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Discover the Oceans
by Chuck Forsman Lauri BerkenkampFrom both a historical and scientific point of view, above and below the surface, this engaging guide brings the world's oceans to life through fun facts, illustrations, and in-depth information. Interactive activities appear throughout, ranging from making solar stills and simple fishing spears to experimenting with a homemade diving bell and figuring out how much water it really takes to survive. With the oceans being the least explored environment on Earth, this reference illuminates some of the most incredible and surprising plants and animals as well as how to survive and navigate these vast expanses.
Discoveries in the Overworld: Lost Minecraft Journals, Book One (Lost Minecraft Journals Series)
by Winter MorganHarriet, Jack, and Toby are treasure hunters, searching the Minecraft world for its most valuable hidden secrets. In an abandoned mineshaft, they discover what they hope is an enchanted book. But what they’ve found turns out to be much more valuable. William is one of Minecraft’s most renowned explorers. He’s a legend in the world of Minecraft, but, under suspicious circumstances, he’s gone missing. The book they’ve discovered is a journal--a lost journal that once belonged to William the Explorer. Ignoring the ominous DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOK! warning scribbled across the journal, the treasure hunters delve into the book’s pages. Filled with the knowledge William has gathered during his adventures, the journal offers invaluable information for the treasure hunters. The promise of hidden strongholds filled with treasure is too good to resist, and the trio begins an epic journey in search of rare goods and possibly even the long-lost explorer himself. This is the first book in the new Lost Minecraft Journals series. The chapters of each book alternate between the journal entries (William’s story) and the story of the treasure hunters. Fans of Minecraft won’t want to miss this wild new adventure.
Discovering Emily (Orca Young Readers #Sequel To Discovering Emily)
by Jacqueline PearceYoung Emily Carr has no interest in learning to be a lady. She loves animals and the outdoors, and she is beginning to discover that what she loves most of all is drawing and painting. Will she find a way to develop her talent in the straitlaced world of nineteenth-century Victoria, British Columbia? Discovering Emily is the first of two books in a series. Book two is Emily's Dream
Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On Art Experiences in the Styles of Great Masters (Bright Ideas for Learning #Vol. 6)
by MaryAnn F. Kohl Kim SolgaDiscovering Great Artists is a creative collection of easy art-appreciation activities for children. Kids will find 110 amazingly fun and unique projects to experience the styles and techniques of the great masters from the Renaissance to the present. A brief biography of each artist is included with each fully illustrated, child-tested art activity that introduces the featured painting. Artists include painters, sculptors, photographers and more.
Discovering Great Artists: Hands-On Art for Children in the Styles of the Great Masters (Bright Ideas for Learning)
by Kim Solga Maryann F. KohlFeaturing more than 150 activities, this guide teaches the styles, works, and techniques of the great masters—Van Gogh, Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and more.
Discovering Mars: The Amazing Story of the Red Planet
by Melvin BergerThis book talks about the features, history, and current and future exploration of Mars. [This text is listed as an example that meets Common Core Standards in English language arts in grades 4-5 at http://www.corestandards.org.]
Discovering Mars: The Amazing Story of the Red Planet (Journeys 2014)
by Melvin Berger Mary Kay CarsonRecognized as an exemplar text by the Common Core State Standards, this updated version of DISCOVERING MARS features a new cover and the latest information and discoveries about the red planet.Featuring incredible photos and new information about the latest research into Mars, this updated edition of DISCOVERING MARS covers everything about the great red planet, from past to present.Topics covered include myths and facts about life on Mars, a history of NASA's Mars research, including the Rover missions, and ideas about our potential future relationship with the planet. With its lively text narrative and beautiful color photos, students and teachers alike will enjoy learning everything there is to know about Mars.
Discovering Mission San Francisco De Asís (California Missions Ser.)
by Oscar CantilloLearn about the rich history of Mission San Francisco de Asís: how it started, the people who ran it, the indigenous population, and its legacy today.
Discovering Nature on the Mountainside
by Lenka Chytilová Hedviga GutierrezThis beautifully illustrated and educational children&’s book explores mountain wildlife and how different animals live through the seasons. Strap on your boots and set out to explore a gorgeous mountainside! Discover all the amazing animals that call the mountains home. See how they live throughout the seasons—from bears and bats to eagles, mountain goats, marmots, and so much more. From which animals turn white when it snows to which are the best ice and rock climbers, young readers will learn all kinds of fun facts in this delightful picture book. This is a fixed-format ebook, which preserves the design and layout of the original print book
Discovering the Hidden Woodland World
by Magda Garguláková Martin ŠodjrThis whimsical children&’s book takes young readers on a unique adventure into the forest to see the amazing ecosystem of trees. You&’ve seen plenty of old tree trunks, but have you ever thought about the forest animals and insects who rely on them to survive? With delightful illustrations, educational captions, and vocabulary words, this book reveals some of nature&’s most fascinating secrets. From the important role old tree trunks play in the natural world to which insect loves the taste of rotten wood, how trees tell their life story, and so much more, kids will have a blast seeing trees and tree stumps in a whole new light! This is a fixed-format ebook, which preserves the design and layout of the original print book
Discovering the Secret World of Nature Underground
by Petra Bartíková Marcel KrálikYoung readers discover the fascinating world of animals and insects that live underground in this beautifully illustrated children&’s book. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be an animal that lives underground? Now you can find out! With each turn of the page, this engaging picture book reveals dozens of adorable illustrations, educational captions, vocabulary words, and more—all exploring the underground habitat of several kinds of animals. From rabbits and mice to badgers, ants, and other insects, children will love learning all about these busy animals that burrow below! This is a fixed-format ebook, which preserves the design and layout of the original print book
Discovering the World of Nature Along the Riverbank
by Petra Bartíková Marcel KrálikWith delightful illustrations and fascinating facts aimed at young readers, this children&’s book explores the natural world of riverbanks. Have you ever wondered how and why beavers build their dams, how otters live, or how frogs come to be? Now you can find out! This charming picture book teaches young children what it&’s like to be an animal living on and in the water. With each turn of the page, this volume reveals dozens of adorable illustrations, educational captions, and vocabulary words. From beavers and otters to snakes, frogs, newts, and more, children will love learning all about these busy aquatic animals and the amazing lives they live! This is a fixed-format ebook, which preserves the design and layout of the original print book
Discovering Washington
by Ruth Pelz Madge BairdThis is a book about the place where we live, Washington State.
