A handy, thorough, well researched guide to fireflies, complete with fun facts, engaging text and simple projects and experiments.

This book contains everything you need to understand and avoid mosquitoes, including a review of CDC-recommended repellents and products.

This book features the fascinating, funny and strange side of Minnesota, in small blocks of text, with accompanying photographs.

Ship watching on the Great Lakes is fascinating It's hard to fathom how big a 1000-foot-long ship is until you see one navigating on the Great Lakes or passing under a lift bridge. Immediate questions come to mind: Where is it from? What is it carrying? How fast does it go? With this beginner's guide, you'll discover helpful tips on where to go to view ships and what to look for, as well as a longtime mariner's take on life aboard ship. Plus, read information about the U.S. Coast Guard, tall ships, which ships have succumbed to storms and more

Kids love dinosaurs and coloring books. The Dinosaur Discovery Activity Book combines these interests to create an amazing educational tool Your budding paleontologist will learn important details about 23 species, including famous dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurus Rex and "non-dinosaurs" like Mosasaur. Dinosaur coloring pages present facts such as how big the creatures were, what they ate, and where their fossils have been found. Plus, activities like mazes, word finds, and dot-to-dots reinforce the information in unique and creative ways.

Kids are curious about the natural world, and few discoveries stir their curiosity more than animal tracks. It's a thrill to come upon mysterious tracks and learn what critter made them. The Animal Tracks Activity Book by Brett Ortler takes those feelings of wonder and delight to the next level. It's the perfect introduction to some of the country's most common and interesting mammals, highlighting their tracks with coloring pages and activities. Track drawings help children learn to identify what they see, and the track-related activities reinforce the presented information. This fun,...

Whether you're a long-suffering resident or a new transplant, welcome First things first, you're going to be cold. But that doesn't mean you have to be miserable. Far from it Buy this book to get prepared and learn. The book features need-to-know information, including winter driving, winterizing your home, snow emergencies and more. Winter weather basics introduce what to expect month-by-month and winter records, as well as details about winter meteorological and atmospheric phenomena, such as sun dogs and sun pillars. Like it or not, winter is coming. This fun book will show you how to...

How many children grow up dreaming of becoming an astronaut and exploring outer space? Introduce them to the wonders of space exploration with an interactive activity book by Brett Ortler that's both educational and entertaining Through coloring pages by Phil Juliano, word finds, mazes, and more, young space lovers will discover fascinating facts about everything from astronauts and spaceships to stars and planets. Your children will never view outer space the same way again