Provides detailed descriptions and illustrations of more than 150 different animals and plants.

On a nature hike with her class, young Amelia Bedelia's literal-mindedness causes confusion along with some laughs.

When Cassie's sixth-grade class goes on a field trip to a nature preserve, Cassie worries about being cut off from civilization and forced to participate in potentially dangerous activities.

"Packed with educational prompts and activities, this fourth book in the Backpack Explorer series encourages junior naturalists to spot insects while on a walk in the woods, playing in a park, or searching right outside their front door"--

First, wildlife biologist Jeff Corwin took junior explorers to a New York City backyard to explore the wonders of an urban jungle. Then Corwin showed kids how much fun could be had investigating Alaska-one of the most breathtaking places on Earth! Now Corwin takes young readers to New Mexico and the Gila National Forest for more investigation of the natural world. New Mexico's beautiful desert locale is the ideal place to uncover strange and startling...

After a horrible year, twelve-year-old Milton spends the summer with his Uncle Evan, a naturalist on the Lone Island, where he learns about friendship, protecting the environment, and fighting for what is right.

"The goal of the Engineering & Design Module is to teach kids to recognize challenges, turn them into opportunities, and identify scalable solutions to solve them. Topics in this module include puzzles, invention, construction, machines, architecture, curiosity. STEAM Academy offers an interdisciplinary approach that weaves together the science, technology, engineering, art, and math skills learned in the classroom and connects them to things kids...

This is the story of a child and a grandfather whose walk around the neighborhood leads to a day of shared wonder as they discover all sorts of tiny, perfect things together.

Presents color-illustrated, step-by-step instructions for more than one hundred projects involving parts of nature, such as making a worm farm, pressing flowers, and constructing a woodland terrarium.