The Discovery: The Undergound; The Decision; The Departure; The Discovery (Animorphs #20)
by K. A. ApplegateThe blue box Elfangor used to create the Animorphs has been found by a kid named David. David has no idea what he has -- or what it can do. But Marco does. And when he sees David with it, he knows the Animorphs have to get that box. At any cost. But what should have been a simple plan ends up going horribly wrong, leaving David on the run with the Animorphs. Now they have only two choices: turn David over to the Yeerks or make him an Animorph. Part one of a trilogy.
The Discovery: The Discovery (Dive #1)
by Gordon KormanSharks, shipwreck, and sunken treasure in the latest adventure trilogy from Gordon Korman.<P> Four kids are on a marine expedition for the summer, diving to explore an underwater habitat that's just been altered by a seismic event. What they find, though, is much more than fish - it's sunken treasure. Can they salvage it without anyone else getting to it first? Will the prospect of wealth set them against one another? And what about those sharks...<P> DIVE is another action-packed trilogy from Gordon Korman. The narrative will shift between an account of two kids caught in the shipwreck and the story of the four kids fighting over and desperately trying to get the treasure.
Discovery in the Cave (Step into Reading)
by Mark Dubowski Bryn BarnardThis amazing true adventure story about the discovery of the Lascaux Cave will have young readers feeling that they've discovered something pretty special, too! In 1940, four teenage boys and a dog dropped themselves into a hole in the forest floor. Using a flaming grease gun as a torch, they ventured deep underground, eventually coming to a huge cave, the walls of which were covered with life-size paintings of animals. Whole herds of horses! Deer with horns as big as tree branches! Giant bison! The boys were amazed by their discovery. They'd stumbled upon the world's finest examples of prehistoric painting! Perfect for classroom use, this Step 4 Step into Reading book is realistically illustrated by award-winning artist Bryn Barnard.From the Trade Paperback edition.
A Discovery of Dragons
by Lindsay GalvinHow to Train Your Dragon meets natural history, with real science, in this story of discovery through one of the lens of one of the most historical voyages in history.It's 1835. Cabin boy Simon Covington is on the voyage of a lifetime to the Galapagos Islands with the world-famous scientist, Charles Darwin.But when Simon falls overboard during a huge storm, he washes up on an unexplored island. Stranded there, he makes a discovery that could change the world. Now it's not just his own survival at stake - the future of an undiscovered species is in his hands. But perhaps, there's one person who could help...Based on the real events of Charles Darwin's legendary voyage, this is a novel that melds science with wonder.
The Discovery of the Americas
by Betsy C. MaestroThe book is about people who lived during the last Ice age and how they adopted to changes in climate, improved agriculture, and undertook voyages to explore the world.
Discovery Works (Grade #4)
by William Badders Lowell J. Bethel Victoria Fu Donald Peck Carolyn Sumners Catherine Valentino R. Mike MullaneTopics broadly covered in this book are: earth's land resources, properties of matter, magnetism & electricity, weather & climate and the body's delivery systems.
Discovery Works Unit C: Classifying Living Things Level 4
by Houghton MifflinClassification involves observing the animal, identifying its traits and characteristics then categorizing it for ease study.
Disenchanted: The Trials Of Cinderella (Tyme #2)
by Megan MorrisonElla Coach has one wish: revolution. Her mother died working in a sweatshop, and Ella wants every laborer in the Blue Kingdom to receive fairer treatment. But to make that happen, she'll need some high-level support... Prince Dash Charming has one wish: evolution. The Charming Curse forced generations of Charming men to lie, cheat, and break hearts -- but with the witch Envearia's death, the curse has ended. Now Dash wants to be a better person, but he doesn't know where to start... Serge can grant any wish -- and has: As an executive fairy godfather, he's catered to the wildest whims of spoiled teenagers from the richest, most entitled families in Blue. But now a new name has come up on his list, someone nobody's ever heard of... Ella Coach. This is a story about three people who want something better and who together find the faith to change their worlds. It's "Cinderella," brilliantly reimagined, and a delightful expansion of the wonderful world of Tyme.