Introduces the conditions, terrain, plants, and animals found in the major mountains of the world. Includes information on folded, faulted, volcanic, and dome mountains.
In Deserts, carefully leveled text and vibrant, full-color photographs take beginning readers on a tour of a desert. Readers learn about this important ecosystem and the variety of living things adapted to live there.
Tundra introduces the first three books in its important new ecosystems series. Each title celebrates the world’s diversity by presenting a different ecosystem: its land and water, its animals and plants. The art is brimming with creatures and ecological features, described in fact-filled notes at the end of each book and in a useful glossary and map. Swamps are often seen as a dangerous and useless. They are often drained to create farmland or to reduce diseases. But such measures can be disastrous. Who Needs a Swamp? explores wetlands and their importance in the food chain and in preserving our soil and clean water. Not only is each book informative and beautiful, but it is a call to action for everybody who cares about the world in which we live.
Karen Patkau takes readers on an amazing voyage of discovery to find out • How wild and rugged prairies become grasslands • Why prairie inhabitants depend on each other and their surroundings • What wildlife and plants thrive in large open spaces • How seasons and weather conditions affect life on the prairies • How fire restores the land • What life is like on the Great Plains • How a food chain forms • How some prairie plants protect the land • Why we need prairies
Oceans cover 70 percent of Earths surface. This book explores the plants, animals, and environment of this important ecosystem. Learn more in Oceans, an AV2 media enhanced book.
Learn about the plants, animals, and environment of deciduous ("to fall off") forests, that exist in mild and moist climates with four distinct seasons.
Describes the characteristics of boreal forests, including the types of plants and animals found within them, and explains why forests are important and current threats to them.