Books with author Laaren Brown

Explore everything awesome about sea creatures in a fun, accessible, and laugh-out-loud format! Find out awesome facts about all sorts of animals from under the sea -- including whales, sharks, fish, and more. Which animals are the prey and which are the hunters? Which animals can blend into plants and the ocean floor? And what other cool tricks do these awesome sea creatures know? Bursting with attention-grabbing facts, fun, and stickers, this reader will keep every child turning pages.

The only photographic nonfiction series that mixes facts with child-centered humor--and stickers!A sticker book with a difference! Sharks are the perfect topic for this original, irreverent mix. Circle stranded pirates with great white sharks, create rows and rows of shark teeth, decorate menus at the Shark Cafe, and fill a coral reef with sharks to frighten all the sea creatures! All the facts are here--from different kinds of sharks to their super senses and amazing hunting abilities--but you'll be too busy scaring surfers to notice how much you're learning!

With more than 200 gorgeous animal photos of sharks, whales, clown fish, jelly fish, dolphins, and others, Animal Planet Ocean Animals is a fun, habitat-by-habitat guide that provides kids in the first years of schooling with the perfect bite-sized view of their favorite ocean-dwelling animals. Arranged thematically with focus on animal behavior and family relationships, young readers will explore sections about animal bodies, baby animals, food, play time, conservation and more. Special book features designed for this age group include Quick Bites sidebars with cool animal facts, simple infographics, and illustrated maps of Earth's watery environments.For more Animal Bites books, check out Animal Planet Polar Animals!A portion of the proceeds will benefit Animal Planet's R.O.A.R. (Reach Out. Act. Respond.) project which partners with leading animal organization to make the world a better place for domestic and wild animals.

With more than 200 gorgeous animal photos of cows, pigs, sheep, goats, chickens, llamas, and many others, Animal Planet Farm Animals is a fun, habitat-by-habitat guide that provides kids in the first years of schooling with the perfect bite-sized view of their favorite farm animals. Arranged thematically with focus on animal behavior and family relationships, young readers will explore sections about animal bodies, baby animals, food, play time, conservation and more. Special book features designed for this age group include Quick Bites sidebars with cool animal facts, simple infographics, and illustrated maps of life in on the farm and at the petting zoo.For more Animal Bites books, check out Animal Planet Wild Animals, Animal Planet Polar Animals, and Animal Planet Ocean Animals.A portion of the proceeds will benefit Animal Planet's R.O.A.R. (Reach Out. Act. Respond.) campaign that partners with leading animal organization to make the world a better place for domestic and wild animals.

Explore everything awesome about sharks in a fun, accessible, and laugh-out-loud format! Find out which shark has the biggest teeth, and which shark is the biggest of them all! Learn about sharks' super-sharp senses, and how their bodies make them the perfect hunters. Can you see as well as a shark can? Probably not--the blue shark has a special layer in its eye for seeing in the dark ocean!Bursting with attention-grabbing facts, fun, and stickers, this Reader will keep every child turning pages.

Explore everything awesome about bats in a fun, accessible, and laugh-out-loud format! Find out which is the biggest bat, and which is as tiny as a bumblebee. Learn the secrets of these shy mammals that hide by day and fly at night. Can you hear as well as a bat can? Definitely not--bats have super sharp hearing, and they use ultrasonic squeaks to find their prey and recognize each other. Bursting with attention-grabbing facts, fun, and stickers, this reader will keep every child turning pages.

A level 3 reader in the Scholastic Discover More program.Visit famous buildings on every continent in a best-ever world tour. In Europe, climb the Eiffel Tower, fight at the Colosseum, and lean with the Leaning Tower of Pisa. In Asia, visit the ruined city of Angkor Wat and the serene Taj Mahal. End up in the Americas amid Mayan ruins before traveling north to the Statue of Liberty and the Empire State Building towering over Manhattan. A free downloadable digital book features fun text-based questions and activities, plus audio and video enhancements. Vetted by an editorial board including Common Core Standards experts.

A brand new reader program from Scholastic Discover More.The ability to read, understand, and interpret informational text will strongly predict success at school, college, and beyond. Scholastic Discover More Level 3 Readers prepare kids for their amazing journey into the world of information in print and on current and future digital platforms. Great subjects and amazing photos are delivered via provocative texts containing different points of view. Complex text hierarchies and infographics give kids the skills to tackle any real world information piece. 'Think about it' critical prompts encourages them to consider and challenge while technical vocabulary is expanded on spreads and in glossaries. A free, downloadable digital book features fun text-based questions and activities, and audio and video enhancements. Vetted by an editorial board including Common Core Standards experts.

This child-centered Reader features all the weird, crazy, and gross things you could ever want to know about snakes--plus stickers!Explore everything awesome about snakes in a fun, accessible, and laugh-out-loud format! Find out which snakes are as big as your school bus, and what was the biggest snake EVER. Learn about the rattlesnake's poisonous venom, and which other snakes are deadly. Can you open your mouth as wide as a snake can? Probably not--it can unhinge its jaws and stretch its mouth around a snack that's bigger than your head!

With more than 200 gorgeous animal photos of lions, giraffes, ibexes, flamingos, hippopotamuses, and many others, Animal Planet Wild Animals is a fun, habitat-by-habitat guide that provides kids in the first years of schooling with the perfect bite-sized view of their favorite wild animals. Arranged thematically with focus on animal behavior and family relationships, young readers will explore sections about animal bodies, baby animals, food, play time, conservation and more. Special book features designed for this age group include Quick Bites sidebars with cool animal facts, simple infographics, and illustrated maps of life in the African savannah and Amazon rain forest.For more Animal Bites books, check out Animal Planet Farm Animals, Animal Planet Polar Animals, and Animal Planet Ocean Animals.A portion of the proceeds will benefit Animal Planet's R.O.A.R. (Reach Out. Act. Respond.) campaign that partners with leading animal organization to make the world a better place for domestic and wild animals.

This child-centered reader features all the incredible and dangerous things you could ever want to know about dinosaurs--plus stickers! Explore everything awesome about dinosaurs in a fun, accessible, and laugh-out-loud format! Find out which was the biggest dinosaur ever, and which was no bigger than T. rex's tooth. Do you know which dinosaur could have gobbled up three six-year-old children in one bite? Learn which one rammed its thumb into other dinosaurs, which ones locked horns, and which (not very smart) one had a brain the size of a walnut. Bursting with attention-grabbing facts, fun, and stickers, this Reader will keep every child turning pages. "