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The Earth is being invaded, but no one knows about it. When Jake, Rachel, Tobias, Cassie, and Marco stumble upon a downed alien spaceship and its dying pilot, they're given an incredible power - they can transform into any animal they touch. With it, they become Animorphs, the unlikely champions in a secret war for the planet. And the enemies they're fighting could be anyone...even the people closest to them.

Eleven-year-old Ruby is a Black girl who loves studying insects and would do just about anything to be an entomologist, much to the grossed-out dismay of her Gramma. Ruby knows everything there is to know about insects so when she finds the weirdest bug she’s ever seen in her front yard, she makes sure no one is looking and captures it for further study. But then Ruby realizes that the creature isn't just a regular bug. 

Chasing criminals and sniffing out bombs is all in a day’s work for these four-legged crime fighters. Learn what it takes to be a K-9 police dog.

Jack loves his childhood toy Dur Pig. DP has always been there for him, through good and bad. Until one Christmas Eve something terrible happens - DP is lost. But Christmas Eve is a night for miracles and lost causes, a night when all things can come to life...even toys. And Jack’s newest toy - the Christmas Pig (DP’s annoying replacement) - has a daring plan: Together they’ll embark on a magical journey to seek something lost and to save the best friend Jack has ever known....

It starts with a chase. When Spencer Plain is pulled out of school in the middle of the day, he never expects to be speeding down the highway with his uncle, trying to outpace the car that's tailing them. And he certainly never thought he'd find himself fleeing from a bear through the woods. And when he hears the bear say, "We've been expecting you," Spencer knows he's just uncovered a whole world he'd never imagined. He's brought to Bearhaven, a secret oasis his parents created for bears.

Capitol City's Natural History Museum is haunted—or at least that's what someone wants people to think. But Wilson Kipper, son of the museum's head paleontologist, knows better. When the mysterious occurrences go from spooky to dangerous, the museum is forced to close its doors. Can Wilson and his friends get to the bottom of things, or will the Natural History Museum be closed for good?

A shipment of dinosaur bones meant for a new exhibit has been stolen from the Capitol City Natural History Museum! But even worse, the group of paleontologists working on the shipment has disappeared, too - and among them is Wilson Kipper’s mother. Wilson and his friends are determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, but can they do it in time to save his missing mom?

How do fireflies light up? Why do bees and wasps sting? How do butterflies get nectar from flowers? This series shows how unique insects eat, work, and live. It will have young listeners buzzing with excitement! This volume includes Ants, Dragonflies, Fireflies, Grasshoppers, and Beetles.

In March of that year, two pygmy sperm whales got trapped between a sandbar and the beach and couldn’t get back to the ocean. Several concerned people were unable to help the whales—until Moko came along. Dive in and learn all about the heroic dolphin who helped lead two distressed whales back to the safety of the sea.

When a strange creature appears after the big rains, Australian animals wonder what he could be! His fur, feet, tail, and ducklike bill remind each animal of something different. But with a "down-under" spirit, they all pitch in to help him discover where he belongs. Kersplatypus is the story of one creature's journey to find his place in the world and how he sometimes falls flat on the way there.

Imaginations will soar from the forest floor up through the canopy and back down again, following the circle of life in this clever adaptation of the song "The Green Grass Grew All Around". The jungle comes alive as children learn about a wide variety of the animals (jaguars, emerald tree boas, leafcutter ants, sloths, poison dart frogs, toucans, and bats) and plants (kapok trees, liana vines, and bromeliads) living in the lush Amazon rainforest.

It's dinnertime. Hungry bats swoop through the midnight sky. The menu: meaty moths, crunchy wasps, beefy beetles and many mosquitos.

Aufregung in der Arktis! Polli, der kleine Eisbär, gerät mit seiner Freundin Stella, der Polarfüchsin, in Lebensgefahr! Eine Eisscholle bricht ab und sie treiben aufs offene Meer hinaus. Ein Glück, dass Lotta und ihr Onkel, der weltberühmten Klimaforscher Professor Sonnenschein, die beiden auf ihrer Expedition zufällig entdecken. Können sie die Freunde retten? Ein spannendes Abenteuer rund um den Klimawandel und seine Folgen.

Dr. Ruth Westheimer's grandson, Ben, is afraid to join the soccer team. To help out, she tells him the story of Leopold the Turtle, who always stays on the shore. It terrifies him to go join the other turtles and play in the water and sun on the rocks. Leopold just can't get out of his shell, and the longer he waits, the more he starts to doubt. Even though Leopold feels quite alone, he stays on the riverbank where it's safe. But Freddy the Frog is a little concerned about Leopold and asks him to join them in the river.

They're the world's greatest heroes! The grim avengers of the night! The planet's first line of defense against supervillains and alien threats! They're . . . the Bug Brigade? Doug, Josie, Kira, and Reginald were all normal sixth graders at the start of their field trip to the Blue Mountain Science Museum. Proud members of the Bug Society of Littleton, the friends are thrilled to explore a private wing of the museum where they can learn all about their favorite insects.

Here come the animals! From Rudyard Kipling’s most popular Just-So Stories to Jack London’s “Brown Wolf”, this collection features some of the best-loved animal tales of all time. They include Kipling’s “How the Elephant Got His Trunk”; Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Wild Swans”; Mark Twain’s “A Dog’s Tale”; Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “The Squirrels That Live in a House”, and more.

一人の少年とぬいぐるみが起こす、大きな奇跡・・・ジャックは、小さい頃にもらったブタのぬいぐるみが大好きです。 良いことがあっても悪いことがあっても、ぬいぐるみはいつもジャックのそばにいました。 ところが、ある年のクリスマスイブ、恐ろしいことが起こります――ぬいぐるみがいなくなったのです。

Every once in a while a great race horse is born that will become famous throughout the land. This book is about such a horse. Perhaps even rarer comes a truly wonderful story about a horse and the human being closest to it. Two beings, horse and human, are bound in an unspoken love and respect which draws the finest from both of them. This book by award-winning author Kathleen Peyton, tells their story.

All That Glitters is a fabulously funny story about two scruffy ponies, fancy dressage horses, competition, friendships, adventure and buried treasure which will appeal to boys and girls who love ponies and life outdoors!

In the final Secrets of Bearhaven adventure, the whole city of Bearhaven has to stop the danger that's on its way, once and for all! Spencer Plain is ready to help build a new Bearhaven - a place where bears live in community and help rescue other bears around the world. But the city itself is in trouble now - the evil Pam wants to capture the bears and sell them, and it's up to the Council to move the city to a safe, new location. Except that Pam shows up right in the middle of their move, cutting off Spencer from his parents and kidnapping most of the Bearhaven bears.