New Releases by Penelope Arlon

Introduces the physical characteristics, habitats, life cycle, and eating habits of dolphins.

Weather is packed with up-to-the-minute information about what happens and why. Eyewitness accounts from around the globe tell you how it really feels to get caught in the world''s worst weather. --

The ability to read, understand, and interpret informational text will strongly predict success at school, college, and beyond. This Level 3 reader helps to prepare kids for their amazing journey into the world of information in print and on current and future digital platforms.

Discusses the vehicles and devices used by fire fighters, police, Coast Guard, and others who help save lives.

Introduces the rain forest, and describes the different types of plants, animals, and people that live there.

Hot Wheels race cars attempt to escape from a shark attack.--

Provides a chronological history of dinosaurs that includes a discussion of what different types of dinosaurs'' lives were like based on fossil remains, and presents dinosaur facts and insight into what caused their extinction.

Emergent Reader. Bright and engaging first information print and digital books, specially designed for children learning to read. Farm is full of facts and engaging images of a farm hard at work. Favorite baby and fully-grown farm animals are encountered, alongside the less visited aspects of farm life, such as grain silos and orchards, to ensure that this book is familiar and informative. See mighty farm machines up close and find out where our food really comes from as the farmer works hard through the changing seasons. Great pictures, clear layouts, simple words, and word-picture relationships make these books perfect for children first encountering information books and reading. Vetted by literacy experts. Each Emergent Reader Digital Companion Book Features: 16 pages of additional content 10 illustrated dictionary entries 10 audio features

Recognizable animals, such as puppies and chicks, are combined with more unusual babies, such as baby bees and strange shark eggs, to help children learn how animals grow from baby to adult.

Introduces each of the seventeen species of penguin and discusses the habitat, diet, enemies, and life cycle of penguins.

Favorite topics in active and interactive print and digital books, specially designed for newly confident readers. Look closer at the world at your feet and you will find there is more to bugs than meets the eye. BUGS features stunning close-up images combined with weird and wonderful bug facts. The book takes a 360 degree view of the natural history, history, and human impact of mini-beasts. It covers more than just insects, featuring other land invertebrates such as spiders, centipedes, worms, and snails. It delves into prehistory to show the ancient, giant ancestors of today''s creatures. Young naturalists will be inspired by meeting an insect explorer and expert and reading about how a beetle saved Australia. You can even find out how to make a bug snack

My Body answers children''s questions about their own bodies in an incredibly simple and appropriate way. Each spread is focused on a particular part of the body or movement a child understands. Body actions such as breathing, the food journey, and blood are touched on, as well as fun subjects such as hiccups, earwax, and goosebumps. The simple text is perfect for beginning readers. The photographs provide impact for children less interested in reading with big, bright pictures of the inside and outside of the body.

"Pequeños, pero con una gran personalidad, los pingüinos son adorables. Este libro contiene todo lo que deseas saber acerca de ellos. Contiene información sobre las 17 especies de pingüinos; como comen, duermen, se comunican, nadan y se reproducen. Brinda hermosas imágenes obtenidas específicamente para el mismo y la información más reciente sobre estos maravillosos animales"--Publisher''s description.

Flip flaps, fold out pages and encourage your child to discover all about mammals! Take your child on an exciting journey to look at zebras, elephants, whales and a whole lot more. Read this book together and find out why zebras have stripes, whether mammals lay eggs and why some are furrier than others. Then follow the activity ideas for lots of fun from spotting paw prints to an ape family tree. A surprise on every page; your child will love getting involved in the activities as they flip the flaps, peep though holes and fold out pages.

"Flip the flaps, fold out the pages, and find out all about mammals!"--Cover back.

Flip flaps, fold out pages and encourage your child to discover all about reptiles! Take your child on an exciting journey to look at tortoises, snakes, crocodiles and a whole lot more. Read this book together and find out what crocodiles eat, how fast lizards can run and whether turtles always live in water. Then follow the activity ideas for lots of fun from creating snake patterns to making a rattlesnake which really rattles. A surprise on every page; your child will love getting involved in the activities as they flip the flaps, peep though holes and fold out pages.

Take a giant leap into the animal kingdom, turn and learn with every page. Did you know . . . that a polar bear''s skin is black? That the Arctic tern flies around the world each year? Or that a silky anteater can eat 8,000 ants a day? (yum). Meet a bird that can fly backwards, a butterfly that feeds on an alligator''s tears and turtles that can live up to 100 years. There''s an amazing world of animals to discover and explore. Small enough to pop in your schoolbag, it''s perfect for projects or just for fun! An exciting and colourful introduction to the animal kingdom, ideally suited for younger children. Have all the facts at your fingertips with the new pocket-sized edition of this best-selling encyclopaedia.

Text and photographs describe time and how it is measured.

Discovery starts with a single word - colour Why are flowers so brightly coloured? What is a rainbow? And why do some animals have different-coloured stripes or spots? Take an exciting look at red, blue, yellow, green and more; then follow ideas for crafty fun from mixing paint to making rainbows with water and light. Read it together with your child and discover a surprise on every page; they''ll love getting involved in the activities as they flip the flaps, peep though holes and fold out pages.

A lift-the-flap exploration of color.

An innovative reference series that follows in the footsteps of Eyewitness and Eye Wonder gives younger children a head start in learning about the wonders of the world around us.

Flip the flaps, fold out the pages, and find out all about insects! Creepy crawlies may be little but they are amazing. They can fly, jump, and even hang upside down. But how do they do it? What are the biggest and smallest insects? How do some insects keep themselves hidden? Eye Knowbooks have a special surprise on every page. With so many fun and exciting things to find, see, and do, your child will love to discover and learn about the world around them.

I know about trees: they are all around me, and they are the biggest plants in the world. What else do I know about trees? Wood comes from trees, and my chair and my pencil are made of wood. The rubber at the end of my pencil comes from trees. Birds make nests in trees and insects live in them too. Trees have leaves that come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. A lot of food I eat, such as fruit and nuts, grows on trees. The activities included are: making bark and leaf rubbings, and learning to measure how tall a tree is.

An innovative reference series that follows in the footsteps of Eyewitness and Eye Wonder gives younger children a head start in learning about the wonders of the world around us.

Presents over 200 handicraft projects for children with full-color illustrated instructions for such items as cards, presents, banners, games, and sun clocks.

This unique look at the peoples of the Earth highlights each culture''s way of life, giving readers an immediate understanding of the enormous variety of life on the planet. Full color.