Author: Orange Hippo!
Publisher: Welbeck Children's Books
ISBN: 1800694628
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The Small and Mighty range is the ultimate pocket-sized collectible series for young readers who can't get enough of their favorite topic. The Small and Mighty Book of Deadly Creatures is a treasure trove of dangerous animal information. Inside, readers will discover tons of original animal art, plus a wealth of fun and fascinating creature facts. From tiny insects to powerful polar bears and sperm whales bigger than a school bus, read about the dangerous animals that come in all shapes and sizes. With profiles of the world's most terrifying creatures, this is a book no young animal lover can afford to be without! The largest four-legged hunter on Earth today is the polar bear, weighing up to 600 kg. Standing on its hind legs, a polar bear can rear up 3.5 m tall – twice the height of an adult human. Many owls have special wing feathers which muffle the sound of the air rushing over their wings as they fly. These allow the owl to hunt quietly and stealthily to grab prey by surprise.
The Small and Mighty Book of Deadly Creatures
Author: Orange Hippo!
Publisher: Welbeck Children's Books
ISBN: 1800694628
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The Small and Mighty range is the ultimate pocket-sized collectible series for young readers who can't get enough of their favorite topic. The Small and Mighty Book of Deadly Creatures is a treasure trove of dangerous animal information. Inside, readers will discover tons of original animal art, plus a wealth of fun and fascinating creature facts. From tiny insects to powerful polar bears and sperm whales bigger than a school bus, read about the dangerous animals that come in all shapes and sizes. With profiles of the world's most terrifying creatures, this is a book no young animal lover can afford to be without! The largest four-legged hunter on Earth today is the polar bear, weighing up to 600 kg. Standing on its hind legs, a polar bear can rear up 3.5 m tall – twice the height of an adult human. Many owls have special wing feathers which muffle the sound of the air rushing over their wings as they fly. These allow the owl to hunt quietly and stealthily to grab prey by surprise.
Publisher: Welbeck Children's Books
ISBN: 1800694628
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
The Small and Mighty range is the ultimate pocket-sized collectible series for young readers who can't get enough of their favorite topic. The Small and Mighty Book of Deadly Creatures is a treasure trove of dangerous animal information. Inside, readers will discover tons of original animal art, plus a wealth of fun and fascinating creature facts. From tiny insects to powerful polar bears and sperm whales bigger than a school bus, read about the dangerous animals that come in all shapes and sizes. With profiles of the world's most terrifying creatures, this is a book no young animal lover can afford to be without! The largest four-legged hunter on Earth today is the polar bear, weighing up to 600 kg. Standing on its hind legs, a polar bear can rear up 3.5 m tall – twice the height of an adult human. Many owls have special wing feathers which muffle the sound of the air rushing over their wings as they fly. These allow the owl to hunt quietly and stealthily to grab prey by surprise.
