Alexander Mikhaylovich Ovechkin (born 1985) is a Russian professional ice hockey left winger and captain of the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL).
Capoeira is a beautiful and dramatic Afro-Brazilian dance, combining martial arts moves, acrobatics, music, and dancing. This title examines the fascinating history and background to capoeira, how it is played, the electrifying thrill of a roda, plus some basic step-by-step moves to get you started!
The excitement, glamour, and thrills of dancing on ice are captured in this title, which features dramatic images of breathtaking moves, a brief history of the sport, plus a real life story and blog written by young ice dancers who are on the ice today.
BMX biking is a high-adrenalin sport that covers flatland, vert, and trail moves. This title showcases stunning photography of breathtaking stunts and tricks on all terrains, tells how the sport began, and gives awesome record-breaking BMX facts!
This title covers four thrilling land-based board sports: skateboarding, long boarding, kite boarding, and mountain boarding. Featuring a star story with Tony Hawk, an eyewitness account of an awesome mountain-board ride, and a guide to cool, board sports lingo.
This flamboyant Latin dance title captures all the glitz and the glamour of the dance floor from party dances like salsa and samba to the slow and stylish rumba, lively cha cha, and the passionate tango. Features a star story and reveals how to get the Latin look!
Free running is an urban sport that combines running with gymnastics. Runners perform acrobatic stunts to clear obstacles such as benches or walls, to leap from rooftop to rooftop, and to flip down stairways. The sport evolved in the 1980s with a group of teenagers in Paris.
This engaging title explores the geography, landscape, history, people, and culture of Peru. Appealing text and up-to-date photos showing people in everyday settings invite young readers to learn more about modern world cultures. Accessible yet packed with information, Peru will appeal to geography students and casual readers alike.
This informative title uses accessible text and concrete examples to explain past and present school - supporting NCSS standards for time, continuity, and change in grades K-2.
This informative title uses accessible text and concrete examples to explain past and presenttransportation - supporting NCSS standards for time, continuity, and change in grades K-2.
How can you tell apart a dolphin and a porpoise? Do you know which is usually larger? Or which has cone-shaped teeth and which has flat teeth? Or which has a curved or hooked top fin? Find out these answers and more to become an expert on the differences between these smart swimmers.
Designed for early emergent readers, this title will introduce them to feathers the body covering that sets birds apart in the animal kingdom. Simple text defines this body covering and offers many examples of birds that have feathers.
What causes sound? How does sound travel? Sound begins when matter vibrates. Without this vibration sound could not move and nothing would make any noise. Starting with tiny molecules, this book explains the main concepts of sound and furthers understanding through a series of easy-to-do experiments that will appeal to readers of all ages.
What is matter and where can it be found? Everything in the world is made of matter, whether it is a solid, a liquid, or a gas. Important ideas about matter such as volume, mass, and how matter changes state are conveyed through a series of easy-to-do experiments.
Designed for early emergent readers, this title will introduce them to scales the body covering of most snakes, lizards, and bony fish. Simple text defines this body covering and offers many examples of animals that have scales.
Designed for early emergent readers, this title will introduce them to fur the hairy coat of some mammals. Simple text defines this body covering and offers many examples of animals that have fur.
What do a doorstop, a butter knife, and the front of a boat have in common? All of them are wedges! Wedges are simple machines. They help us to do jobs more easily. But dont take our word for it. Put wedges to the test with the fun experiments youll find in this book.
What do staircases, dump truck beds, and ramps have in common? All of them are inclined planes! Inclined planes are simple machines. They help us to do jobs more easily. But dont take our word for it. Put inclined planes to the test with the fun experiments youll find in this book.
Designed for early emergent readers, this title will introduce them to skin the thin outer covering of a person or animal. Simple text defines this body covering and offers many examples of animals that have skin.
