It's surprising that insects as small as termites can create such huge earthen structures. Yet the hundreds of thousands of termites that can exist in a colony have a clearly defined biological order that allows them to be successful. Kids will learn about how termites live, the different roles termites fulfill, and how their colonies can become colossal.

Kids like playing with things that bend, rubber bands, for instance, but they often wonder what makes something bend rather than break. This book looks at properties of objects that make them flexible, including shape and material. It also describes how our bodies are flexible, and why that's important.

Foxes dig their dens, sometimes using burrows already made by other animals. The dens provide the foxes safety and also a place to birth and raise their cubs. Kids will be intrigued by these beautiful animals and encouraged to understand the text by strong photographs, including some of adorable fox cubs.

Kids already love the majesty of elephants, but they don't often know how far African elephants travel in search of food and water. This book will explain why elephants migrate for these necessities, often using the same paths they've traveled for years. Engaging photographs of elephants on the move will delight young readers.

Kids love looking at themselves in mirrors, but how can some surfaces produce such clear reflections, when many others offer no reflection at all? In this book, early readers will be introduced to the concept that light is comprised of waves and that colors are the result of certain wavelengths being absorbed or reflected.

Despite the common phrase, most lions don't live in dens; they instead roam the grasslands of Africa. Lions do have dens for a specific purpose: to give birth to cubs and then raise them. Kids will be excited to learn more about an iconic African animal as this book describes how cubs are raised and why they grow up in dens.

Kids might not know much about storks in the wild. Storks fly in large groups to migrate. They winter in Africa and spend the summer in breeding grounds in Europe, crossing vast distances between the two locations. This book will teach kids more about these large birds through colorful photographs and straightforward language, enrapturing readers as they learn the secrets of the stork's migrations.

Kids have likely seen a leaf drifting down a stream or a boat churning up a river. These veins of water connect the land and the sea. They bring rainwater to the ocean where it can evaporate, continuing the water cycle. This book will explain that process. It will also include features unique to rivers, such as rapids, and the different plants and animals that live in and near rivers.

Kids have long been fascinated by these sleek, mysterious animals. Sharks migrate, some thousands of miles, for food supply, water temperature, and reproduction. In easily understood language complemented by compelling pictures, this book will show kids more about sharks' surprising lives.

Length and width seem like inherent properties of an object to an adult, and kids have an innate sense of the approximate size of something. Yet specifically defining these terms can be tricky. In simple language, the text of this book explains length and width through common objects. It also discusses how we can measure length and width with a ruler.