Introducing Living Things
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The bodies of living things are made up mostly of water. This fascinating new book shows young children why all plants, animals, and people need water to grow and survive. Interesting photographs feature animals and plants living in water; Frogs and fish laying their eggs in water; and land animals using water to cool off and keep clean.
What kind of living thing is it? will turn young readers into nature detectives. This fascinating book explores what makes a living thing and how living things are grouped. This intriguing book asks children to look at particular characteristics and decide if certain living things are what they seem to be.
All living things need food to survive, but not all living things eat the same kinds of food. From plants to herbivores to carnivores, the bodies of living things are specially designed to find the types of food they need. Children will be amazed by such food-gathering techniques as camouflage, echolocation, pouncing, trapping, poisoning, and using tools.
Most plants have roots, stems, and leaves. Whether they live in oceans, forests, or marshes, plants use these parts to make their own food. This easy-to-understand book introduces children to the basics of photosynthesis and food chains. It also looks at the different ways in which plants grow.
Backyard animals are the most familiar to children. This engaging book will get your students to answer these questions: Which animals do you come into contact with most?; Which of these animals have wings?; Which ones burrow into the ground?; Which ones live in the trees? Meet some common backyard residents such as birds, butterflies, raccoons, squirrels, bees, skunks, and frogs, and occasional visitors such as bats, deer, and coyotes.
This book is useful for children aged between 6-9 years. Children love to read about different kinds of animal families. In this fascinating book, simple text explains how animals behave toward their young in different and sometimes surprising ways, from fish and reptile mothers who leave their young to fend for themselves to male wolves and penguins who help raise their babies. It contains engaging photographs to show how mammal mothers teach their young survival skills and how some animals live together in groups.
This book is useful for children aged between 6-9 years. This delightful book shows the exciting changes some animals go through as they grow up. Children will learn how some animals are born live, and others hatch from eggs. Then, as living things, all animals grow and change. Close up images show how some animals grow bigger and look the same while some go through metamorphosis and change into something different.
This book is useful for children aged between 6-9 years. This wonderful book explains in a simple way why people are living things. We need sunshine, air, water, and food. We grow and change. We need places to live. Young children will be amazed to learn that, as living things, they share many similarities with plants and animals.
This book is useful for children aged between 6-9 years. This colourful book looks at how different kinds of animals make homes in their habitats. Children will discover why animals and plants are suited to the places in which they live. It contains amazing photographs showing animals that live in hot or cold temperatures, as well as animals that live high up in the trees, on the ground, or underneath the earth.
This book is suitable for ages 6 to 9 years. How can children tell when something is living or non-living? In large photographs and easy text, this captivating book highlights the characteristics of living things and shows how they are all dependent on non-living things to stay alive.
This book is suitable for ages 6 to 9 years. This series introduces young children to plants, animals, and people as living things with the same basic needs. Illustrated with large photographs, these books bring to life the early learning concepts about the natural world. These concepts include: what makes a living thing; what living things need; how living things grow and change; why some animals live in groups; how living things are suited to their habitats. Set includes: "Animal Families"; "Animals Grow & Change"; "Homes of Living Things"; "I am a Living Thing"; "Is it a Living Thing?"; "Living Things in My Back Yard"; "Living Things Need Water"; and, "Plants Are Living Things".