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How big were dinosaurs and what did they eat? Which were friendly and which were scary? For children beginning to read on their own, this book is an exciting introduction to dinosaurs. Illustrated with fabulous photos and artwork. Easy-to-read text specially written with the help of a reading expert. Internet links to carefully selected websites with pictures, information and activities.Chapters in this book include:- Long, long ago- What is a dinosaur?- Dinosaur world- Big and small- Plant munchers- Fierce hunters- Killer claws- Dinosaur kings- Sticking together- Stay away!- Eggs and babies- Where did they go?- Buried bones- Dino detectives

A beautifully illustrated introduction to the life of butterflies and caterpillars, with easy to read text for beginner readers. The life cycle of a butterfly is shown with stunning photographs and illustrations, and there are links to carefuly selected websites with videos that show butterflies emerging from their pupae.Chapters in this book include:- Amazing insects- Tiny egs- Hatching out- Lots of legs- Stay away!- Big eaters- Time to change- A new body- Up and away- What is a moth?- Feeding- Vanishing act- Showing off- Big and small

How do plants make food? What is the largest seed in the world? How do flowers grow in ponds and lakes? Which plants eat insects? Find all the answers and much more in this delightful book, with photographs, step-by-step illustrations and simple text.Chapters in this book include:- Lots of flowers- Seeds to seedlings- Plant parts- Making food- Buds to flowers- Pollen and nectar- Making seeds- Spreading seeds- Juicy fruit- New plants- Rainforest flowers- Hot deserts- Water plants- Killer plants

Which bird lays the biggest egg in the world and how do tiny chicks learn to fly? Beginner readers can find answers to these questions and more in this colourful information book. Illustrated with fabulous photos and artwork. Easy-to-read text specially written with the help of a reading expert. Internet links to carefully selected websites with pictures, information and activities.Chapters in this book include:- Parents and chicks- Building a nest- Unusual nests- Laying eggs- Keeping warm- Inside an egg- Hatching- In the nest- Cuckoo chicks- Dinnertime- First flight- Good parents- Growing up- Different eggs

How do tadpoles turn into frogs? What is the biggest frog in the world? How do frogs catch flies? In this book, you'll find the answers and lots more about the wonderful world of frogs. Usborne Beginners are colourful information books for children beginning to read on their own.Chapters in this book include:- Frog eggs- Baby tadpoles- Tadpole life- Growing up- Head to toe- Jump and splash- Dinnertime- Slimy and warty- Hide-and-seek- Frog tricks- Hot and cold- Frog song- Frog homes- Fantastic frogs

How do pigs keep cool? Why do farmers shear their sheep? Which farm animals live underwater? These and other questions are answered with vivid, full colour photographs and illustrations and short, informative text for beginner readers. Includes internet links via Usborne Quicklinks to exciting websites to find out more.Chapters in this book include:- On the farm- People and farms- Feeding time- On a ranch- Laying eggs- Milking- Shearing- Pigs and piglets- Lambs and calves- Ducks and geese- Underwater farms- Big birds- Snow and sand- Crocodile farms

What is the Sun made of? How did astronauts get to the Moon and what did they find there? For children beginning to read on their own, this book is an exciting introduction to space. Includes vivid, full colour illustrations and photographs on every page, and easy-to-read text specially written with the help of a reading expert.Chapters in this book include:- The night sky- Out in space- The Sun- Earth and Sun- Nearby planets- Faraway planets- The Moon- A rocky desert- Moon missions- Vanishing trick- Stars- Star groups- Shooting stars- Space watch

What do your heart and lungs do, and where does your food go? Discover the answers and much more with inventive illustrations, photographs and simple, straightforward text.Chapters in this book include:- Your amazing body- Body frame- Mighty muscles- Breathing- Powerful pump- Inside your head- Passing messages- Eyes and seeing- Ears and hearing- Munching machine- Where food goes- Water works- Outer covering- Under attack

What makes some animals dangerous? Which animals are the fastest? And biggest? How do they hunt? Why are people more dangerous to animals than animals are to people? Find out all the answers in this book, and more, with photographs, step-by-step illustrations, simple text and links to websites with video clips and activities.Chapters in this book include:- Watch out...- Stay away!- Hunting for food- Teamwork- After dark- Hidden dangers- Fast and furious- Big bruisers- Shark attack- Scary seas- Vicious venom- Don't touch!- Deadly diseases- Animals in danger

