Books in Discovering Series series

Did you have a rock collection as a child? Would you like to encourage an interest in the natural world in your kids? Discover rocks, minerals and shiny stones in this book of gems. Part of the Discover Series, GEMS features brilliant images of colorful precious stones. Each photo has a title beneath so babies and toddlers will love looking at the photos and older children will find the images and titles to be a helpful visual reference. Used as a jumpstart for interaction, Discover Series Picture Books are a great way to introduce new images, words and concepts to kids.

This brand-new addition to Barron's fascinating Discoverology Series takes young readers on a journey back in time to the Jurassic and Cretaceous eras--the age of dinosaurs. Like all Discoverology titles, Dinosaurs is filled with dramatic color illustrations and enhanced with interactive features that include panels to lift and extraordinary pop-ups. The accompanying text describes many of the different dinosaurs that thrived millions of years ago, including the flying Pterosaur and the ferocious Tyrannosaurus Rex. Here is an exciting introduction to paleontology that kids will also want to read for pure fun. Full-color illustrations on every page.

Discover the fiercest armored dinosaurs that ever roamed the Earth in this ultimate new guide to the toughest scales and hardiest armor plates of the dinosaur world, featuring a unique cover that feels like dinosaur-skin!The toughest members of the dinosaur kingdom come to life in this exciting new handbook that explores the dangerous horns, clubbed tails, spiked ridges, and plated armor that made these ARMORED DINOSAURS as battle-ready as an army tank! Featuring dynamic illustrations and a unique, dinosaur-skin cover, ARMORED DINOSAURS will let you rediscover favorites like the Stegosaurus and Ankylosaurus like never before!

Modern technology has enabled today's marine scientists to penetrate the oceans' depths as never before, where they continue to discover strange and exotic sea creatures. Creatures of the Deep, the newest title in Barron's exciting Discoverology series, takes young readers on a fascinating descent into the sea's dark and mysterious depths where, at nearly two miles below the surface, they encounter such creatures as-- Viperfish, fierce fish with hinged jaws and outsized, needlelike teeth Crustacean Phronima, the inspiration for the creature in the 1979 film Alien Amphipods, almost totally transparent sea creatures with huge eyes Sperm Whales, giants even among whales, who are able to reach the oceans' greatest depths . . . and many others Pictured and described in these pages are fish that make their own light, colossal squid measuring up to 49 feet with hooked tentacles, and many other extraor

Vivid color photos and artwork are enhanced with gatefolds, tabs to lift, and ingenious pop-up features that give kids an interactive tour of the human body. This book's illustrations and explanatory text demonstrate how food nourishes the body, how the network of bones gives the body both strength and flexibility, how the brain controls everything we think and feel, and much more. Interactive features on every two-page spread include: Overlaying flaps showing major body systems A pop-up skeleton A pop-up heart with flaps that reveal its structure A wheel to turn, showing how the eye's iris dilates and contracts according to the amount of available light . . . and many others Here's a fine introduction to the science of physiology for young readers, a book that shows how the human body's many organs work together, making us more dexterous than any robot, and able to perform tasks beyond the capabilities of even the most advanced machines.

Children can travel from the depths of the ocean to two hundred feet above the rain forest floor to discover new animals and ecosystems. Discover the layers and variety of rainforests around the world, the food chains of jungle and ocean predators, and the detrimental effects of pollution and deforestation. Each page features beautiful illustrations, photographs, acetates, and more to assist young scientists in learning about the importance of these animals and their environments. The Discovery Plus series includes Animal Kingdom, Oceans & Rain Forests, Bodyworks, Prehistoric Worlds, Pyramid Builders, and Weather & Sky.