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Books in First Discovery Books series

  • Planets and the Solar System

    Cottage Door Press, Patrica J. Murphy, Smithsonian Kids (Photography)

    Board book (Cottage Door Press, Sept. 17, 2019)
    Touch, read, and discover all about our amazing solar system with your toddler and Smithsonian Kids! Featuring special embossing to highlight fun facts about the wonders of space and the universe, this book engages both verbal and tactile learning skills. Embossed textures and bright, detailed photographs and renderings from Smithsonian are sure to engage, entertain, and educate your curious toddler.Embossed pictures allow your toddler to touch and feel as they learn.Learn surprising facts about the planets in our skies.Facts and images from Smithsonian Kids are sure to educate and entertain.Our First Discovery books engage your toddlers verbal and tactile learning skills with fun facts for you to read paired with textured embossing over the images.Practice preschool and kindergarten skills with Smithsonian!
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  • The Egg

    Gallimard Jeunesse, Pascale De Bourgoing, Rene Mettler

    Hardcover (Cartwheel Books, March 1, 1992)
    Readers turn colorfully painted transparent pages to reveal each stage of a chick's growth inside an egg, and then watch it hatch in the most recent volume of a nonfiction series for the inquisitive preschooler.
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  • Weather

    Gallimard Jeunesse, Pascale De Bourgoing, Sophie Kniffke

    Hardcover (Cartwheel Books, Oct. 1, 1991)
    Explores the various aspects of the weather and the changing seasons on spiral-bound transparent pages.
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  • Frogs

    Daniel Moignot

    Hardcover (Cartwheel Books, March 1, 1997)
    Provides a treasury of fascinating frog facts while answering a variety of questions, including how tadpoles become frogs, how frogs catch bugs, what frogs say when they croak, and the differences between frogs and toads.
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  • Trains Then and Now

    Scarlett Wing, Cottage Door Press, Smithsonian Kids (Corporate), Smithsonian Kids (Photography)

    Board book (Cottage Door Press, April 30, 2019)
    Does your little one love trains? Then come touch, read, and discover all about trains and their history with your toddler and Smithsonian Kids! Embossed textures and bright, detailed photographs from Smithsonian are sure to engage, entertain, and educate your curious Preschooler or Kindergartner. Special embossed textures help engage in both verbal and tactile learning skills. Learn about the different types of city trains, freight trains and take a look inside the passenger train cars. Everyone will enjoy learning the history about trains and railways in Trains Then and Now. Embossed pictures allow your toddler to touch and feel as they learn Fun facts and pictures from Smithsonian Kids are sure to educate and entertain even the littlest train enthusiast Trains have been around for hundreds of years so there are lots to discover. Learn surprising facts about trains new and old! First Discovery books engage your toddlers verbal and tactile learning skills with fun facts for you to read paired with textured embossing over the images Check out other fascinating subjects to explore in our Smithsonian Kids First Discovery Books series from Cottage Door Press
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  • Butterflies and Moths

    Scarlett Wing, Cottage Door Press, Smithsonian Kids (Corporate), Smithsonian Kids (Photography)

    Board book (Cottage Door Press, April 30, 2019)
    Want to learn all about Butterflies? Then come touch, read, and discover all about butterflies and moths with your toddler and Smithsonian Kids! Embossed textures and bright, detailed photographs from Smithsonian are sure to engage, entertain, and educate your curious Preschooler or Kindergartner. Special embossed textures help engage in both verbal and tactile learning skills. Learn about the difference between butterflies and moths, the life cycle of a Monarch Butterfly, types of butterflies in our backyards and more! Did you know some butterflies and moths use their bodies to protect themselves and blend in with the plants or trees? Everyone will enjoy learning fun facts in Butterflies and Moths First Discovery Book. Embossed pictures allow your toddler to touch and feel as they learn Fun facts and pictures from Smithsonian Kids are sure to educate and entertain even the littlest butterfly enthusiast Do you know the difference between a butterfly and a moth? Learn surprising facts like a moths wings at rest are down while butterflies wings are up at rest First Discovery books engage your toddlers verbal and tactile learning skills with fun facts for you to read paired with textured embossing over the images Check out other fascinating subjects to explore in our Smithsonian Kids First Discovery Books series from Cottage Door Press
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  • The Tree

    Gallimard Jeunesse, Pascale De Bourgoing, Christian Broutin

    Hardcover (Cartwheel Books, March 1, 1992)
    In the latest addition to a nonfiction series for the curious preschooler, readers can witness each stage of the growth of a tree and then watch it change with the seasons.
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  • The Ladybug and Other Insects

    Pascale de Bourgoing, Gallimard Jeunesse, Sylvie Perols

    Hardcover (Cartwheel Books, Oct. 1, 1991)
    Explores the life cycle of the ladybug and the world of insects
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  • Houses

    Gallimard Jeunesse, Claude Delafosse, Claude Delasfosse, Donald Grant

    Hardcover (Cartwheel Books, March 1, 1998)
    Eye-catching illustrations and a simple text explore numerous examples of dwellings from different time periods and cultures from around the world and explain how the construction of houses depends on the culture's lifestyle, local terrain, and climate.
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  • Birds: Feathers, Eggs, and Beaks

    Cottage Door Press, Scarlett Wing, Beatrice Tinarelli

    Board book (Cottage Door Press, March 17, 2020)
    Does your little one love birds? Then come touch, read, and discover all about our feathered friends and their lives with your toddler and Smithsonian Kids! Embossed textures and bright, detailed photographs from Smithsonian are sure to engage, entertain, and educate your curious Preschooler or Kindergartner. Special embossed textures help engage in both verbal and tactile learning skills. Come discover and learn about birds together! Embossed pictures allow your toddler to touch and feel as they learn Fun facts and pictures from Smithsonian Kids are sure to educate and entertain even the littlest bird lover First Discovery books engage your toddlers verbal and tactile learning skills with fun facts for you to read paired with textured embossing over the images. Check out other fascinating subjects to explore in our Smithsonian Kids First Discovery Books series from Cottage Door Press
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  • Colors

    Pascale De Bourgoing, Gallimard Jeunesse, Louise Goldsen, P. M. Valet, Sylvaine Perols

    Hardcover (Scholastic, Oct. 1, 1991)
    Explores the magic of colors on spiral-bound transparent pages.
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  • Monkeys and Apes

    James Prunier, Gallimard Jeunesse

    Spiral-bound (Cartwheel Books, March 1, 1999)
    With bright illustrations and simple text, this guide to primates introduces children to orangutans, marmosets, chimpanzees and other monkeys by showing them eating, sleeping, fighting and playing.
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