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...

Describes spectacular and interesting animal traits, including how draco lizards glide, how electric eels make electricity, and how snakes smell with their tongues.

Looks at the history of Mars, summarizes current scientific knowledge based in part on the Mariner and Viking space probes, compares its features with Earth's, and discusses future plans for studying and exploring the planet.

This book introduces children to the ways of insects, an insect's process of growing up, and to the insects they might meet in their backyard. Children will find the answers to all kinds of questions from how insects breathe, see, and hear to what they eat and how they defend themselves. They will also find out how army ants got their name and what makes bees so busy!  

Weather can be wild. Thunderstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes, and other storms can cause accidents, damage property, and injure people. Learn about what makes wild weather and what you can do to keep safe.

Questions and answers explore such topics as what the dinosaurs were, what they ate, what color they were, and how we know about them.

Questions and answers provide information about volcanoes and earthquakes, covering such aspects as why, how, when, and where these phenomena occur.

A simple explanation of what sharks look like, how they hunt, what they eat, and how they are born.

Photographs and simple text describe the lives of whales and dolphins.

An introduction to reflex acts that explains why we sneeze, shiver, hiccup, and yawn.