky facts, unbelievable myths and legends, and did we mention gross stuff? Like boogers. And farting ghosts. And armpit sniffers. And entomophagy. (What's that? It's the practice of eating worms.) But there's more than just gross stuff in this illustrated and easy-to-read book. You'll be briefed in.....
- How to make your own secret code
- Where the "Jolly Roger" pirate flag came from
- Mermaid tales and other unbelievable sightings
- The original alchemist and the search for the philosopher's Stone
- The Captain Underpants story
- A secret recipe for edible glass
- Sneakers of the future,
...And much much more!
A fold-out timeline covering inventions for grades 3 and up.
Time Line: Inventions offers kids homework help and a unique way to understand and visualize history. Full-color photographs and visuals on every page help kids memorize important historical dates and facts. The chronological, at-a-glance layout helps them place each major invention on a historical timeline. With this 10-panel accordion format, kids can unfold the past, live the adventure, and make history come alive!
The Time Line series cover the core curriculum, making them great for science help and history homework help. Each timeline has 5 full-color feet of facts, historical events, bios, and kid-friendly maps. Time Line is the one reference every child should have.
The 33 Weird Animals You May Not Know: The Pretty, Ugly, Weird, Rare, Strange, and Funny - All Come Into One Simple and Cute Book for The Little Ones in Your Family!
Did You Know?
Some animals are just weird and funny! Such as:
- The worms that are beautiful, *** living Christmas trees! ***
- The shrimp that can hit as powerful as a bullet!
- The walking fish with pretty red lips!
- The squirrel that flies!
- The bird eating upside down!
- The extremely slow PINK sharks!
- The cat with absolutely no hair!
- The sponge living up to 2,300 years!
- The turtle fighting the enemy the STINKY way!
- The fish with taste buds all over its head!
- The “living fossil” appeared 200 million years earlier than dinosaurs!
- And a lot, lot more!
- Look Inside the Book Now to see ALL the Weird and Funny Animals!
Here's what you are going to see in the book:
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#33. Christmas Tree Worms
Christmas tree worms are also called “Jewel stones”.
They are the beautiful worms living in coral reefs.
Their “Christmas tree” plumes grow up to one inch tall to breathe and catch food.
#32. Mantis Shrimps
Despite its beautiful looking and small size (one foot), mantis shrimps are one of the most dangerous hunters in the sea.
Their claws can strike as fast and powerful as a bullet and break the aquarium glass.
They can capture big fish easily, or crush crabs and snails with one blow.
Their vision is two times better than the humans’ and they can see in the dark.
#31. Red-lipped Batfish
The Red-lipped batfish doesn’t like to swim.
They walk on the seafloor over 100 feet deep.
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#25. Horseshoe Crabs
Horseshoe crabs can grow over 20 inches but weigh only about 5 pounds.
Though named “crab”, they are closely related to spiders and scorpions.
They have blue blood.
They are called “living fossils” since they appeared 450 millions ago – that was 200 million years earlier than dinosaurs.
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#22. Goblin Sharks
Goblin sharks are the “living fossil”. It has been living on Earth since 125 million years ago when dinosaurs were running.
Their saggy muscle and tiny fins don’t move the pink bodies fast at all.
But their long snouts can catch the weak electric fields produced by the fish nearby.
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#15. Platypuses
Platypuses are the only mammal that lays eggs instead of giving birth to babies.
They have duck beaks, beaver tails, and otter feet.
They are one of the few poisonous mammals.
The male platypuses have spurs that can inject very painful venom.
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#3. Eastern Long-necked Turtle
Eastern long-necked turtles’ necks can be as long as their shells.
They have powerful, webbed feet for swimming, digging, and hunting.
They shoot stinky fluid at enemies and get a nick name “stinker”.
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This animal picture book uses large, real-life photos instead of the regular hand-drawings to get your kids' attention right away.
The unbelievable facts, both weird and funny, will keep your kids reading until the very end of the book.
This simple and fun book opens a new door of knowledge and imagination for your kids. By reading this book, they will definitely become a lot more knowledgeable about the animal world. They will win all the WOWs from their friends, gain more confidence and become more eager to learn!
Look Inside the Book Now and see how much your little ones will love this fun and informative book! Read a couple pages with them and see how big their eyes will open...
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The 33 Camouflaged Animals
Camouflage is the way for animals to blend into the environment to hide, and it is *** way more than changing colors! ****
For example:
- To mimic beautiful flowers, dead leaves, or thorny twigs!
