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Examines how spring brings observable changes in weather, nature and people.

"Starting out over fifty years ago, the Rolling Stones took the music of the blues and blended it into rock and roll to create their own unique sound. Decades later, they are still hard at work, recording and playing live to massive crowds of adoring fans. Who Are the Rolling Stones? captures the excitement of the Stones on their journey to become the greatest rock-and-roll band in the world." --Amazon.com.

Math combines with pictures, riddles, and poems.

Learn about how different animals move.

"Born at the stroke of midnight during a lightning storm, Nikola Tesla grew up to become one of the most important electrical inventors in the world. But before working with electricity, he was a child who loved playing with the animals on his family's farm in Serbia. An inventor since childhood, Tesla's patents encompassed everything from radar and remote-control technology to wireless communications. But his greatest invention was the AC induction...

Learn about groundhogs and their special day.

Albinism is a condition in which there's a lack of pigment in an animal's eyes, skin, scales, or feathers. This condition is genetically transmitted from parent to offspring. Albinism is found in nearly all animal species, including humans, snakes, and beetles. In this book, readers learn what causes albinism, the challenges albino animals face, and why these animals are so special. Fact boxes provide readers with supplementary information to the...

What's inside New Mexico's incredible rock formations? Scientists have found dinosaur bones in some of these rocks. Back cover.

Developed by literacy experts for students in grades three through seven, this book introduces young readers to the geography and culture of Pennsylvania.

The average eight-year-old is about five times as tall as this book...but only half as tall as an ostrich. And an ostrich is half as tall as a giraffe, which is one twentieth as tall as a California redwood! How do redwoods compare to the tallest building? To Mount Everest? To planets, stars, galaxy clusters...and the universe? Jason Chin, the award-winning author and artist of Grand Canyon and other distinguished informational books, has once again...