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Very repetitive
My daughter LOVES this book.We don't have the other what do you see books, so I can't compare it to them.It is a very good book, the only thing I've noticed is that it is repetitive in the answers each animal gives saying "that's what I see" at the end of them all.It's probably good for toddlers to have that repetition, but it's wearing me down.Otherwise I think this is a great book with great pictures and a good introduction to "unusual" animals.

Good Concept
The book has great illustrations and is very colorful. Good Story.
Nice art, great message
My 2-year old daughter loves this book (she loves most books she sees, but has been particularly insistent to be read this one).I appreciate the artwork myself (as I do all of Eric Carle's work) and the environmentally-focused message as well. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals    2. Animals - General    3. Carle, Eric    4. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    5. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    6. Children: Preschool    7. Endangered species    8. Fiction    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Martin, Bill    11. Nature & the Natural World - Environment    12. Nature & the Natural World - Environment & Ecology    13. Nature & the Natural World - General    14. Stories in rhyme   

Editorial Review

The year is 1906, the place is San Francisco. Annie and her brother,Jack, have just traveled here in their magic tree house, on a mission fromMorgan le Fay, the mysterious magical librarian from King Arthur's time. In aneffort to save Camelot, the children have already found three special kinds ofwriting for Morgan's library: something to follow (Read more

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Earthquake in the early morning
I like this book because it is interesting.
On Target
This is an educational fiction book.It's about the earthquake in California in 1906.Jack and Annie need to save Camelot.They are destined to find the fourth special kind of writing to put in their collection of things to cheer up the king of Camelot.If you have a 1st-3rd grade reader, this book is on target for them.These books come in amusing fiction and in enlightening research guides.

Earthquake in the Early Morning
Have you ever been in an earthquake?That's what happens in Earthquake in the Early Morning by Mary Pope Osborne.The book is about Jack and Annie going to San Francisco but there was an earthquake!I like this book because it has a lot of adventure.My favorite part is when the earthquake starts.Find out what happens to Jack and Annie. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. California    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 3-4    5. Earthquakes    6. Fiction    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Nature & the Natural World - General    9. Osborne, Mary Pope    10. Readers - Beginner    11. San Francisco    12. Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic    13. Time travel    14. Juvenile Fiction / Nature & the Natural World   

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The Pumpkin Book
The Pumpkin Book will be a sure hit with teachers doing theme planning around October events.Ms. Gibbon blends factual information with enough interesting tidbits to keep the attention of even squirmy 2nd graders. Excellent color illustrations, and recommended for K through 3rd grades, aswell as for the teachers.

The Pumpkin Book
The Pumpkin Book will be a sure hit with teachers doing theme planning around October events.Ms. Gibbon blends factual information with enough interesting tidbits to keep the attention of even squirmy 2nd graders. Excellent color illustrations, and recommended for K through 3rd grades, aswell as for the teachers. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Cooking & Food    4. Juvenile Nonfiction    5. Juvenile literature    6. Pumpkin    7. Science & Nature - Flowers & Plants   

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Fantastic!
I love everything about this book - the enchanting, precise storytelling; the wacky, colorful art; and the gentle (i.e. NOT heavy-handed) message about conservation and actions equalling consequences. Katie McKy's story and Pablo Bernasconi's artwork were meant to storytell together. A fun romp from start to finish. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Brothers    2. Children's 4-8 - Literature / Classics    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Family - Siblings    6. Fiction    7. Holidays & Celebrations - Halloween    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Legends, Myths, & Fables - General    10. Nature & the Natural World - General    11. Preschool Picture Story Books    12. Pumpkin    13. Juvenile Fiction / Legends, Myths, Fables / General   

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Fun book for child and parent alike
My four year old daughter loves this book. I use it as our homeschooling text for science and nature study, but it is not like a textbook at all. It is a compilation of seven separate titles in the Usborne First Nature series: Birds, Trees, Flowers, Butterflies and Moths, Wild Animals, Fishes, and Creepy Crawlies. Each chapter contains games like hunt the bumblebee in the Butterflies and Moths chapter, and watch the leaf bud open (on the upper right corner of each page) of the Trees chapter. My daughter is fascinated by the fabulous illustrations, such as the giant beetle in the Creepy Crawlies chapter, and the sharp teeth of the Dragon Fish in the Fishes chapter. The text is interspersed throughout the illustrations and is informative and entertaining. I am amazed at how much I learn each time I read part of this well-done book with my child. I highly recommend it!