- To change the color, texture, and pattern!
- To cover the body with tiny rocks or living, toxic sponges!
- To become absolutely transparent!
- To reflect the light 100%, or to light up!
- And a lot, lot more...
- Read now to learn all the Unbelievable Facts!
- ***New:*** This book has multiple, large photos for each animal to show you the eye-popping facts on how the SAME animal can look completely DIFFERENT!
- Look Inside the Book Now to See a Brand-new Animal World Today!
Here's what you will see in this amazing book:
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#30. Decorator Crabs
Decorator crabs can NOT change colors. But they stick stuff to their bodies to hide, such as:
Tiny rocks
Colorful sponges
Living, toxic sponges
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#27. Anglerfish
The anglerfish doesn’t camouflage to hide, but to hunt.
It has a little fishing rod growing from its forehead.
The anglerfish lights up its fishing rod and wiggles it to mimic a small marine animal.
When other sea creatures come to eat the “small animal”, they get eaten by the anglerfish.
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#21. Firefly Squids
Firefly squids live in the deep sea (up to 1,200 feet).
They produce light to match the background and therefore become invisible.
This camouflage is called “counter-illumination”.
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#19. Common Cuckoos
Common Cuckoos lay their eggs in other birds’ nests to be hatched.
The cuckoo’s egg (the big one) looks very similar to the reed warbler’s eggs so that it won’t be rejected.
This camouflage of mimicking the look of eggs is called “mimesis”.
The BIG, young cuckoo is then raised by the host mother too - the smaller reed warbler in this photo.
#18. Zebras
Zebras use stripes to confuse lions.
When they run, the stripes make it hard for lions to tell the speed and direction.
This is called the “motion dazzle” camouflage.
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#1. Horned Lizards
Horned lizards use camouflage to hide.
If the camouflage fails, they puff up the body to look bigger.
Finally, they shoot blood up to 5 feet at the enemy from their eyes.
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This picture book uses large, real-life photos instead of the regular hand-drawings to get your little ones' attention right away. The unbelievable facts, as well as the the breath-taking photos showing how the same animal can look totally different, will keep your kids reading the book till the very end.
One fascinating secret reveled in this book is that camouflage is way more than changing colors and shapes to hide. For the first time, the book shows young kids the shocking facts even some adults may not know.
For example:
- Crabs use colorful stones and living, toxic sponges for their camouflage
- The jellyfish lights itself up to disappear in the background light
- The giraffe uses its stripes as the "dazzle camouflage" to confuse lions
- The cuckoo lays its eggs in other birds' nets to have the host mother to hatch the eggs and raise the birds (and the mother is way much smaller than these kids!)
- And a LOT, LOT more...
Look Inside the Book Now and see all the fantastic facts.
Grab the took today to open the door to a brand-new animal world to your kids!
Get the book now to make your little ones the truly knowledgeable kids full of imagination...
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This latest edition to the Weird But True series offers children 300 more of the wacky facts, illustrations, and photographs they love! This casual reference book is full of wild and entertaining, brain-bending facts accompanied by vibrant photography and illustrations. Kids will have a blast exploring this new book and will forget they are learning!
In a world where werewolves rule and vampires are just the boy or girl next door, kids love anything that will scare the pants off them. But how do you separate fact from fiction? Do haunted houses, spooky ghosts, and UFOs have a place in history, or is it all just a bunch of hooey? Crawling with spine-tingly facts, eerie anecdotes, and fun information, this book is all about everything creepy, kooky, mysterious, and spooky. It's a perfect book for the bathroom library or to read by flashlight under the covers. Just don't tell kids how much real science and history they're actually learning!
Hair-raising hauntings....killer animals on the attack....ghostly visions....UFOs that chase people in the dark of night....a buried treasure guarded by demons....phantom phone calls....fifty horrifying tales guaranteed to keep you up at night!
A wondrous city for sightseeing monuments and museums, Washington DC is also a treasure trove of fascinating architecture for close encounters of the animal kind! From the US Capitol Building to the National Cathedral to the National Zoo and everywhere in between there is an amazing menagerie of animals. Hidden in plain sight on buildings in the nation s capital, they are waiting to be discovered. A buffalo, bald eagle, turtle, owl, and snake are a few of the amazing creatures that young readers can discover on this photographic safari.
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!
