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City of Masks:
Ashley Capes
eBook (Close-Up Books, Aug. 14, 2016)When a royal conspiracy topples the noble House Falco, Sofia must take up the burden of her father's mantle and assume guardianship of his Greatmask. Yet the sentient bone mask, powerful enough to Compel those around her, will not speak, and Sofia, the first female Protector in a hundred years, is left defenceless.Hunted by the king, she is driven from the palace and must fight for survival, alone in the cold streets of Anaskar. There, she crosses paths with Notch, a bitter mercenary with problems of his own. Accused of murder, Notch is trying to clear his name while hunted by the city's robed assassins, the very people who are now searching for Sofia.To take back their city and cast down the tyrant on the throne, Sofia and Notch must face the blades of Anaskar's assassins, the rage of a mighty sea beast, and the mysterious Lupo, a man with a Greatmask of his own, who has masterminded vicious terrorist attacks on the city that spurned him.Their struggle threatens to tear the city – and the kingdom - into shreds.
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Let's Look at the Vegetable Garden
Sabine Krawczyk
Spiral-bound (Close-up, June 1, 2012)The vegetable garden is full of very hungry insects. Readers can try to spot the cardinal beetle (they are bright red and love to gnaw on onions) and the fruit bug (when it takes bites out of strawberries, it injects poison into them, turning them black) among the vegetables.
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Let's Look at the Rainforest
Ute Fuhr, Raoul Sautai
Spiral-bound (Close-up, Oct. 1, 2012)The rainforest is bursting with plant and animal life, and readers will learn about orchid bees (their back legs have little hollows filled with the scent of orchid, used by the males to attract the females) and katydid grasshoppers (its spiky legs can fight off attacks from frogs, birds, and even monkeys).
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Let's Look at the Garden
Sabine Krawczyk
Hardcover-spiral (Close-up, Sept. 1, 2013)The garden is full of plant and animal life. See a butterfly and a ladybird through a magnifying glass in the transparent pages of this book.
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Let's Look at the Pond
Ute Fuhr, Raoul Sautai
Spiral-bound (Close-up, April 1, 2012)Young readers will find that the pond is full of animal and plant life, including water skaters (the ends of its long legs are covered in a kind of oil, so it can float on the surface without getting wet or sinking) and frogs (its skin allows air to come through its pores, this is how it breathes).
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Let's Look Under the Stone
Sabine Krawczyk
Spiral-bound (Close-up, April 1, 2013)Under the stone there are lots of little creatures. Look at a millipede and an earwig through a magnifying glass in the transparent pages of this book.
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Let's Look at the Hedge
Pierre de Hugo
Spiral-bound (Close-up, June 1, 2012)The hedge is full of animal and plant life. Readers will take a closer look through a microscope at a fieldmouse (its teeth are strong enough to gnaw holes in wood), a hedgehog (when it feels threatened, it rolls into a ball), and a snail (its shell protects it from the sun, wind, and rain, but it also acts as its lungs).
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Let's Look at the Seashore
Christian Broutin
Spiral-bound (Close-up, Oct. 1, 2012)The seashore scene has plenty of animals to spot, including a shrimp (it uses its pincers to cut up food and take it to its mouth just like a knife and fork) and a sea anemone (it reproduces itself like a plant with buds—the babies grow from the base of the anemone and gradually detach themselves).
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City of Masks:
Ashley Capes
Paperback (Close-Up Books, April 2, 2017)When a royal conspiracy topples the noble House Falco, Sofia must take up the burden of her father's mantle and assume guardianship of his Greatmask.Yet the sentient bone mask, powerful enough to Compel those around her, will not speak - and Sofia is left defenceless. Hunted by the king, she is driven from the palace where she alone must fight for survival in the cold streets of Anaskar... that is, until she crosses paths with Notch, a bitter mercenary.Notch has survived both war and the betrayal of his king on the very battlefield where they were victorious and though the former soldier burns for revenge, he finds himself unable to turn his back on Sofia and her own struggle for justice.But if they want to take back their city and cast down the tyrant on the throne, they must face the blades of Anaskar's robed assassins, the rage of a mighty sea beast and finally the mysterious Lupo, a man with his own Greatmask and who has masterminded vicious terrorist attacks on the city that spurned him.Follow unlikely heroes on an epic fantasy adventure where the struggle over the Greatmask and its power threatens to tear their city - and kingdom - into shreds.
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Let's Look at the Oak Tree
Héliadore
Spiral-bound (Close-up, April 1, 2013)Lots of little animals live under an oak tree. Look at a frog and a weevil through a magnifying glass in the transparent pages of this book.
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The Bill of Rights: A User's Guide
Linda R. Monk
Paperback (Close Up Pub., April 16, 2000)Describes the history and development of the first ten Constitutional amendments, also known as the Bill of Rights, and presents stories of the many people who have helped to keep it a living document.
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Teacher's resource: The First Amendment: America's blueprint for tolerance
Amy N Edwards
Unknown Binding (Close Up Pub, March 15, 1995)None