John Woodward, Author . DK $24.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-7566-4548-9
This eclectic and informative book is shaped like the porthole of a submarine. After readers open the hatch, the ocean comes alive with full-color photographs: a surfer is dwarfed by an enormous wave, a seal peers up through a hole in ice; elsewhere,
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John Woodward, DK, $19.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-7566-6881-5
Instructions on how to land an airplane, stage a ghost hunt, escape a maze, bake a chocolate cake, and treat hypothermia are just a few of the many provided in this diverse how-to book. Activities like knitting, growing your own food, and climbing...
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John Woodward, Author, Serge Seidlitz, Illustrator, Andy Smith, Illustrator , illus. by Serge Seidlitz and Andy Smith. DK $19.99 (192p) ISBN 978-0-7566-5515-0
Taking a sometimes humorous approach, this heavily illustrated encyclopedic love letter to the human brain covers such topics as memory, the five senses, creativity tricks and illusions, and the brain's evolution—not to mention how one
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Emma Dods, illus. by Marc Aspinall. ; $8.99 paper , $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7534-7166-1
Dods doesn’t miss an opportunity to share animal trivia in this first book in a science-themed series—in the front matter alone, readers learn that “Goats have rectangular pupils!” and “Gorillas can catch human colds!” More exclamatory facts follow...
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John Woodward, Author, Peter Minister, Illustrator , illus. by Peter Minister. DK $19.99 (96p) ISBN 978-0-7566-5760-4
Designed in the vein of Animals Up Close
, this oversize reference book features striking digital images of dinosaurs, along with abundant information about them and the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods in which they thrived. Readers can...
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