Young readers will enjoy learning about the different types of water habitats, including oceans, lakes, rivers, and swamps. This book also discusses salt and freshwater habitat, plant and animal life, and how animals protect themselves.

The desert is a habitat of extreme climate that provides plants and animals with unique survival challenges. A Desert Habitat provides an introduction to one of the world's most fascinating desert habitats: the Sonoran Desert.

Young readers will be delighted to learn all about temperate mixed forests, which are filled with a wide variety of interesting plants and animals. A Forest Habitat explains how the habitat changes as the seasons change.

Children are introduced to the huge trees, colorful flowers, and other plants in South American tropical rain forests, as well as the insects, amphibians, mammals, and other animals that live there.

Explore Australia and Oceania leads children on an exciting trip through Australia's beautiful and diverse landscapes. Considered both a country and a continent, amazing full-color photographs feature the Great Barrier Reef, the rugged Outback, and Australia's interesting and unique animals.

Let the European expedition begin! Comprised of more than 40 countries, the continent of Europe is home to some of the most interesting landforms on Earth. Explore Europe features an amazing array of this continent's many peninsulas, mountain systems, bodies of water, and biomes including the tundra, steppes, forests, and their animals.

North America is home to more than 500 million people beautiful plants and animals, and many spectacular sights! Explore North America uses easy-to-read maps to help children identify the continent's countries; mountains, islands, and other landforms; the Great Lakes and other bodies of water; the plant and animal life in its forest, grassland, and desert biomes.

The bodies of living things are made up mostly of water. This fascinating new book shows young children why all plants, animals, and people need water to grow and survive. Interesting photographs feature animals and plants living in water; Frogs and fish laying their eggs in water; and land animals using water to cool off and keep clean.

Created by Bobbie Kalman, author of more than 180 bestselling children's books, Crabapples are starter non-fiction books for primary students. Each entertaining book features fascinating, easy-to-understand information along with awesome full-color photos and illustrations on animals, sea life, machinery and many other subjects kids are curious about. They also contain the all-important glossary and index young students need to do reports. Features: -- Starter non-fiction for younger readers -- Large-size photographs and simple, easy-to-understand style -- A multitude of subjects that...

Explains the basic concept of the life cycle. This book also features examples which explain both plant and animal life including: insects, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and underwater life; the process from seed or egg through birth, growth, reproduction, and death; and, the dangers to existing life cycles from man and other predators.