Describes what are meteorites, and where do they come from?

Everyone loves chocolate, right? But how many people actually know where chocolate comes from? How it's made? Or that monkeys do their part to help this delicious sweet exist? This delectable dessert comes from cocoa beans, which grow on cocoa trees in tropical rain forests. But those trees couldn't survive without the help of a menagerie of rain forest critters: a pollen-sucking midge, an aphid-munching anole lizard, brain-eating coffin fly maggots-they...

Your mouth contains more bacteria than a dog's. Money is covered with germs that can make you sick. The germs in a sneeze travel only an arm's length. You may have heard these common sayings or beliefs before. But are they really true? Can they be proven through research? Let's investigate seventeen statements about the microscopic world and find out which ones are right, which ones are wrong, and which ones stump even the experts! Find out whether...

Do your readers know that an alligator snapping turtle uses its tongue to get food? Or that a cow uses its tongue to clean its nose? Readers learn how animals use their tongues to get food and scare enemies.

Everyone knows about animals that hibernate in the winter. But it's time to discover animals that sleep all summer long! All science classrooms discuss animals that hibernate during winter months, but few know about animals that estivate-a prolonged sleep during hot or dry periods. Dual layers of text awaken readers to the reasons estivating animals become dormant-whether it's because warm weather threatens food supply or to avoid increased body...

Describes different types of ants and their behavior

Examines the environmental needs of birds around the world and the effect that human behavior has had on their ability to survive, with examples of the efforts being made by scientists and conservationists to save specific species of birds.

Can you tell the difference between a salamander and a lizard? Which one has wet skin? Which has dry skin? Readers find out all the tips to tell the difference between these two animals. Award-winning children's author Melissa Stewart offers concise text paired with dazzling photographs. This book is a great addition to any library or classroom.

This book takes an up close look at these beautiful insects. The 'Zoom Bubbles' offer a closer look at different butterfly body parts including the eyes, antennae, and wings. Ample amounts of color photographs make it easy to understand exactly what the text is discussing.

How can you tell a butterfly from a moth? What is the difference? With colorful photographs and simple language, author Melissa Stewart shows young readers how to identify these animals using critical thinking skills. Readers find all the tips and hints they need to tell these two animals apart.