Wonderful Elementary Natural Science Text
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Juvenile Nonfiction    4. Nature - General    5. Science & Nature - General    6. Natural history & pets   

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Worth the wait
Picture this:Sunday morning following Halloween.The living room is littered with boxes full of costumes that need to go back into the attic.Bags of candy adorn several tables.Wrappers adorn the floor.I get up early, before the others, to try to put the Halloween genie back into his bottle.One by one, the others rise and descend the stairs.I can see each foot and then the pj'd body appear on the stairs from where I'm sitting.Piled next to me are some books that arrived from amazon.com on Friday, unnoticed due to the holiday festivities. Lovely Moon
This book, like the Harvest Moon it celebrates, "...floods us with dreams and memories..." [page 29] through its magical complement of word and brushwork.The hauntingly lovely illustrations, which will captivate the eyes of the young and old, conduct us through a nature flight with a very special and unobtrusive guide whose words perfectly reflect the reverence and mystery of the visual experience. Get your facts
The illustrations in this book are beautifully done and the text flows nicely but for an author and illustrator who are or were from New Hampshire and Vermont the facts are wrong for the areas seemingly depicted in the book. The illustration look like New England and moonflowers would prpbably have been killed by frost or would definitely be winding down, sea turtles nest at the furthest north in Virginia and would mostly be hatched out, and luna moths are long gone.There are lots of great things that occur around the harvest moon, these aren't some of them.Children's books should be factual even if they are fiction. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Fiction    4. Juvenile Fiction    5. Moon    6. Nature    7. Nature & the Natural World - General    8. Preschool Picture Story Books    9. Juvenile Fiction / Nature & the Natural World   

Editorial Review

If a tree falls in the forest... someone or something will always be there to hear it. Many, many creatures will feel the effects when their source of sustenance and shelter falls to the earth. So when a man is sent into the Amazon rain forest one day, under instructions to chop down a great kapok tree, many eyes watch him nervously. It's not long before he grows tired, though, and the "heat and hum" of the rain forest lulls him to sleep. One by one, snakes, bees, monkeys, birds, frogs, and even a jaguar emerge from the jungle canopy to plead with the sleeping ax-man to spare their home. When the man awakens, startled at all the rare and marvelous animals surrounding him, he picks up his ax as if to begin chopping again, then drops it and walks away, presumably never to return.Read more

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The true story of the rianforest
This book is truly inspiring for anyone that does not believe in saving the rainforests. The Great Kapok Tree really tells you from all the animals point of view on how the rianforest is their home. This timeless children's book is not just for little children it is for all to learn a lesson from what could become of the future or what people are destroying. In this book there is one man who is told to chop down this very big and old Kapok tree. He starts to wack and chop. After a little bit the man is worn out so he desides to just sit and rest for a little bit, but the sounds of the rainforest lulls him to sleep. One by one animals that depend on trees or have homes there come down and talk to the man whispering and telling of how the rainforest will soon destroy all life on earth because of the oxygen that the trees give us. When the man wakes up he now has a choice, he cqn listen to what the animals said or what the other bigger man told him to do... To find out read The Great Kapok Tree by: Lynne Cherry.

