Books in Find Out About series

Each Find Out About book introduces boys and girls to a different country, its people, its history, its culture, and its language. The books are divided into four parts: Part One: Introduction--Takes readers on a journey across the country, pointing out major cities, places of special interest, and favorite sports and pastimes. Part Two: Everyday Life--Kids attend school and enjoy after-school activities, while the grownups pursue their professions, occupations, and trades. Part Three: History and Culture--Readers learn about a country's political leaders and cultural figures, and visit distinctive landmarks and monuments. Part Four: The Language--Readers learn fundamentals of the country's native language, including phrases for meeting people, finding their way around cities and towns, counting, telling time, and more. The titles in this series are: Find Out About China, Find Out About France, Find Out About Italy, and Find Out About Spain. Here are fine supplements for elementary social studies and language classes, as well as books that kids will enjoy having at home to read. They're the next-best alternatives to traveling to foreign lands. Color illustrations throughout.

Find out about butterflies, moths, ants, termites, bees, wasps, dragonflies and other fascinating minibeasts in this accessible and lively book. Combining facts, pictures and practical projects, children can learn how to make a pond net and a pooter to collect specimens, rear stick insects and watch a tortoiseshell butterfly emerge from its chrysalis.

Discover what machines are, how they work, and how they have developed through history, in this fascinating fact file and learn-it-yourself project book. Includes 19 practical experiments - make a windmill, a hydraulic lifter and even a vacuum cleaner! An accessible and lively introduction to machines, ideal for home or school use for 8 to 12 year olds.

Explore the murky and mysterious ocean depths, the sweeping tides and currents, icy polar waters and warm, bright coral reefs with this fascinating fact file and learn-it-yourself book. 20 amazing projects and experiments investigate the secrets of the sea - make waves in a tank, construct a rock-pool viewer, and build a sea-bird hide. Ideal for home or school use for 8 to 12 year-olds.

Weather is all around us. This fact-file and practical book tells you all about climates and seasons, why temperatures rise and fall, how clouds, snow and ice form, and how people are able to forecast the weather. The hands-on projects make it easy to learn for yourself: find out how to measure wind, make your own weather vane, and test air pressure using a balloon, baking soda and vinegar!