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  • In the Sky

    Donald Grant

    Spiral-bound (My First Discoveries, Sept. 1, 2013)
    Discover the planets of our solar system and find out what lies beyond our galaxy. Take a look at satellites, space ships, and other flying objects.
    B

  • Music

    Donald Grant

    Spiral-bound (My First Discoveries, May 1, 2019)
    Discover music in all its variety, from the wind singing in the trees to a complete classical orchestra! Get to know the different families of musical instruments—string, brass, woodwind, percussion, and keyboard. Discover how they each produce sound. Watch an orchestra and conductor at work. Lift up the lid of a grand piano and look inside. Learn about traditional instruments from around the world, and make your own instrument at home!
    M

  • Lost Treasure

    Ute Fuhr

    Spiral-bound (Moonlight Publishing, July 1, 2015)
    Buried underground, hidden in overgrown jungles and forests and deep under the sea, lost treasure lies waiting to be discovered. You can find out what life was like long ago.
    T

  • Let's Look at Dinosaurs

    Donald Grant

    Spiral-bound (Torchlight, May 3, 2012)
    Travel back in time to the dark, distant past. Meet plateosaurus, diplodocus, iguanodon, and the great sea monsters.
    L

  • Egyptian Tombs: Torchlight

    Claudine de Lafosse, Sabine Krawczyk

    Board book (Moonlight Publishing, Nov. 1, 2014)
    Light up the past as you enter an Egyptian tomb. Who is inside the sarcophagus? What do the strange hieroglyphics mean? How did the Egyptians preserve dead bodies?
    M

  • Animals Underground

    Daniel Moignot

    Spiral-bound (My First Discoveries, Sept. 1, 2012)
    Includes 6 acetate pages, press-out paper torch and pocket to keep it in.
    O

  • Light

    Gilbert Houbre

    Spiral-bound (My First Discoveries, Oct. 9, 2012)
    Find out why rainbows form, see how light makes plants grow, and watch color disappear in the dark.
    J

  • Earth and Sky

    Sylvaine Peyrols

    Spiral-bound (My First Discoveries, July 1, 2015)
    See our planets play hide-and-seek with the sun and the moon. Look into volcanoes and caves and under the surface of the sea. Watch night follow day and see the stars begin to come out.
    M

  • Whales

    Ute Fuhr, Raoul Sautai

    Spiral-bound (Moonlight Publishing, Jan. 1, 2014)
    Whales, the biggest animal on Earth, lives on the sea. It is a wonderful creature but becoming sadly rare. Watch this giant leap gracefully out of the waves. See how it looks after its calf underwater. Children will delight in comparing and identifying different whales.
    I

  • Building Sites

    Philippe Biard

    Spiral-bound (Moonlight Publishing, Dec. 1, 2018)
    Watch an abandoned building being demolished and a new one rise up in its place. Observe concrete cutters, bulldozers, excavators, concrete mixers, cranes, tunnel borers and steam rollers at work on a building site, at a boatyard, building an underground tunnel, a motorway and a dam. Learn about all the different people involved in each stage of construction: architects, masons, carpenters, plumbers, electricians and many others.
    G

  • The Weather

    Sophie Kniffke

    Board book (Moonlight Publishing, March 18, 2009)
    Follow the changing weather through the seasons of the year.
    M

  • Let's Look Inside Pyramids

    Sabine Krawczyk

    Spiral-bound (Moonlight Publishing, May 1, 1999)
    Light up the past as you enter an Egyptian tomb. Who is inside the sarcophagus? What do the strange hieroglyphics mean? How did the Egyptians preserve dead bodies?
    K