Treasures of Nature
For centuries, man has abused nature and thoughtlessly destroyed forests without realizing the harm this causes. Only recently has the importance of trees become apparent, brought to light by those who value the life that trees provide. Lynne Cherry is one of these people; her gorgeously illustrated book teaches the importance of trees and the abundance that they give to nature and its creatures. In this book, a man is hired to chop down a Kapok tree, one of the largest and most important in the entire forest. After just a few chops, the heat of the forest and the exertion of his efforts tire him out and he lies down to sleep. One by one, the different creatures of the forest creep over to him and whisper in his ear the importance of the tree, asking him to spare it and leave it to those who need it. By the time he wakes, his decision and his view of the forest are altered forever. This book is beautifully put together, both with illustrations and a story that's simply but powerfully written. I've loved trees all my life and this lovely story teaches children the importance of taking care of nature and animals. I really can't believe one person's snooty comment that nature preservation is "not the job of children". First of all, children will not be children forever; they are the future and it is our responsibility to teach them how to take care of the environment if we want them to be responsible adults. Second of all, children CAN make a difference! If you go to Lynne Cherry's website, you'll see that a kid's organization convinced Mcdonald's to recycle their paper products. I also disagree with the silly statement that the book puts animals above people. What it does is remind us that if we don't take care of nature, there will be no tomorrow for future generations. Besides, one of the "creatures" of the forest who whispered to the man while he was sleeping was a Native American who needed the tree, so the message of the book would be to put others ahead of yourself. I personally think it's refreshing to write a book that gives animals a voice since they're so often overlooked. This book is highly recommended!

great for teaching a unit on the rainforest
I got this book for my son, but I also work in a kindergarten and this is a good tool for teaching young children about the rainforest. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Conservation of natural resources    4. Ecology    5. Fiction    6. Nature & the Natural World - Ecology    7. Rain forests    8. Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / Environmental Science & Ecology    9. Picture books   

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Ties in with the DVD really well
This book is in a slightly different vein to the ones that include the rocket magnifying glass - but we love it! It ties in really well to the DVD and follows the story with lots of room for following up ideas, active participation by your child and for reinforcing the correct terminology! I great science-y book that doesn't dumb down ideas for kids. How can this not succeed? We love the introduction to science, art, music, geography that the DVD/TV programmes provide - and this book builds on that. A 'must' for any kids who are into Little Einsteins!My daughter is onnly 2 and 4 months but requests this book again and again and has already memorised several pages!

LOVE THIS BOOK!!!
This book is great way for kids to learn about bugs and metamorphosis. My daughter loves this show on the Disney Channel, and I'm so glad to see they finally have books for them! The characters are delightful and teach kids about art, science, and music in fun and exciting ways. Plus, I loved that it included a sheet of Little Einsteins stickers--very cool!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - InsectsSpidersetc.    2. Butterflies    3. Caterpillars    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    5. Children: Kindergarten    6. Concepts - General    7. Fiction    8. Friendship    9. Juvenile Fiction    10. Nature & the Natural World - General    11. Preschool Informational Books    12. Science & Technology    13. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / General   

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - Science Fiction    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Kindergarten    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Nature & the Natural World - Weather    7. Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic    8. Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction, Fantasy, Magic   

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Wonderful book
This is a fantastic book to teach voice with.Not only have I used it in the classroom, but my 10 year old daughter and I spent a lot of time looking at all the details in the illustrations and how they show voice and feeling.This is a book any teacher who teaches voice or writing workshop should have.

Amazing
It's interesting how the author writes a story that is all about queen elizabeth, princess diana, charles, and victoria and albert. All the emotions and events from real life are portrayed in this book. Every image from the way the trees are leaning displaying political influence to alligators and elephants in the forest. I really like the hinted use of artwork like Scream and the Rembrants. It's a book that is not really a childrens story, it is actually geared towards the adult reader. So many hidden messages about the British economy. It's intersting that the reader portrays Queen Elizabeth so poorly and negatively.

