Using simple vocabulary, the author relates the life and habits of this little-known mountain rodent. The brilliant close-up photography will entice animal lovers and the additional facts and glossary...

This large format, stunningly illustrated book perfectly captures the thrill and excitement of a relatively new branch of astronomy, the search for new planets, by profiling one of its...

How do we make plastic? The stuff is all around us in our everyday world but where does it come from? What can you do with plastic? ...

When the fun of Actual Size is over, there's still hope. He did another one, and this time it's prehistoric animals. So you get to put your hand up...

“Mr. Mom” - This nickname is given to the male seahorse because it is he who carries the eggs and gives birth in this species. This title is an...

What was it like to be an African American family when Jackie Robinson was born? Who were the strong African American activists who were working to make America a...

To the naked eye scanning the ocean's surface it might just look "The open ocean is as lifeless as the moon." But down under the waves lurks a vast...

In 1966, when Ji-Li Jiang was 12 years old, Chairman Mao of China instituted that country's Cultural Revolution. Chinese citizens were expected to do away with the...

Meet the red-eyed tree frog. He wakes up just when everyone else is going to bed. He’s hungry so he goes to look for something...

Terezin, a model concentration camp established by the Nazis to satisfy the International RED CROSS over prisoner treatment, had a school for children. The poetry included is imagined...