Where do penguins live? What do they eat and how do they catch their food? Beginner readers can find answers to these questions and more in this colourful information book. Illustrated with stunning photographs and illustrations accompanied by short, informative text developed with reading experts. Includes carefully selected internet links to exciting websites about penguins.Chapters in this book include:- What is a penguin?- Life is in the cold- Super swimmers- Sea food- Getting warmer- On solid ground- Laying eggs- Hatching out- Growing up- Keeping clean- Penguin talk- Enemies- Playing- Studying penguins

What is the surface of Mars like? Why does Venus glow in the dark? How do scientists explore faraway planets? Beginner readers can find answers to these questions and more in this colourful information book. Illustrated with stunning photographs and illustrations accompanied by short, informative text developed with reading experts. Includes carefully selected internet-links to exciting websites about the Solar System.Chapters in this book include:- In space- What's out there?- How it started- In the middle- Moving planets- Mercury- Hot planet- Living Earth- Bright at night- The red planet- Gas giant- Ringed planet- Distant planets- Exploring the sky

What's it like to drive a train? How are railway tunnels built? How do trains go up hill? This fantastic book for young readers has all the answers and more.With simple, easy-reading text, bright illustrations and fascinating photographs.Chapters in this book include:- Train travel- People carrier- Moving goods- Making tracks- Flat track- Driving a train- Train control- Running on steam- Diesel engines- Electric trains- In the city- High-speed travel- Going up- Going the distance

A fascinating introduction to the world of elephants, complete with amazing photographs, illustrations and weird and wonderful facts. Vivid, full colour illustrations and photographs on every page, accompanied by short, informative text. Developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton. Carefully selected internet links to exciting websites to find out more. Great reading practice for children who prefer fact to fiction.Chapters in this book include:- Jumbo giants- African elephants- Asian elephants- Trunk tricks- Tough tusks- Elephant talk- Happy families- Bull elephants- Big baby- Growing up- Big eaters- At rest- Splashing around- Saving elephants

What causes earthquakes? What do they feel like? What are tsunamis and why do they happen? An informative introduction to earthquakes and their effects for young readers. Features information on real-life earthquakes, accompanied by striking colour photographs and vivid illustrations.Chapters in this book include:- Shaking earth- Moving rock- Faults- How does it feel?- Slipping land- City destruction- After the quake- Helping the people- Earthquakes at sea- Tsunami warning- San Francisco shock- Staying safe- Earthquake drills- When will it happen?

What do wolves eat? How do mother wolves carry their babies? Why do wolves hunt together in packs? What do wolves do when they're happy? In this book, you'll find the answers and lots more, with stunning photographs, informative text, step-by-step illustrations and links to fascinating websites.Chapters in this book include:- Top dogs- Fantastic fur- Pack life- Wolf homes- Making smells- Team hunters- Eating meat- Powerful paws- Baby wolves- Growing up- Lone wolf- Making faces- Noisy wolves- Sleep tight

What makes thunder and lightning, and why do hurricanes do so much damage? This book lays out the answers and much more, using photographs, clear step-by-step illustrations and simple text.Chapters in this book include:- Stormy skies- Different weather- Cloudy skies- Wild winds- Cold storms- Ice storms- Electric skies- Whirling winds- Dry storms- The biggest storm- During the storm- After the storm- Tracking storms- Strange storms

How do astronomers study planets, stars and galaxies? What are rovers and where have they landed? How do different telescopes work? What is a nebula? Beginner readers can find out the answers in this book, along with lots more fascinating facts. Amazing photographs and illustrations are combined with simple, easy-to-read text and a glossary explaining all the specialist terms used. Find out more about astronomy and stargazing online via Usborne Quicklinks, where you can find out what to see and when, as well as see the latest images captured by telescopes and rovers.Chapters in this book include:- Studying the sky- What's in space?- A place in space- Watching space- Telescopes in space- Looking at galaxies- The Milky Way- Studying stars- The Sun- Probing planets- Exploring the surface- The Moon- Space lumps- Stargazing

A fascinating information book about the history of the Celts and how they lived, full of facts, illustrations and photographs of historical artefacts. Children can learn how the Celts built their forts on hills to defend them more easily, see the different kinds of food they ate and follow the different festivals celebrated throughout the year.Chapters in this book include:- Iron Age Celts- Meet the tribe- High on a hill- Village people- Farming and food- Looking good- Crafty Celts- Gifts for the gods- Festival fun- Fearsome fighters- Telling tales- Trouble ahead- Battling Britain- Celtic clues