This Book Has No Peer
The illustrations are mind-blowing.
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    2. Children: Grades 2-3    3. Dogs    4. Fiction    5. General    6. Gorilla    7. Juvenile Fiction    8. Nature & the Natural World - General    9. Parks    10. Social Issues - General    11. Social Issues - New Experience    12. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / New Experience    13. Children's Fiction   

Editorial Review

Robert Frost's well-known poem takes on new life in its first picture-book adaptation.The poem--long appreciated for its strong rhythm and evocative images--leaves readerswondering, "Where was the man going on the darkest night of the year?" and"Why on earth did he stop by the woods in a snowstorm?" Artist Susan Jeffersanswers these questions visually--the kindly older gentleman who narrates the poem stops hissleigh to feed the forest birds and creatures. He stops once more to visit his daughter andgrandchildren, then is off again through a blizzard, with many miles to go before he can sleep.The silent beauty of a snowy night shines through Jeffers's artwork; the man's clothing andblanket are the only bright touches of color in the white and wintry world of the woods. Thisquiet yet powerful book has a magic all its own. Read more

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*AMitten-fullofSnowflakesandDreams*
Snow drifted down overnight and throughout the day, leaving our woods a veritable wonderland. I rushed to put my hands on this book, "STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING." I knew Robert Frost's words would be especially appropriate this snowy day to introduce children to the lyrical beauty of this poem.
Simply beautiful...
This particular poem is my favorite Robert Frost poem, and is one of my top five favorite poems. I was hoping that this book would portray the simple beauty and nuances of this poem, to read to my granddaughter. It more than met my expectations. Even my husband, who is a photographer and who doesn't read as much as I do, found the artwork in this book to convey beautifully the words of Frost's poem.
Captures the quiet excitement of a snowstorm
I first read this book in the 4th grade, and it struck a chord with me even then.The author's illustrations help capture the quiet excitement of a snowstorm in the fields and forest.Making snow angels or simply standing in the middle of a forest as the flakes swirl around.I love this poem, and I especially love the illustrations by Susan Jeffers. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. American poetry    2. Children's 4-8 - Poetry / Plays    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children's poetry, American    5. Children: Grades 2-3    6. Children: Grades 4-6    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Juvenile poetry    9. Poetry    10. Poetry - General    11. Readers - Beginner    12. Winter    13. Juvenile Fiction / Nature & the Natural World   

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Exquisitely Crafted!
I agree that this book could become a classic.Its simple storyline will attract the young and its eternal truth--that every age has a purpose--will appeal to people of all ages.It is exquisitely crafted and the illustrations reflect the mood superbly.I read it to my two grandchildren ages 7 and 9 and they asked me to read it again.Than they took it off to their room to read again on their own.Highly Recommended!

Self-Help For Kids
As autumn is quickly turning to winter, a leaf reflects on his life as a vibrant green leaf. To his surprise, he discovers that he has worth in his "later days," too. This is an allegory about living life to its fullest ... and accepting the surprises along the way. This is a fun read, but will be particularly great come fall, when it will be easy to bring the book to life. It is a nice reminder that we are only limited by the perceptions we create for ourselves. The book offers several layers of learning, depending on the child's age: what happens in the fall, how life changes, and self-esteem. It wouldn't take much to draw lessons about aging parents/grandparents from the story, too.

A moving story about discovery and finding meaning
What could well become a classic children's picturebook for young readers ages 4 to 8, A Simple Brown Leaf is the collaborative effort of author L. J. Davis and illustrator Lisa Victoria. This is the story of an old autumn leaf caught by a squirrel preparing for winter's onslaught. The leaf's journey reveals that its life has more than one purpose. When it was young and green, it was part of the tree; when it turned brown and fell, the squirrel needed it to survive the bitter cold of winter. A moving story about discovery and finding meaning. "You are meant to do something wonderful! Someone loves you! Someone needs you... just like the squirrel needed the simple brown leaf."
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Subjects:  1. Animals - Squirrels    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Fiction    5. General    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Juvenile Fiction / Animals / Squirrels    8. Juvenile Fiction / Nature & the Natural World    9. Leaves    10. Nature & the Natural World - General    11. Social Issues - Values    12. Squirrels    13. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    14. Children: Kindergarten    15. Nature & the Natural World    16. Non-Classifiable    17. Spirituality   

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children's poetry, American    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile poetry    7. Nature    8. Nature & the Natural World - General    9. Poetry    10. Poetry - General    11. Social Issues - Friendship    12. Social Situations - Friendship    13. Juvenile Fiction / Social Situations / General   

