Science, Nature & How It Works
mobi, epub |eng | 2013-02-01 | Author:Lauren Tarshis [Tarshis, Lauren]

There were at least fifty more Union soldiers with them. “We have you surrounded,” the captain said. “We will shoot every one of you if you don’t put your rifles ...
( Category: Military & Wars August 14,2014 )
epub |eng | 2011-05-02 | Author:Denise Long [Long, Denise]

ANTS Most ants are harmless. However, if you live where there are fire ants or red harvester ants, you already know just how bad a few ants can be. These ...
( Category: Survival Skills July 25,2014 )
epub |eng | 2006-07-24 | Author:Dianna Hutts Aston

An egg is clever. The markings on some eggs help them blend in with their surroundings. This is called camouflage. Camouflage is an egg’s way of hiding. An egg might ...
( Category: Zoology July 25,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2011-09-25 | Author:Kathryn Lasky [Lasky, Kathryn]

Faolan sensed the lead edge of a very hot gust. “JUMP!” Twist shouted. Suddenly, Faolan was rocketing into the air. It was so fast he barely had a chance to ...
( Category: Foxes & Wolves July 22,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2010-10-06 | Author:Kathryn Lasky [Lasky, Kathryn]

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN THE GIZZARD OF GWYNNETH AT THE SAME DAWN HOUR THAT Morag and her mate set out for the Sark of the Slough, Gwynneth lifted off from a ledge ...
( Category: Foxes & Wolves July 22,2014 )
azw3, epub, mobi |eng | 2013-06-11 | Author:Wendy Mass [Mass, Wendy]

The vastness of the heavens stretches my imagination—stuck on this carousel my little eye can catch one-million-year-old light. A vast pattern—of which I am a part. —Richard P. Feynman, physicist ...
( Category: Science Fiction July 19,2014 )
epub |eng | 2010-03-23 | Author:Cooper Davis [Davis, Cooper]

Thank God Josh was into self-pleasuring and did it in style. Otherwise, he never would have had what they desperately needed for this first time, and it wasn’t like the ...
( Category: United States July 12,2014 )
epub |eng | | Author:Jane Goodall [Goodall, Jane]

Grub taking a bath in the forest. Photograph © Hugo van Lawick. Hyenas are actually very interesting creatures. Like chimps, they wander around in little groups of friendly individuals. Like ...
( Category: Environment July 6,2014 )
epub, mobi |eng | 2009-09-03 | Author:Jeff Corwin [Corwin, Jeff]

CHAPTER FOUR Creatures Great and small By 2000, Jeff’s television career was thriving again. That year, the Discovery Network executives heard that TV personality Jeff Corwin was a free agent, ...
( Category: Television & Radio May 27,2014 )
epub |eng | 2014-09-22 | Author:Walter Dean Myers

“Did you think Sayeed was seriously thinking about slitting our throats?” I was back at the hotel, talking with Anja on the phone. “No,” I lied. “You’re lying,” Anja said. ...
( Category: Science Fiction May 26,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2010-09-23 | Author:Kathryn Lasky

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN THE GIZZARD OF GWYNNETH AT THE SAME DAWN HOUR THAT Morag and her mate set out for the Sark of the Slough, Gwynneth lifted off from a ledge ...
( Category: Nature May 8,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 2011-09-25 | Author:Kathryn Lasky

After his shift was over, Faolan trotted happily back to the den. “Wasn’t it fantastic, Edme?” he said, sliding down the slope into the den. “I mean, those drafts lift ...
( Category: Fantasy & Magic May 8,2014 )
mobi, epub |eng | 0100-12-31 | Author:Nancy Farmer

19 COMING-OF-AGE El Patrón’s burst of energy didn’t last long. Soon he was as pale and weak as ever. He rambled on about his childhood and his seven brothers and ...
( Category: Fantasy & Magic May 7,2014 )
mobi |eng | 2013-09-24 | Author:Peggy Eddleman

That night was the longest of my life. Even counting the time I had the mottled cough and the constant coughing kept me awake. Just before we went to bed, ...
( Category: Science Fiction May 7,2014 )
epub |eng | | Author:Stan Kirby

The music stopped as kids in various winter costumes rolled on their backs and waved their arms like overturned turtles. “I don’t even know where to start,” Meredith started. “First ...
( Category: Nature April 29,2014 )