New Releases by Gilda Berger

Learn all about the crazy history of technology in this second Fact Attack book featuring over 250 awesomely incredible, weird, and crazy facts! Did you know more people have cell phones than toothbrushes? That Google answers about a billion questions a day? Or that Alexander Graham Bell wanted the standard telephone greeting to be "Ahoy"?Discover these incredible facts and more in the next Fact Attack book, all about inventions and technology. Fact Attack is an exploration of the most amazing and awe-inspiring facts about technology and inventions throughout history. Heavily designed with different approaches on each page, the style is dynamic, fresh, and in your face. Whether you flip to a page to learn a digestible fact or read it from beginning to end, this is a book a reader will return to time and again.

This is the first book in a brand-new series featuring TONS of awesomely incredible, weird, and crazy facts! Did you know crickets have ears on their knees? That snakes never close their eyes? Or that no plant has black flowers? Discover these incredible facts and more in the first Fact Attack book, all about plants and animalsFact Attack is an exploration of the most amazing and awe-inspiring plant and animal facts. Heavily designed with different approaches on each page, the style is dynamic, fresh, and in your face. Whether you flip to a page to learn a digestible fact or read it from beginning to end, this is a book a reader will return to time and again.

A level 2 reader in the Scholastic nonfiction reader line featuring gigantic animals that you''ll hardly believe are real! Some people are short and some people are tall, but everyone is a little different. The same is true for animals. Some animals are small and others are bigger. But did you know that certain animals grow much, MUCH larger than all others of their kind? In this level 2 reader, you''ll meet oversized animals--from rabbits the size of dogs, and dogs the size of horses and so much more. They are the supersize animals!

Find out which creatures in the animal kingdom have the coolest superpowers in this new book in the 101 Animal series! Discover some of the most extraordinary creatures in nature! This book takes a close look at 101 of the coolest tricks and superpowers in the animal kingdom. Find out how these animals'' superpowers work and what they use them for--both to hunt and to protect themselves! Organized from A to Z, meet insects, reptiles, mammals, birds, and fish, all that have amazing super-abilities!

Discover the 101 most amazing disguises in the animal kingdom! The fifth book in the 101 ANIMAL series, 101 ANIMALS IN HIDING, will feature some of the most extraordinary creatures in nature. Featuring large full-color photos of camouflaged animals, see insects, reptiles, mammals, birds, and fish blend into their backgrounds. Learn how and why these amazing animals have developed these adaptations.

These animals are so ugly, they''re cute! From bulldogs to sloths, lemurs to hippos, there are ugly cute animals all across the animal kingdom. This level 2 reader will feature the cutest of those ugly animals. Kids may recognize some of the animals as their very own pets, while others will be new discoveries for young readers. The reader will feature large full-color photos with fun facts about each creature. Kids will get a kick out of silly creatures and the trendy phrase "ugly cute."

The follow-up to the fun and informative 20 Questions #1: Why Do Feet Smell? A follow-up to 20 Questions: Why Do Feet Smell? (Spring 2012) featuring fun facts about animals. Why Do Zebras Have Stripes? will ask and answer the questions about animals that kids are really curious about. Each book in the 20 questions series contains 20 questions and answers, with a full-color photograph on every page. Read the question on the right and turn the page to see the answer on the left!

The 4th book in the popular 101 ANIMALS series! Did you know that sea turtle mothers leave their babies to hatch from their eggs completely on their own? Or that baby gorilla black-backs are carried around for as long as three years after they are born? In 101 Animal Babies, readers will learn about penguins and sea-horse fathers that guard and hatch their eggs, birds that teach their chicks to fly, kangaroos that keep their joeys safe in pouches, and wolves that teach their pups to hunt.Filled with fascinating facts and adorable full-color photos on every page, 101 Animal Babies is sure to be an instant favorite for kids, parents, and teachers alike!

Poses true or false questions about toads, frogs, and other amphibians and reveals the answers with a turn of the page.

Asks readers a true-or-false question about mammals that the reader can find the answer to by turning the page.

The New York Times started a new phenomenon: ugly is the new black. After publishing an article entitled "A Masterpiece of Nature? Yuck!" that chronicled several of the world''s ugliest animals (sphynx cat, star-nosed mole, proboscis monkey, etc.), they were bombarded by loyal readers who sent in their own pictures of ugly animals. Each one trying to out-ugly the last. Little did they know that we were way ahead of them! With 101 Animal Secrets and 101 Freaky Animals, the Bergers have already brought to light some of the ugliest animals on the planet. Now they have concentrated their efforts to compile the definitive list of the ugliest animals ever!

Let''s face it, kids love to ask and answer questions, which is why the Scholastic True or False series is packed full of fun questions like "Do thunderstorms always have thunder and lightning?" and "Can all birds fly?" Kids will read the question on the right-hand page and then flip it over to find out the answer. It''s the truth--the Scholastic True or False series is a hit!

A young science series in a fun question and answer format.

This volume contains introductory information about at least a dozen animals that bite, sting, and are dangerous to touch. ... vivid illustrations, sometimes from the animal''s perspective, energize the book. --Horn Book

Presents facts on various pets, including dogs, cats, hamsters, gerbils, fish, and rabbits.

Asks readers a true-or-false question about the physical characteristics, diet, or behavior of dangerous animals that the reader can find the answer to by turning the page.

Presents a collection of trivia about animals, discussing the length of an anteater''s tongue, the eating habits of koalas, and the physical characteristics of worms.

A simple discussion of sharks'' physical characteristics, behaviors, and how they are born.

Simple text and photographs present the physical characteristics, behavior, and habitat of a variety of animals living near the North and South Poles, including humpback whales, seals, polar bears, and penguins.

Ice is frozen water that is cold and hard.

A simple explanation of what bears look like, how they hunt, what they eat, how they sleep during the winter, and how their cubs are born and raised.

An introduction to the big cats including lions, tigers, cheetahs, jaguars, and leopards.

Cool charts, fascinating facts, an fantastic full-color photographs and illustrations.

Read and discover all about living things.

A tadpole looks more like a fish than a frog. Read and discover how a tadpole changes into a frog.