Subjects:  1. Animals - General    2. Botany    3. California    4. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    5. Children: Grades 3-4    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Natural history    9. Science & Nature - Flowers & Plants    10. Social Science - General    11. Zoology   

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Excellent nonfiction
This is a very readable children's book about bats.It helps to dispel some of those nasty myths about our only flying mammal that seem to persist.I use this book as part of my unit on bats that I teach in my second grade classroom.A twin text that I also use is Stellaluna.Pairing fiction and nonfiction works very well with young children.Zipping... is very informative and a very good resource for exposing children to needed symbiosis of man and nature.I will be building a bat house with ny students as a follow up.Think about this book the next time you find yourself swatting at a pesky mosquito.

A Fabulous Book
Have you ever wanted to learn about bats?Well, I did.So after readingAnne Earle's fabulous book, Zipping, Zapping, Zooming Bats, I learned that bats are innocuous, useful and interesting mammals.Let me tell you what I have assimilated. Interesting, fun and educational
I love this book and so do my 5 year old son and 7 year old daughter.It is filled with great pictures of bats and all kinds of bat facts.It lets you know that bats are nothing to fear and even shows you how to make a bat house in the back of the book.Did you know that bats are the only flying animals that nurse their young?Bat "pups" hang together in large groups called nurseries and each mother returns at least twice during the night to feed her little pup.Did you know that there is a bat in Australia that has a six foot wing span?I didn't until I read this book...don't worry they eat fruit!I liked bats before...now I like them even more. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Mammals    2. Bats    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. Juvenile literature    6. Nature - General    7. Science & Nature - General    8. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Mammals   

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Beautifully illustrated
Eloise Wilkin has been a favorite since I was a child, we treasured our Little Golden Books and passed some down to our own children, my daughters especially loved the illustrations of the little children . Now I am buying them for my grandchildren, this book is beautifully bound and includes some of her best work. Mrs. Wilkin creates a lovely, serene and happy family atmosphere that children and adults relate to and enjoy. Our grandchildren are the third generation to thrill to these books.

a sweet and gentler time
I love this beautiful book filled with images from a simpler, gentler time.I remember Eloise Wilkin stories that I used to look at as a little girl, that used to be my mother's books.So this book is very nostalgic for me.I gave it a 4 since
BEAUTIFUL book!!!
This is a treasure! 13 books in one... illustrated by the talented Eloise Wilkin....The book is very well made and the illustrations are vibrant and glossy....a walk back in time..Dick and Jane like era pictures.....Beautiful book!! I am so glad I own it!!!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Literature / Classics    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children's stories, American    4. Children: Preschool    5. Family - General    6. Family life    7. Fiction    8. Juvenile Fiction    9. Literary Criticism & Collections    10. Nature    11. Nature & the Natural World - General    12. Preschool Nursery Rhymes / Poetry    13. Preschool Picture Story Books    14. Religious - General    15. Short stories    16. Juvenile Fiction / Family / General   

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This Book Is Really Good Book.
Before i read this book, i know rocks just is rocks.But after i read this book, i know rocks is very important for my life.This book have many good point.For example it have more pictrun and easy letter in this book.So not too difficulty.There are still some left many interesting think in it.I willing recommend it to other people interested with rocks.

This Book Is Really Good.
Before i read this book, i know rocks just is rocks.But after i read this book, i know rocks is very important for my life.This book have many good point.For example it have more pictrun and easy letter in this book.So not too difficulty.There are still some left many interesting think in it.I willing recommend it to other people interested with rocks.

