Books with author Jacqueline A. Ball

A dream come true for every kid who's wished he or she had X-ray vision, Amazing X-rays: Wild Animals reveals amazing details about animals from all over the world, including giraffes, meerkats, kangaroos, and hawks. With this unique book, curious kids can learn about the bones, muscles, and other inner structures of the world's wildest creatures.How can a cheetah run so incredibly fast? Why do otters have two layers of fur? What is a polar bear's most important feature, and how does it help them sniff out their prey? Examining the X-rays included in this book explains the answers to these questions and many more. Kids will learn what an animal's bones can tell us about the way it moves, the way it hunts, and the way it eats. And with X-rays of animals from all over the world, with habitats ranging from the grassy savannah to the driest desert to the coldest climate imaginable, they'll get a complete picture of the immense diversity of the animal kingdom.With 16 X-rays and a built-in light box, Amazing X-rays: Wild Animals gives kids tons of opportunities to see what's going on under an animal's skin—and to discover the truly awe-inspiring ways that their bones tell the stories of their lives.

In this second book of the Adventure's on Grandma's Farm series, we learn about the importance of bumblebees in growing food for animals and people. By caring for the land using natural fertilizers and methods for managing insects in her garden, Grandma grows flowers and vegetables for her family, as well crops for the goats, alpacas, and chickens.The animals featured in the stories feature real-life farm animals and the stories are inspired by their antics and occasional escape-artist adventures.

Take a journey back in time to the Age of Dinosaurs and discover the most extreme prehistoric animals that roamed our planet. Extreme Animals: Dinosaurs features 20 incredible creatures that lived millions of years ago yet continue to fascinate us today. Detailed facts, statistics, charts, and maps allow the reader to compare and contrast these prehistoric beasts and learn what made them so extreme. Three replica fossil pendants with a neck cord enable kids to wear their favorite dinosaurs after the book is closed, and a double-sided wall poster is the perfect decoration for a budding paleontologist’s bedroom.

(AGES 11-99 )-Spring 1847. Jeff and Sarah Sanders have left their comfortable home in Missouri. The Sanders family and five other families in the community are headed west on the Oregon Trail. You'll get to know them all,but especially thirteen year old Lindy Sanders who learns some hard lessons on the journey. When all is said and done,it's family that really matters.If you like books like Little house On the Prairie, Anne of Greene Gables, and similar series, you'll probably like LINDY ON THE OREGON TRAIL, book one in the Oregon series.

With fierce icy winds, blizzards are winter at its most furious. In Blizzard! The 1888 Whiteout, readers will witness one of history's most ferocious blizzards through the compelling story of Meta, a young girl from New York who survived this deadly winter storm. Combining scientific explanations of blizzards with narrative documentation from the storm of 1888, Blizzard! chronicles advances in blizzard research and safety procedures over the past century. Gripping four-color photos, maps, and diagrams of blizzard formations will capture students' attention.

In this second book of the Adventure's on Grandma's Farm series, we learn about the importance of bumblebees in growing food for animals and people. By caring for the land using natural fertilizers and methods for managing insects, Grandma grows flowers, crops, and vegetables providing food for her family as well as the goats, alpacas, and chickens.