At Home on the Ranch

This starter volume uses everyday examples such as a baseball and a beach ball to demonstrate the contrast between hard and soft objects.

Clues about the turtle's physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat lead the reader to guess what animal is being described.

Franky Pierson tiene 14 años y pronto va a descubrir que detrás de una sonrisa, de un abrazo un poco más fuerte de lo normal o de unos ojos verdes, puede ocultarse el más terrible de los monstruos, capaz de pensar, de decir, y de hacer cualquier cosa. Pero los monstruos, cuando las cosas no son como ellos querrían, despiertan de su letargo.

Where did the sunflower come from? How does it grow so tall? How can its thin stalk support such a large and heavy head? These and many other questions are answered in this dazzling book. Using lushly detailed illustrations and photographs, the book takes us inside the sunflower to examine its stem, root system, leaves, and flowering heads, proving an understanding of this unique plant's structure, growth, flowering, reproduction, and cultivation.

Many people around the world live in the forest biome. That’s because temperate forests grow in places where winter isn’t too cold and summer isn’t too hot. Readers learn that we need to care for this biome that’s in so many backyards. Simple, accessible language describes common trees and characteristics of both evergreen and deciduous forests, and full-color photographs highlight their beauty. Animals and their adaptations to this biome are addressed in the main content as well.

�Qu� pasar�a si te encontraras a un beb� b�ho en tu patio? �Sabr�as qu� hacer? �D�nde ir�as a pedir ayuda? �nete junto con Madie y Max mientras aprenden una valiosa lecci�n sobre un peque�o b�ho perdido en El rescate del beb� b�ho. El par de hermanos s�lo quer�an jugar beisbol. �Nunca esperaron encontrarse cara a cara con un animal salvaje! Esta historia nos recuerda a todos que vivimos en un mundo rodeados de animales salvajes, y esos animales se merecen nuestro respeto y tenemos que ser cautelosos.