This Book Is Really Good.
Before i read this book, i know rocks just is rocks.But after i read this book, i know rocks is very important for my life.This book have many good point.For example it have more pictrun and easy letter in this book.So not too difficulty.There are still some left many interesting think in it.I willing recommend it to other people interested with rocks. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Nature    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. General    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Juvenile literature    7. Mineralogy    8. Minerals    9. Nature - Rocks & Minerals    10. Rocks    11. Science & Nature - Earth Sciences    12. Science & Nature - Experiments & Projects    13. Science & Nature - Rocks & Minerals    14. Science & Technology - Earth Sciences    15. Science & Technology - Experiments & Projects    16. Juvenile Nonfiction / Nature / Rocks & Minerals   

Editorial Review

In book 23 of the Magic Tree House, award-winning author Mary PopeOsborne's popular young adventure series, siblings Jack and Annie travel back toAmerican pioneer times. Their task, assigned by mysterious Camelot librarianMorgan le Fay, is to find "something to learn." When their magic tree housealights on a Kansas prairie in the 1870s, Jack and Annie quickly find a one-roomschoolhouse with classes in session. Something to learn! After an all-too-briefschool day, the two return to the tree house with their mission completed. Butwait: "In the distance, twisting black clouds had dropped out of the stormclouds. They swirled into a funnel shape." A twister! And the young teacher andstudents in the school don't realize there's a storm cellar under the floor.Jack and Annie must brave the howling winds to return and save their newfriends.Read more

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magic, danger, history
The book Twisters on Tuesday features magic, danger and history. The magic is the tree house. I bet you're saying huh? Read the book to find out about this magical adventure.
TWISTER!!!!!!!
I enjoyed reading Twister on Tuesday.Although this book is fiction, it uses many facts so that you always learn something new.Jack and Annie go back in time to a prairie to help Morgan, the secret librarian.They end up getting caught in a twister while helping their new friends to safety.I recommend that you will like reading this book as much as I did.
great book
I bought one of the Magic Treehouse books over a year ago and my two olderst children loved them. My 6 year old now reads them on his own and since twisters and other natural disasters interest him, I had to get this book for him. He reads it in his free time and absolutely loves it. I recommend this book to all children ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. Fiction    5. Frontier and pioneer life    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. Kansas    8. Nature & the Natural World - General    9. Osborne, Mary Pope    10. Readers - Beginner    11. Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic    12. Time travel    13. Tornadoes    14. Juvenile Fiction / Nature & the Natural World   

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - Fantasy    2. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    3. Juvenile Fiction    4. Lifestyles - Country Life    5. Nature & the Natural World - General    6. Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Magic    7. Juvenile Fiction / Nature & the Natural World   

Editorial Review

Ever wonder what a tardigrade might have looked like? Or what tree wetas eat? Now you can find out, because this great nature encyclopedia answers these questions and a jillion more. Organized into sections ("The Natural World," "How Living Things Work," "Ecology," "Classification," "Plants," and "Animals"), the Read more

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Wonderful book on nature for all ages
Primarily bought as a gift for my 5 yr old nephew, I spent a considerable amount of time pouring over this book. A neat thing about this book is the wealth of information coupled with attractive, colorful pictures opening up the world of nature.

Rekindling Our Respect for Nature!
This book has succeeded in describing the great diversity of life on earth in such an interesting way with colorful photographs and new information that one can't help but stand in awe of our great planet.The chapters discuss : How living things work,ecology, classification, plants and animals. I was afraid that the animal section in this book would be a repetition ofDK's Animal Encyclopedia, but thankfully it wasn't, I found new information everytime. For those who are not familiar with DK's encyclopedias one should know that the superior photography and layout of these books really captivate children's attention and fascination with this world.

love of nature grows the more we know
I am delighted with this encyclopedia which I ordered as a present for my six year old.This handsome book has beautiful pictures and lots of information covering many aspects of nature.Attractive and accessible, it provides great rewards for the young reader whose love and respect of nature will grow as their knowledge expands. I expect it to be used in greater depth as my daughter grows older.For now, she loves to open it up and see what she finds-and becomes engaged immediately.I highly recommend it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 9-12 - Nature / Guide Books    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 3-4    4. Children: Grades 4-6    5. Encyclopedias    6. Encyclopedias, Juvenile    7. Juvenile Nonfiction    8. Natural history    9. Nature    10. Nature - General    11. Reference - Encyclopedias    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / Earth Sciences