Books in Wonder World series

""Plants & Animals"" is a special collection from the World of Wonder series. World of Wonder is a weekly, illustrated full-page feature syndicated in over 100 newspapers nationwide. Devoted to exploring educational themes and examining the realms of history, science, nature, and technology, it is written in a reader-friendly style and accompanied by colorful illustrations. This collection gives the reader a wealth of information on everything from Angkor to Dracula, from the Florida Everglades to elephants.

Wonder World offers a comprehensive reading program that gives students extensive content-area literacy opportunities with fiction, nonfiction, plays, Big Books, and chapter books. Genres such as narrative, memoir, and procedural text combine with a wide variety of topics to create a vivid, informative reading experience. Natural language and predictable text teach important language skills, while the colorful spectrum of high-interest topics encourages students to turn each and every page.

Explore the wonderful world of North American birds such as cardinals, American robins, brown pelicans, bluebirds, and more! Amazing facts accompany lyrical poetry and vivid photography to encourage children to engage in a multi-disciplined learning experience. Featuring extension activities in the back pages, this book provides content for STEAM learning while offering both textual and visual appeal.

Kids are sure to say ""Wow! That's awesome!"" while reading these fun, informative fact books about some of the world's most intriguing and mysterious places. Kids will learn about gravity, stars, and the planets above. Parents and educators will love how engaged students are in these books, while kids will be too involved in the amazing facts and photographs to realize they are learning! With a cover designed to grab a childs attention (including foil, spot UV, and embossing), and an immediately engaging interior filled with varying text lengths and density, diverse illustrations, dynamic layouts, and the most current information laid out in a captivating format, young readers will come back to this book again and again, building their science knowledge base as well as vocabulary. Fun facts, true or false quizzes, search and find features, clearly labeled graphics, and text boxes are designed to hold the attention of all types of learners, making the information accessible and interesting, as well as engaging and entertaining.

1991 Denver Museum of Natural History oversize softcover(trade paperback), Sandra C. Robinson (The Everywhere Bear). "The cat known as cougar, panther, painter, mountain lion, puma, catamount and three dozen other names was officially extirpated in the East by 1938, when the last wild cougar was shot in Maine, but reports of them have never ceased. Sparse and scattered in the early twentieth century, by the last quarter of it cougar sightings swelled to such a volume that they have become a phenomenon in themselves. The eastern cougar is a mythic presence. I cast my mind in search of it, as I walk through my hundred acres of woods along the flank of Cross Mountain."- Angelfire.com

Kids are sure to say ""Wow! That's awesome!"" while reading these fun, informative fact books about some of the world's most intriguing and mysterious places. Kids will learn about the lava, Pompeii, and even underwater volcanoes! Parents and educators will love how engaged students are in these books, while kids will be too involved in the amazing facts and photographs to realize they are learning! With a cover designed to grab a childs attention (including foil, spot UV, and embossing), and an immediately engaging interior filled with varying text lengths and density, diverse illustrations, dynamic layouts, and the most current information laid out in a captivating format, young readers will come back to this book again and again, building their science knowledge base as well as vocabulary. Fun facts, true or false quizzes, search and find features, clearly labeled graphics, and text boxes are designed to hold the attention of all types of learners, making the information accessible and interesting, as well as engaging and entertaining.

In Wonderful World of Animals, stunning real-life photographs and colorful illustrations help children discover the magic of the animal kingdom. Guided by their favorite Disney characters, young readers will travel through jungles, forests, mountains, and oceans to discover animals, their habitats, and the distinct habits of different animal groups.

Kids are sure to say ""Wow! That's awesome!"" while reading these fun, informative fact books about some of the America's most intriguing inventors and their inventions. Parents and educators will love how engaged students are in these books, while kids will be too involved in the amazing facts and photographs to realize they are learning! With a cover designed to grab a childs attention, and an immediately engaging interior filled with varying text lengths and density, diverse illustrations, dynamic layouts, and the most current information laid out in a captivating format, young readers will come back to this book again and again, building their knowledge of American History with this engaging and entertaining book.

The Colosseum in Rome, Italy, was built thousands of years ago, but still stands today. Young readers will learn about who built it, when it was built, and why it was built. This title is complete with impressive historical and current photographs and images, and simple text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.