Jonah's Adventures in the Enchanted Garden
Author: Rodica Niculescu
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781638372004
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
In this stunningly illustrated children's read-aloud story for ages two to six, Jonah gets to spend the whole summer vacation at his grandparents' farm. Grandma's garden always feels like a faerie land with its crickets and katydids singing, bees buzzing, the fresh air filled with the smell of roses, and all the little gnomes and their little houses scattered among the flowers. Jonah has brought along his new pet, Froggy, to play with, but by accident the little frog gets loose outside. Jonah is very sad. That night he wishes upon a star, and suddenly like magic, he can talk to the gnomes in the garden. He asks for their help to find Froggy. The oldest gnome, Elder, leads the search, and with the help of the birds and insects, they they find Froggy stuck in the reeds by the lake. On the advice of The Great Owl, King of the Night and Luna, the Faerie Queen of All Little Creatures, everyone helps rescue the little frog and take him down to the lake. Jonah sees how happy Froggy is in his new home. Despite his disappointment, Jonah knows that loving someone means giving them what is best. And the lake is what is best for Froggy. For the rest of the summer Jonah spends his time getting to know the gnomes and everyone else in the enchanted garden, and visiting Froggy at the lake. Parents and teachers are sure to enjoy this colorful and magical book.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781638372004
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
In this stunningly illustrated children's read-aloud story for ages two to six, Jonah gets to spend the whole summer vacation at his grandparents' farm. Grandma's garden always feels like a faerie land with its crickets and katydids singing, bees buzzing, the fresh air filled with the smell of roses, and all the little gnomes and their little houses scattered among the flowers. Jonah has brought along his new pet, Froggy, to play with, but by accident the little frog gets loose outside. Jonah is very sad. That night he wishes upon a star, and suddenly like magic, he can talk to the gnomes in the garden. He asks for their help to find Froggy. The oldest gnome, Elder, leads the search, and with the help of the birds and insects, they they find Froggy stuck in the reeds by the lake. On the advice of The Great Owl, King of the Night and Luna, the Faerie Queen of All Little Creatures, everyone helps rescue the little frog and take him down to the lake. Jonah sees how happy Froggy is in his new home. Despite his disappointment, Jonah knows that loving someone means giving them what is best. And the lake is what is best for Froggy. For the rest of the summer Jonah spends his time getting to know the gnomes and everyone else in the enchanted garden, and visiting Froggy at the lake. Parents and teachers are sure to enjoy this colorful and magical book.
My Book of Deadly Dinosaurs
Author: IglooBooks
Publisher: Igloo Books
ISBN: 9781499880243
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Which fish-eating dinosaur was the biggest hunter of all time? How many teeth did T. rex have? Could Velociraptors fly? Step back in time to when deadly dinosaurs ruled the Earth, and discover the answers to these questions and many more in this fantastic, fact-packed board book. Bursting with incredible images and chunky fold-out pages, this book is perfect for small hands and curious minds.
Publisher: Igloo Books
ISBN: 9781499880243
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Which fish-eating dinosaur was the biggest hunter of all time? How many teeth did T. rex have? Could Velociraptors fly? Step back in time to when deadly dinosaurs ruled the Earth, and discover the answers to these questions and many more in this fantastic, fact-packed board book. Bursting with incredible images and chunky fold-out pages, this book is perfect for small hands and curious minds.
Beautiful Creatures
Author: Kami Garcia
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316231681
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
There were no surprises in Gatlin County. We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. There was a curse. There was a girl. And in the end, there was a grave. Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever. Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them. In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316231681
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
There were no surprises in Gatlin County. We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. There was a curse. There was a girl. And in the end, there was a grave. Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever. Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them. In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.
The Instant Pot® Kosher Cookbook
Author: Paula Shoyer
Publisher: Sterling Epicure
ISBN: 9781454937531
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For decades, Jews have relied on slow cookers to achieve the flavor-filled stews of their ancestors. Now the Instant Pot(R) cooks them much faster--without compromising flavor or texture. The Instant Pot (R) Kosher Cookbook offers timeless Jewish favorites tailored to this modern appliance: stuffed cabbage, corned beef, brisket, cholent, Yemenite and Persian lamb stews, chicken or beet soup, kasha varnishkes, tzimmis, even apple cake. It includes recipes for weeknights, Shabbat, and holidays, along with kosher versions of international classics like lasagna--all expertly adapted to the Instant Pot(R).
Publisher: Sterling Epicure
ISBN: 9781454937531
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For decades, Jews have relied on slow cookers to achieve the flavor-filled stews of their ancestors. Now the Instant Pot(R) cooks them much faster--without compromising flavor or texture. The Instant Pot (R) Kosher Cookbook offers timeless Jewish favorites tailored to this modern appliance: stuffed cabbage, corned beef, brisket, cholent, Yemenite and Persian lamb stews, chicken or beet soup, kasha varnishkes, tzimmis, even apple cake. It includes recipes for weeknights, Shabbat, and holidays, along with kosher versions of international classics like lasagna--all expertly adapted to the Instant Pot(R).
Dangerous Creatures
Author: Steve Higgs
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781739584399
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781739584399
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When Deadly Creatures Fight - Who Would Win?
