[PDF] Weird Wild Wonderful eBook

Author : James Carter
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 40,4 MB
Release : 2021
Category :
ISBN : 9781913074739

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Poet James Carter selects his favourite and best poems, including many classroom classics, with pictures by an award-winning children's illustrator. Welcome to the weird, wild and wonderful world of James Carter! Expect to hear the moon speak, explore a magic wood and play air guitar. You'll meet wolves, elephants and a dung beetle; you'll get close to a gorilla and sing a lullaby to a woolly mammoth; you might even meet an alien in a library. Packed with James Carter's most popular and requested poems, plus 8 brand new poems, this is an important collection from one of the top children's poets writing today.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 17,71 MB
Release : 2015-09-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1465449078

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The bizarre beasts, incredible places, and peculiar phenomenons featured in this mind-blowing compendium are not just really weird - they're really real! With more than 125,000 copies sold worldwide, this wacky encyclopedia explores our world's most exciting oddities. Did you know there's a plant that eats mice? Or that you can dip your toe in a rainbow-colored river? From fiery tornadoes flying across the sky to huge sinkholes eating up the earth, each example is illustrated with jaw-dropping images and handy fast facts that provide the explanations behind the stories. Whether it's geography, people, places, animals, plants, or weather, Strange But True! is the ideal book for curious young minds who are fascinated by our weird and wonderful world.

Author : Earl Brechlin
Publisher : Islandport Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 23,27 MB
Release : 2020-06-09
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ISBN : 9781944762803

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Wild! Weird! Wonderful! Maine. celebrates more than 300 of the natural wonders, characters, inventors, historical firsts, legends, and landmarks, that give the state its zest.

Author : Andrew Zimmern
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,5 MB
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1466827661

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Andrew Zimmern loves food. In fact, there's practically nothing he won't try--at least once. As host of Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern and Andrew Zimmern's Bizarre Foods America on the Travel Channel, Andrew's passion is exploring how different foods are important to different cultures. Now, Andrew is sharing his most hilarious culinary experiences--as well as fun facts about culture, geography, art, and history, to name a few--with readers of all ages. Don't like broccoli? Well, what if you were served up a plate of brains, instead? From alligator meat to wildebeest, this digest of Andrew's most memorable weird, wild, and wonderful foods will fascinate and delight eaters of all ages, intrepid and...not so much.

Author : Tim Flannery
Publisher : Hardie Grant Publishing
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 37,84 MB
Release : 2020-10-29
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1743586582

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Get ready for a whole new look at the world around you. You’re about to meet the weirdest, wildest and most amazing animals on the planet. Are zombie jellyfish real? Do frogs like opera? Which animals eat poop? (And more importantly, WHY?!) What’s it like to wrestle a python? Buckle up – you’re about to find out! Bursting with bizarre facts, packed with vibrant illustrations and guided by one of the world’s greatest living scientists, Professor Tim Flannery, this deep-dive into the natural world will enthral and enlighten readers. It will also make them laugh out loud … and squirm in disgust. Shortlisted for the 2020 ABDA Best Designed Children's Non-Fiction and 2020 Environment Award for Children's Literature Longlisted for the 2020 ABIA Book of the Year for Younger Children

Author : Stephanie Owen Reeder
Publisher :
Page : 67 pages
File Size : 32,33 MB
Release : 2021-07
Category : Australia
ISBN : 9780642279842

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Age range 5+ Did you know that, in 2009, a massive dust storm inAustralia blew red dust and sand all the way to New Zealand, where it turnedthe glaciers pink? That, in 1899, Cyclone Mahina plucked dolphins out of theocean in Far North Queensland and deposited them on cliff tops? That it snowedat Uluru in 1997? In Australia's Wild Weird Wonderful Weather, readers are introduced tothe wide range of weather in Australia, with bite-size pieces of informationpresented alongside graphic illustrations to entice young readers. Olderreaders will enjoy the detailed explanations about everything weather, fromwhat causes certain phenomena to reading weather maps, exploring the climate ofthe past and preparing for the climate of the future. With sections aboutAustralia's extreme weather and the effects of climate change, Australia's Wild Weird Wonderful Weathergently introduces young readers to the challenges of a warming planet andencourages them to be mindful of impact their actions have on the environment. A resource section andglossary of weather words at the back of the book enable a parent, teacher or olderreader to satisfy the deeper interest in weather that the book is sure tostimulate. Link to Teachers' resources here

Author : Mark Sloan
Publisher : Quantuck Lane Press& the Mill rd
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 15,82 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780971454842

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Remarkable period photographs by F. W. Glasier capture the colorful world of the Big Top in early twentieth-century America, portraying an array of parades, tent raisings, circus spectaculars, and the everyday lives of the performers.

Author : Sophie Willan
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,94 MB
Release : 2018-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781909954274

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" ... the first of its kind: a collection of short stories written exclusively by Care Leavers [aka, any adult who spent time as a child in foster care, residential care (mainly children's homes), or other arrangements outside their family] for children."--Adapted from Amazon and back cover descriptions

Author : National Geographic Kids
Publisher : National Geographic Kids
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,50 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781426338588

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Uncover the secrets behind our planet's most magnificent marvels, epic extremes, and astonishing animals in this fact-packed series sequel Did you know that dogs can shake off a pound of water in less than a second? That some sand dunes whistle and sing? That the U.S. dollar bill is full of hidden symbols related to the number 13? Our world is filled with strange, bizarre, and weird happenings. But what do they mean? WHY are they important? And what secrets are behind them? These secrets and MORE are revealed through cool stories, action-packed photos, fantastic infographics, and exciting Q&As with in-the-field experts. Discover the secrets of sharkskin, the mysteries behind incredible island animals, the power behind lightning, how a rare gemstone changes color, and more bizarre stuff that presents a fresh way of looking at our amazing planet.

Author : Cristina Banfi
Publisher : White Star Kids
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 10,22 MB
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9788854415270

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Did you know there's a wasp that looks like a panda, a basilisk snake that runs over water, and a butterfly with a large skull on its body? Kids will discover all this and more, as they join an explorer and see a world of curious animals. Along with detailed illustrations of these cool creatures, young naturalists get lots of fascinating information from a team of experts.