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Branches are all around us: in butterfly wings, on gecko toes, in flowers, frost, and mud. Whether as electricity moving across the sky or rivers flowing to the sea, branches are nature's most efficient way to spread and to connect. They are even found inside our own bodies, helping us reach and grow with each breath and heartbeat. Branches--strong, hopeful, beautiful--are the shape of life. How many can you find?

"We all notice the flowers of spring, longer days of summer, colors of autumn, and snowfalls of winter. But have you observed the way that water tends to run clearest in June? Did you know that at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, you can find Sirius due south in the night sky? And have you seen the poetic 'shadow compasses' butterflies make on the hottest days, as they align their wings with the sun, their thin shadows pointing the way north?...

"La naturaleze está repleta de objetos fascinantes y a la vez misteriosos, pero ¿sabemos qué son y cómo se han formado? Conoce más de 100 tesoros de la naturaleza que esconden historias sorprendentes: desde las escamas de una marioposa y el esqueleto de un coral hasta un crano de polen o un meteorito. Descubre fascinantes minerales y estructuras creadas por la naturaleza y déjate sorprender por los recursos increíbles que los animales y las...

"Poetic nonfiction text describes a child's sensory experience of various kinds of outdoor space. On each spread, facts related to observation center on a particular theme, including rain, animal homes, fruit, soil, flowers, seeds, water, roots, leaves, vegetables, pollinators, and the benefits of spending time outdoors."-- Provided by publisher.

"At what temperature do bees stay home? Why do southerly winds in winter often bring storms? How can you plant a garden that tells the time, or know how many tumbles a hailstone has made through a cloud? These are among the many questions that international-bestselling author Peter Wohlleben poses in his newly translated book. Full of the very latest discoveries, combined with ancient, now forgotten lore, The Weather Detective helps you read nature's...

Ron Schara has long been a voice for the midwestern outdoors, as a writer for the Minneapolis Tribune and through his adventures--accompanied by his black Lab, Raven--on the popular Minnesota Bound TV show. His storytelling is inspired by childhood excursions along the Mississippi River as well as later and numerous encounters with wildlife from Minnesota to Manitoba and beyond. Whether hunting squirrels or turkey or whitetails, whether pursuing walleye...

Offers a thousand questions and answers about medicine, biology, chemistry, geology, astronomy, computer science, and physics.

Takes a look at 12 of nature s most fascinating facts. Discover the illuminating details about glowing beaches and brilliant auroras. Tour caves full of giant crystals and imagine sniffing the world s largest and smelliest flower.

Kids want to learn about the world around them, and with this engaging, colorful collection of facts, figures, photographs, and fun, they will. Perfect for home or for school, and a great gift for any curious reader, here are thousands of fascinating and surprising facts about almost everything.-- Amazon.