Author: Brian Good
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781484160244
Category : Alligators
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book pairs terrifying killing machines, examines their strengths and weaknesses, to determine who would win in a fight.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781484160244
Category : Alligators
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book pairs terrifying killing machines, examines their strengths and weaknesses, to determine who would win in a fight.
The Mosquito
Author: Timothy C. Winegard
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1524743437
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 639
Book Description
**The instant New York Times bestseller.** *An international bestseller.* Finalist for the Lane Anderson Award Finalist for the RBC Taylor Award “Hugely impressive, a major work.”—NPR A pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in determining humanity’s fate Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? What has protected the lives of popes for millennia? Why did Scotland surrender its sovereignty to England? What was George Washington's secret weapon during the American Revolution? The answer to all these questions, and many more, is the mosquito. Across our planet since the dawn of humankind, this nefarious pest, roughly the size and weight of a grape seed, has been at the frontlines of history as the grim reaper, the harvester of human populations, and the ultimate agent of historical change. As the mosquito transformed the landscapes of civilization, humans were unwittingly required to respond to its piercing impact and universal projection of power. The mosquito has determined the fates of empires and nations, razed and crippled economies, and decided the outcome of pivotal wars, killing nearly half of humanity along the way. She (only females bite) has dispatched an estimated 52 billion people from a total of 108 billion throughout our relatively brief existence. As the greatest purveyor of extermination we have ever known, she has played a greater role in shaping our human story than any other living thing with which we share our global village. Imagine for a moment a world without deadly mosquitoes, or any mosquitoes, for that matter? Our history and the world we know, or think we know, would be completely unrecognizable. Driven by surprising insights and fast-paced storytelling, The Mosquito is the extraordinary untold story of the mosquito’s reign through human history and her indelible impact on our modern world order.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1524743437
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 639
Book Description
**The instant New York Times bestseller.** *An international bestseller.* Finalist for the Lane Anderson Award Finalist for the RBC Taylor Award “Hugely impressive, a major work.”—NPR A pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in determining humanity’s fate Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? What has protected the lives of popes for millennia? Why did Scotland surrender its sovereignty to England? What was George Washington's secret weapon during the American Revolution? The answer to all these questions, and many more, is the mosquito. Across our planet since the dawn of humankind, this nefarious pest, roughly the size and weight of a grape seed, has been at the frontlines of history as the grim reaper, the harvester of human populations, and the ultimate agent of historical change. As the mosquito transformed the landscapes of civilization, humans were unwittingly required to respond to its piercing impact and universal projection of power. The mosquito has determined the fates of empires and nations, razed and crippled economies, and decided the outcome of pivotal wars, killing nearly half of humanity along the way. She (only females bite) has dispatched an estimated 52 billion people from a total of 108 billion throughout our relatively brief existence. As the greatest purveyor of extermination we have ever known, she has played a greater role in shaping our human story than any other living thing with which we share our global village. Imagine for a moment a world without deadly mosquitoes, or any mosquitoes, for that matter? Our history and the world we know, or think we know, would be completely unrecognizable. Driven by surprising insights and fast-paced storytelling, The Mosquito is the extraordinary untold story of the mosquito’s reign through human history and her indelible impact on our modern world order.
