Books with author Cynthia Stierle

Discover how plants grow with Elsa, Anna, and Olaf! Explore the plant world through fun activities and experiments. • Learn what plants need to survive and grow • Explore the different ways plants take in nutrients • Discover how the environment changes plants • Observe, measure, compare, and record data • Identify, name, and sort common plant features Photos and step-by-step instructions guide readers through planting projects and plant-themed arts and crafts. What will you grow in your garden?

The backyard is home to a variety of fascinating creatures, and Read Build Play: Backyard reveals the amazing natural world that exists in all types of urban environments. Tiny insects, colorful birds, scurrying mammals, and nighttime visitors are featured in the fact book, and the accompanying plastic animals, models, and play scene can be used to create a vivid backyard diorama. Interesting animals aren't found only in faraway places—they are just around the corner!Includes:64-page fact book4 plastic animals38 model piecesFoldout play scene

With Animal Adventures: Sharks, kids can go on an amazing journey to encounter the fantastic creatures that prowl the ocean. Animal Adventures: Sharks takes you beneath the ocean’s surface to meet the many sharks that lurk in the depths. Have fun while learning, meet the sharks—large and small, gentle and fierce—through colorful illustrations and fascinating facts, and then build a diorama. Everything you need to explore the ocean is right here. This unique set with a lenticular cover includes a book full of colorful illustrations and intriguing facts about sharks, plus 3-D animal models and a diorama with reusable stickers. Journey to all the world’s oceans to learn everything you need to know about these mysterious creatures. Animal Adventures: Sharks offers a unique learning experience as you meet wild and exotic animals face-to-face!

Fans of the hit movie will love this book, which comes with a microphone pen that not only amplifies your voice, but also plays a melody from the movie for sing-along fun. The book contains lots of photos and highlights special moments from the movie. Plus you'll find a journal area that let's you record your current "stats" as well as your hopes and dreams for the future.

Animal Adventures: Sharks will take you beneath the ocean's surface to meet the many sharks that lurk in the depths. Have fun while learning, encounter sharks—large and small, gentle and fierce—with colorful illustrations and fascinating facts, and then build a diorama. Everything you need to explore the ocean is right here. This unique set includes a book full of colorful illustrations and intriguing facts about sharks, plus 3-D animal models and a diorama with reusable stickers. Journey to all the world's oceans to learn everything you need to know about these mysterious creatures. Animal Adventures: Sharks offers a unique learning experience as you meet wild and exotic animals face-to-face.

Kids will love this innovative book and DVD package that lets them discover the fascinating underwater world—without ever getting wet! Kids will find fun facts and interesting tidbits as they pour over the amazing photographs and enjoy the 45-minute DVD full of incredible footage!Kids will love this innovative book and DVD package that lets them discover the fascinating underwater world - without ever getting wet! The entry for each letter focuses on the ocean-dwellers that begin with that letter. Kids will find fun facts and interesting tidbits as they pour over the amazing photographs. The 45-minute DVD showcases incredible footage that kids will want to watch over and over again.Underwater life is a part of all preschool thru high school curriculums! Some preschools and all early grades study the life cycle of the tadpole to frog, and all early grades study the different types of plant and animal marine life - this book and DVD package includes everything they would study and MORE!Annie's interesting narrative on this DVD clearly explains what it is like to be a captain of a boat, a videographer, and an underwater diver for young children studying 'What Do People Do?" in school!

Embark on a journey to discover the wonders of the African savanna with Adventure Pack: Safari. Learn about the amazing animals encountered on a safari in the 32-page fact book accompanied by a picture viewer with eight eye-popping slide images. Using this newfound knowledge of savanna wildlife, you’ll be able to solve crosswords, word searches, and other fun puzzles in the 24-page activity book. Also included are 30 reusable stickers, 24 fact cards, and a 3-D poster. Get ready for a wild adventure!Includes:*32-page fact book*24-page activity book*24 fact cards*30 reusable stickers*Picture viewer with 8 images*2 press-out pieces to make an 18 x 12-inch 3-D poster

Discover how plants grow with Elsa, Anna, and Olaf!Explore the plant world through fun activities and experiments.• Learn what plants need to survive and grow• Explore the different ways plants take in nutrients• Discover how the environment changes plants• Observe, measure, compare, and record data• Identify, name, and sort common plant featuresPhotos and step-by-step instructions guide readers through planting projects and plant-themed arts and crafts. What will you grow in your garden?

In Read Build Play: Ocean, a colorful and exotic world of marine creatures waits to be discovered. The fact book covers all types of sea life, from the colorful corals and fish found in tropical waters to the majestic sharks and marine mammals that inhabit the world's oceans. Not only will young readers be fascinated by the dazzling variety of sea creatures, but they can also use the accompanying plastic animals, models, and play scene to create a stunning diorama of a coral reef. Dive in to read, build, and play!Includes:64-page fact book4 plastic animals57 model piecesFoldout play scene

In Adventure Pack: Space, intrepid young readers will blast off and explore the solar system, stars, and galaxies. On each page of the fact book, kids will discover amazing details about the solar system and beyond, and the included picture viewer with six dazzling slide images gives the learning adventure an authentic feel. After this journey to the deepest reaches of outer space, kids can open the 24-page activity book to solve crosswords, word searches, and other fun puzzles. Also included are 30 reusable stickers, 24 fact cards, and a 3-D poster. Aim for the stars and start exploring!Includes:32-page fact book24-page activity book24 fact cards30 reusable stickersPicture viewer with 6 images8 press-out pieces to make an 18 x 12-inch 3-D poster

All sorts of fascinating creatures live in our neighborhoods, often hidden in plain sight. In Adventure Pack: Backyard, curious kids will meet and learn about local animals large and small, and the included picture viewer with eight vivid slide images makes the experience feel even more authentic. After exploring the backyard, kids can open up the 24-page activity book to solve crosswords, word searches, and other fun puzzles. Also included are 42 reusable stickers, 24 fact cards, and a 3-D poster. Lace up your boots and start exploring!Includes:32-page fact book24-page activity book24 fact cards42 reusable stickersPicture viewer with 8 images4 press-out pieces to make an 18 x 12-inch 3-D poster