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Next to a continent or in the middle of the ocean, all islands are surrounded by water. These landforms can be rock, sand, or even coral. Listen to Islands to learn about life on these isolated places.

What plants and animals call rocky mountain peaks home? Find out what lives in mountain habitats.

Visit a city in Chile that went without rain for 14 years. Travel to places where less than an inch of rain falls every year. By listening to this book, you will journey to places on Earth where precipitation is extremely rare. You may need a bottle of water for this one!

Team up with Max Axiom to learn all about global warming and its effects on the Earth. From melting glaciers to wacky weather patterns, heating up our planet wreaks havoc on its resources and inhabitants.

How do we know it's summer? The weather is hot, and the days are long. Animals try to stay cool, and plants grow. This book shows young listeners how to recognize the changes that happen in summer.

Who's that digging in the desert sand? It's an armadillo! Listen to find out why armadillos dig.

Rushing rivers meet the sea, dropping dirt, soil, and clay. Deltas form, in all shapes and sizes. Listen to Deltas to learn about these flat, fertile landforms.

What plants and animals call grassy flatlands home? Find out what lives in grassland habitats.

Tigers have roared and pounced their ways into kids' hearts. With this audiobook, listeners can become tiger experts and learn how to save the animals they love. Featuring an introduction from Chelsea Clinton! Did you know that a tiger roar can be heard from two miles away? Or that tiger saliva...

How do we know it's winter? The air is cold, and snow falls. Animals look for food. Many plants turn brown, but evergreens stay green. This book shows young listeners how to recognize the changes that happen in winter.

Whale sharks have swum and chomped their ways into kids' hearts. With this audiobook, listeners can become whale shark experts and learn how to save the animals they love. Featuring an introduction from Chelsea Clinton! Did you know that whale sharks are sometimes called domino fish because of...

Elephants have roamed and trumpeted their ways into kids' hearts. With this audiobook, listeners can become elephant experts and learn how to save the animals they love. Featuring an introduction from Chelsea Clinton! Did you know that elephants can't jump? How about that no two elephants have...

Camels are experts at surviving in harsh heat. Find out how camels live in the desert.

Brought to you by Puffin. This is our Green Planet: a hidden world where plants care for other plants and can smell, taste, touch, hear and even . . . 'talk'. Earth is dominated by plants, which outweigh all other life - from tiny duckweed floating in our ponds to giant sequoia trees towering...

Cuando la tarea de Loran es crear las adaptaciones de un animal y demostrar cómo estas adaptaciones le ayudan a sobrevivir en su entorno, él sabe exactamente lo que quiere hacer. Loran crea una súper especie polivalente usando todo tipo de adaptaciones geniales y únicas tomadas de una variedad de sus animales favoritos, como la cola prensil de los monos, las garras de una pereza e incluso la capacidad de enroscarse como un armadillo.

On August 25th, 2005, one of the deadliest and most destructive hurricanes in history hit the Gulf of Mexico. High winds and rain pummeled coastal communities, including the City of New Orleans, which was left under 15 feet of water in some areas after the levees burst. Track this powerful storm...

Budding botanists, growing geologists, and early explorers will dive into this picture book biography about the father of ecology, Alexander von Humboldt. The captivating prose from a New York Times bestselling illustrator will spark a passion for discovery and conservation in the youngest...

In this adventure Cassandra and Missy are off to explore the biggest forest of them all - the Amazon rainforest. Setting course for South America they encounter some of the planet's most incredible wildlife and discover the reasons why the Amazon is one of the most important natural places in our world. These audiobooks help children learn about their environment on journey of discovery with the narrators Ben Bailey Smith (a.k.a. Doc Brown, rapper, comedian and writer) and Sophie Aldred (best known for her role as Ace in Doctor Who).

It’s common knowledge that coast redwoods are tall, tall trees. In fact, they are the tallest trees in the world. What most people don’t know is that there is a whole other forest growing high in the canopy of a redwood forest. This adaptation of "The House That Jack Built" climbs into this secret, hidden habitat full of all kinds of plants and animals that call this forest home.

Late in 2013, snowy owls started showing up in places no one expected to find them - including Florida. What had caused so many of these majestic birds to leave their Arctic home and fly to southern Canada and the United States? Scientists quickly began working to find out. Author Sandra Markle brings together firsthand reports from the scientists involved along with stunning photographs of the owls to explain this rare event, known as an irruption.