Book Description

Did you know that... the blue whale, the biggest land or sea animal that has ever lived, is bigger than the largest dinosaur that ever was, and can equal more than 200 cows or 1,500 people in weight? the highest sand dune, in Algeria, measured 1,410 feet high? a red kangaroo can jump 42 feet? the oldest goldfish on record lived 41 years? the heaviest hailstone, found in Kansas in 1971, weighed 1.67 pounds? From the African elephant (biggest ears) to the Alonella (smallest crustacean)-from the highest wave (112 feet) to the deepest part of the ocean (Marianas Trench, 34,808 feet), Nature's World Records provides hundreds of up-to-date facts and figures, trivia questions, and striking illustrations comparing the record-holders with familiar objects and animals. Kids and grownups will be thrilled, amazed, and sometimes surprised by this fabulous collection of nature's recordholders for the biggest, fastest, longest, oldest, most poisonous, rearest living things and natural formations. ... Read more

Reviews (1)

Fun and Interesting
My 8 year old daughter is already very curious about all kinds of world records, and this book adds fun nature facts to the subject. The info is in short snippets that are perfect while travelling in the car; we can pop the book open to any page and find something interesting to discuss. My 4 year old son enjoys the facts, too! I would definitely recommend this book. ... Read more

Book Description

In its rainforest home, the sloth can spend its whole day chewing leaves and moving so rarely that plants actually grow on its fur. From giant trees with buttress roots to air plants that bloom suspended from trees, Plants and Planteaters describes the flowers, fruits and seeds of the rainforest that sustain this ecosystem's many fascinating insects, birds, monkeys and mammals. ... Read more

From the Publisher

The award-winning Our Living World series emphasizes thefascinating patterns in the natural world, enabling readers to discovertheir own place in the network of life. Each book includes chapters onunique characteristics of the organism, senses, metabolism, reproductionand growth, food webs and food chains, fitting into the web of life.Introductions by John Behler, New York Zoological Society.

Grades 4-8; 8 1/2 x 11; 64 pages; Sturdy library binding;Classification Charts; Glossary; Further Reading; Index; 50-55 full-colorphotos and art pieces ... Read more