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Scary Creatures Crocodiles And Alligators

Scary Creatures Killer Whales

Scary Creatures is an entertaining series investigating the more grisly aspects of natural history. What do killer whales eat? How do they find their food? How can they survive in extreme cold? And do they deserve their scary name? This book introduces us to the lifestyle of this graceful, intelligent and fascinating creature.

Scary Creatures Rats

"Scary Creatures" is an entertaining new series investigating the more grisly aspects of natural history. "Rats" is packed with facts about the animals written in an accessible question and answer format.

Scary Creatures Hyenas

Where do hyenas live? What do they eat, and how do they catch their prey? Do hyenas really laugh? Who thinks hyenas are scary? This book takes a look at hyenas, from how these fascinating creatures live and hunt to their relationship with human beings.

Prehistoric Scary Creatures

What do we mean by \'prehistoric\' creatures? When did they live? What were the scariest prehistoric animals? How do we know about them? This book introduces us to some seriously scary prehistoric creatures, from woolly mammoths to big cats, and explains how our ancestors survived along side these fearsome animals.

Scary Creatures Of The Mountains

How are mountains and volcanoes formed? Do scary creatures live in mountains? What happens when a volcano erupts? Are there mountains under the sea? This book looks at mountain environments all over the world, from how mountains and volcanoes sustain life, to the creatures that live and hunt in them.

Scary Creatures Of The Wetlands

What is a wetland? What scary creatures live in them? Are wetlands always wet? Are wetlands in danger, and what can we do to help? This book introduces us to a variety wetland animals from all around the world, and explores the diverse range of wetland environments that these creatures live in.

Scary Creatures Microscopic

From single-cell nasties to dog-bothering fleas, some of these creatures are likely to get under your skin! This book takes an in-depth look at the parasitic nature of microscopic creatures, how they feed, and just why such invisible creatures can be a pest to humans and plants alike.

Scary Creatures Of The Arctic

Scary Creatures is an entertaining series investigating the more grisly aspects of natural history. What kinds of animals can survive in sub-zero temperatures? What can they find to eat during the long Arctic winters? Is the Arctic in danger, and what can we do to help? Special x-ray pages feature in the book!

Scary Creatures Of The Deep

Why are creatures of the deep scary? Why is the deep so dark? Why do sea creatures glow? Are there really sea monsters? This book explores the ocean depths in search of some scary yet fascinating spectacles, including fish that hunt using bioluminescence, giant squid and entire deep-sea communities that survive despite having no access to sunlight. "Scary Creatures of the Deep" is packed with facts written in an accessible question-and-answer format. Special x-ray pages enable readers to see how the internal structure of an animal corresponds to its external appearance

Scary Creatures Birds Of Prey

"Scary Creatures" is an entertaining series investigating the more grisly aspects of natural history.

Scary Creatures Dinosaurs

An introduction to the facts about dinosaurs, including a look at some possible reasons for their extinction. The "x-ray" style format of some of the pages enables readers to see how scientists believe the internal skeletal system of dinosaurs corresponded to their external appearance.

Scary Creatures Spiders & Minibeasts

This is one of a series investigating the more grisly aspects of natural history. The book fits into the guidelines for Key Stage 2 Science: Life processes and living things. It describes the processes of nutrition, growth and movement in spiders and insects as well as indicating links between animals and their environments. The special \"X-ray\"-style pages enable readers to see how the internal structure of a spider corresponds to its external appearance. Many facts are revealed through an accessible question and answer format and informative captions.

Scary Creatures Of The Rainforest

Helps readers learn about the creatures that live in the different levels of the rainforest: floor, understorey, canopy and emergent layer. This book includes x-ray pages, which enable readers to see how the internal structure of an animal corresponds to its external appearance.

Scary Creatures Pinnipeds

Fearsome predators? Deep-sea divers? Hunted to extinction? Find out just what makes a pinniped what it is, and what makes it hungry! What's the difference between a seal and a sea-lion? Why do pinnipeds sing? This book offers answers to these questions. It is packed with facts written in an accessible question-and-answer format.

Scary Creatures Lizards

Scary Creatures is an entertaining series investigating the more grisly aspects of natural history. Where do lizards live? What do they eat, and how do they catch it? Why are they so fond of sunshine? And is there any reason to be afraid of them? Learn about the many different kinds of lizards that can be found worldwide.

Scary Creatures Of The River

"Scary Creatures" is an entertaining series investigating the more grisly aspects of natural history. Do monsters live in rivers? What makes piranhas so scary? What is a 'living fossil'? How can fish be shocking? This book takes a look at river-dwelling creatures from around the globe, from the tiny-but-deadly mosquito to aggressive hippos and giant catfish. "Scary Creatures of the River" is packed with facts written in an accessible question-and-answer format. It includes special x-ray pages that enable readers to see how the internal structure of an animal corresponds to its external appearance. The book features startlingly realistic illustrations and impressive photographs. Informative captions, a complete glossary and an index make this title an ideal educational text. Informative captions, a glossary, facts section and an index make this title an ideal educational text.

Scary Creatures Jellyfish

Scary Creatures is an entertaining series investigating the more grisly aspects of natural history. Are we right to be afraid of jellyfish? What do they eat? Why do they sting? How can they live with no eyes and no brain? The book explores the life of these amazing animals, which have the most complicated life cycle of any creature on the planet.

Scary Creatures Of The Night

Surveys a range of nocturnal animals: mammals, reptiles, birds, insects, fish, spiders - with a look at such imaginary horrors as vampires and werewolves. This book includes x-ray pages, which enable readers to see how the internal structure of an animal corresponds to its external appearance.

Scary Creatures Swarms

Plagues of locusts. Armies of armyworms. From the beluga whale right down to the killer bee, this work offers information about supercolonies and swarms. It looks at the life cycles, breeding and feeding habits of scary creatures that unite en masse to escape or to threaten.

Scary Creatures Of The Soil

Can beetles bury the dead? Why are worms good for the soil? What's inside a termite mound? How safe is a burrow? Dig deep and find out all about the scary creatures living beneath our feet, from worms that help the soil to predators - big and small - that hunt below ground. "Scary Creatures of the Soil" is packed with facts written in an accessible question-and-answer format. Its special x-ray pages enable readers to see how the internal structure of an animal corresponds to its external appearance. The book features startlingly realistic illustrations and impressive photographs. Informative captions, a complete glossary and index make this title an ideal educational text.

Scary Creatures Hippos

Terrifying river horses? Protective mothers? Enemies of ancient Egypt? How do hippos live? What\'s a pygmy hippo? Are hippos in danger? This work helps you find out the answers to these questions and more. It contains special x-ray pages that enable readers to see the inside of a hippo and offer a look into their habitat.

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Essential Atlas Of Astronomy

This good-looking, information-packed atlas has been designed with space-age skywatchers in mind. It's filled with full-color photos, sky charts, and vivid full-color art renditions of objects in outer space. Diagrams and illustrations explain the origins of the universe and our solar system. Photos taken from powerful telescopes capture visions of comets, nebulae, stars being born, distant galaxies, the surface of our Sun, and the earth's neighboring planets. The composition of the Earth, as well as other planets, is shown and discussed. Also shown and explained are both ancient and modern telescopes, including giant, state-of-the-art radiotelescopes located in various parts of the world. The book's final section shows and discusses the history of space exploration, starting with early twentieth-century experiments in rocket science, and extending to the international manned space station currently under construction. Here's a great volume for amateur astronomers of all ages, and a fine textbook supplement for high school science classes.