A Most Remarkable Creature
Author: Jonathan Meiburg
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 1101875704
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
“Utterly captivating and beautifully written, this book is a hugely entertaining and enlightening exploration of a bird so wickedly smart, curious, and social, it boggles the mind.”—Jennifer Ackerman, author of The Bird Way “A fascinating, entertaining, and totally engrossing story.”—David Sibley, author of What It's Like to Be a Bird An enthralling account of a modern voyage of discovery as we meet the clever, social birds of prey called caracaras, which puzzled Darwin, fascinate modern-day falconers, and carry secrets of our planet's deep past in their family history. “As curious, wide-ranging, gregarious, and intelligent as its subject.”—Charles C. Mann, author of 1491 In 1833, Charles Darwin was astonished by an animal he met in the Falkland Islands: handsome, social, and oddly crow-like falcons that were "tame and inquisitive . . . quarrelsome and passionate," and so insatiably curious that they stole hats, compasses, and other valuables from the crew of the Beagle. Darwin wondered why these birds were confined to remote islands at the tip of South America, sensing a larger story, but he set this mystery aside and never returned to it. Almost two hundred years later, Jonathan Meiburg takes up this chase. He takes us through South America, from the fog-bound coasts of Tierra del Fuego to the tropical forests of Guyana, in search of these birds: striated caracaras, which still exist, though they're very rare. He reveals the wild, fascinating story of their history, origins, and possible futures. And along the way, he draws us into the life and work of William Henry Hudson, the Victorian writer and naturalist who championed caracaras as an unsung wonder of the natural world, and to falconry parks in the English countryside, where captive caracaras perform incredible feats of memory and problem-solving. A Most Remarkable Creature is a hybrid of science writing, travelogue, and biography, as generous and accessible as it is sophisticated, and absolutely riveting.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 1101875704
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
“Utterly captivating and beautifully written, this book is a hugely entertaining and enlightening exploration of a bird so wickedly smart, curious, and social, it boggles the mind.”—Jennifer Ackerman, author of The Bird Way “A fascinating, entertaining, and totally engrossing story.”—David Sibley, author of What It's Like to Be a Bird An enthralling account of a modern voyage of discovery as we meet the clever, social birds of prey called caracaras, which puzzled Darwin, fascinate modern-day falconers, and carry secrets of our planet's deep past in their family history. “As curious, wide-ranging, gregarious, and intelligent as its subject.”—Charles C. Mann, author of 1491 In 1833, Charles Darwin was astonished by an animal he met in the Falkland Islands: handsome, social, and oddly crow-like falcons that were "tame and inquisitive . . . quarrelsome and passionate," and so insatiably curious that they stole hats, compasses, and other valuables from the crew of the Beagle. Darwin wondered why these birds were confined to remote islands at the tip of South America, sensing a larger story, but he set this mystery aside and never returned to it. Almost two hundred years later, Jonathan Meiburg takes up this chase. He takes us through South America, from the fog-bound coasts of Tierra del Fuego to the tropical forests of Guyana, in search of these birds: striated caracaras, which still exist, though they're very rare. He reveals the wild, fascinating story of their history, origins, and possible futures. And along the way, he draws us into the life and work of William Henry Hudson, the Victorian writer and naturalist who championed caracaras as an unsung wonder of the natural world, and to falconry parks in the English countryside, where captive caracaras perform incredible feats of memory and problem-solving. A Most Remarkable Creature is a hybrid of science writing, travelogue, and biography, as generous and accessible as it is sophisticated, and absolutely riveting.
Beautiful Darkness
Author: Kami Garcia
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316129178
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Fall under the spell of the Beautiful Darkness, the sequel to the instant New York Times bestselling gothic fantasy, Beautiful Creatures! There were no surprises in Gatlin County. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin as a place where nothing ever changed. Then mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes revealed a secret world of curses and Supernaturals with terrifying abilities. Lena showed him a Gatlin where impossible, magical, life-altering events happen. Sometimes life-ending. And now that Ethan's eyes have been opened to the darker side of Gatlin, there's no going back. Haunted by strange visions only he can see, Ethan is pulled deeper into his town's tangled history and finds himself caught up in the dangerous network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, where nothing is as it seems.
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 0316129178
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Fall under the spell of the Beautiful Darkness, the sequel to the instant New York Times bestselling gothic fantasy, Beautiful Creatures! There were no surprises in Gatlin County. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin as a place where nothing ever changed. Then mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes revealed a secret world of curses and Supernaturals with terrifying abilities. Lena showed him a Gatlin where impossible, magical, life-altering events happen. Sometimes life-ending. And now that Ethan's eyes have been opened to the darker side of Gatlin, there's no going back. Haunted by strange visions only he can see, Ethan is pulled deeper into his town's tangled history and finds himself caught up in the dangerous network of underground passageways endlessly crisscrossing the South, where nothing is as it seems.