A guide for beginner readers to Ancient Greece and the lives of its citizens. Find out how far the Greek Empire spread, how it was governed, what people wore, ate and did for fun, learn about some of the most famous philosophers, mathematicians and medics of the age and about how the Empire declined.Chapters in this book include:- An ancient land- Life in Greece- Clothes and fashion- What people ate- A trip to market- Feasts and fun- Gods and goddesses- Talking to the gods- Heroes and monsters- The Olympic Games- Greek plays- Mighty warriors- Into battle- Great Greeks

Why do we need to recycle and what happens to our rubbish after it is taken away? This book reveals the impact we have on our planet and environment and how recycling creates new products such as clothes and stationary. With photographs, colourful illustrations and simple text, this is a straightforward introduction to an important subject.Chapters in this book include:- In the bin- A load of garbage- Collection time- On the move- Buried deep- Up in flames- Dangerous waste- Down the drain- Recycling- Melting metal- Crushed glass- Piles of paper- Plastic clothes- Rotting away

An exciting illustrated book that answers questions such as "who were the ancient Egyptians?" "why did they build pyramids" and "how were mummies made?". With short, informative text, vivid, full colour illustrations and photographs of Ancient Egyptian artefacts on every page. Includes internet links to age-appropriate websites with games and activities to find out more.Chapters in this book include:- People of the past- River life- Farmers- At home- Kings of Egypt- Gods and goddesses- Temples- Making a mummy- Giant pyramids- Underground tombs- Hidden treasure- Fun and games- Dressing up- Egyptian writing

How do donkeys help people? Why do some donkeys eat snow? How can you tell if a donkey is scared or angry? Why does a donkey foal fold down its ears? This fascinating book has the answers, presented in simple text with detailed illustrations, clear photographs, links to specially selected websites, and much more.Chapters in this book include:- Head to hoof- Helpful donkeys- In the wild- Hairy coats- Keeping clean- Greedy grazers- Small sips- Male donkeys- Baby donkeys- Growing up- Staying safe- Noisy donkeys- Donkey signs- Caring for donkeys

Who were the Maya? Where did they live? Why did they build tall stone temples? Beginner readers can discover the answers to these questions and lots of other fascinating facts about the Maya in this engaging information book. With simple text, detailed illustrations and stunning photographs, plus internet links to specially selected websites.Chapters in this book include:- Jungles and volcanoes- Stone cities- Towering temples- Lords of the Maya- Born to rule- Jungle warfare- Roads, ships and trade- What to wear- Eating and drinking- Reading and writing- Nights and days- The Maya gods- A Maya tale- Spanish invaders

What sounds do giraffes make? How do they bend down to the ground to drink? How tall is a baby giraffe? This book has all the answers and much more, along with photographs, step-by-step illustrations, simple text and links to websites with video clips and activities.Chapters in this book include:- Giraffes in Africa- Towering high- Lots of spots- Living together- Eating plants- Tongue tricks- Drinking up- Bull giraffes- Big babies- Growing up- Annoying insects- Giraffe noises- Look out!- Light sleepers

How many types of sloths are there? Why does their fur turn green? Can sloths swim? This book has all the answers and much more, along with photographs, step-by-step illustrations, simple text and links to websites with video clips and activities.Chapters in this book include:- Upside down- So slow- Sloth fur- Turning green- Finding their way- Going down- Leaf eaters- Sloth poo- Sloth fight- Baby sloths- Growing up- Strong swimmers- Sloth sounds- Fast asleep

Which dinosaur was the fiercest? How big were the biggest dinosaurs? How do we know about dinosaurs today? This book will take you back in time to find the answers and lots more about the incredible world of dinosaurs. With simple text and stunning photographs and illustrations, plus links to websites with video clips and activities.Chapters in this book include:- World of dinosaurs- Different dinosaurs- Big and small- Around the world- Plant eaters- Super hunters- King of the dinosaurs- Keeping safe- Dinosaur babies- In the air- Under the sea- Where have they gone?- How do we know?- Putting them together

What is coral? How many types of creatures live on reefs? Why are some coral reefs turning white? This book has the answers to these questions and many more, along with photographs, step-by-step illustrations, simple text and links to websites with video clips and activities.Chapters in this book include:- Busy reefs- What is a coral?- Reef builders- Who lives on reefs?- Stinging tentacles- Coral crunchers- Creature cleaners- Reef sounds- Blending in- Super sponges- Baby corals- All kinds of reefs- Deep reefs- Rescuing reefs