Books in First Discovery: Art series

This innovative new FIRST DISCOVERY LOOK-IT-UP board book about animal homes features a "pictorial tab index" that allows even the youngest child to "look up" the subject of interest to them.Animal Homes, one of the most popular subjects in early childhood curriculum, comes to life in this sturdy board book that allows even the youngest child to "look it up". With die-cut tabs running down the right hand margin, toddlers can point to the picture of the animal that appeals to them, then turn to that spread and find out interesting facts through easy-to-understand captions and stunning, photo-realistic paintings. Ingenious formats are the hallmark of First Discovery, and First Discovery Look-It-Up: ANIMAL HOMES is no exception.

In the mountains of China a baby panda is born. Find out how the tiny cub grows! With stunning photography, this nonfiction picture book from the American Museum of Natural History follows a baby panda from birth through adulthood. Though he starts out blind and helpless, cradled against mom in the den, the adorable cub soon changes. His fur fills in, and he learns to swim and climb—and tastes bamboo for the first time! Fun to read and look at, Baby Panda Chews Bamboo will enchant young animal lovers. This book is a continuation of our AMNH series, which includes Baby Penguin’s First Waddles, Wolf Pups Join the Pack, and Baby Dolphin’s First Swim.

This innovative new FIRST DISCOVERY LOOK-IT-UP board book about how animals move features a "pictorial tab index" that allows even the youngest child to "look up" the subject of interest to them.Animals, one of the most popular topics in early childhood curriculum, comes to life in this sturdy board book that allows even the youngest child to "look it up". With die-cut tabs running down the right-hand margin, toddlers can point to the picture of an animal that appeals to them, then turn to that spread and find out interesting facts through easy-to-understand captions and photo-realistic paintings. Ingenious formats are the hallmark of First Discovery, and First Discovery Look-It-Up: ANIMALS ON THE MOVE is no exception.

This illustrated biography of Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsy, the great Russian composer, comes with a CD and provides an introduction to his musicBorn into a wealthy family in Votkinsk in 1840 in Russia, the young Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsy developed an early taste for music. However, he was sent to study law in St. Petersburg, and after graduating he joined the Ministry of Justice. Before long he realized that the life of a civil servant did not suit him, and he entered the newly created Conservatory of Music in St. Petersburg. His dream was to become a composer, and he studied music day and night. By the age of 26 he was appointed as a teacher of Composition at the Moscow Conservatory and had written his first symphony. He went on to write 5 other symphonies, a piano and a violin concerto, operas such as Eugene Onegin, and music for ballet, including Swan Lake, for which he is perhaps best known.