SCIENCE - Minibeasts

With colour photographs illustrating 117 species this compact guide is the ideal pocket-size travelling companion. Contains fact-filled descriptions highlighting key identification features of fish species found in New Zealand waters. Compact and easy to use.

The third title in an excellent colouring book series, New Zealand Shore and Sea Life to Read, Colour and Keep will appeal to children aged 4-7 years old. It features 30 simple black and white illustrations of seals, whales, sea birds, fish and seashore life, ready to be coloured-in. Each is accompanied by a sentence or two of basic explanatory text. Talented artist Dave Gunson traces the outlines of selected birds, fish, animals and plants from his All About books, adding a few basic details in thick lines, so that they are easy ... read more

Why do bugs bug us? Do butterflies remember being caterpillars? Why don't spiders get stuck to their own webs? This book reveals the mysteries and wonder of the world of bugs - the insects, the spiders, and the many-legged creepy crawlies. It provides the answers to the questions that children ask and wonder about the world around them.

Including some of the common flowers, trees, birds, insects and animals, this title contains over 300 stickers. It presents handy format that makes it easy to carry when spotting in the countryside or on the beach.

New Zealand's most interesting native and introduced insects and other invertebrates have been illustrated specially for this book. Accompanied by maps and fascinating facts about physical characteristics, habitat, feeding habits, breeding information and more, this book is an ideal introduction to many of the insects commonly found in New Zealand for people of all ages.

This book introduces 19 spiders commonly found in New Zealand. Detailed photographs and imaginative text cover all the details about spiders' lives.

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Covers over 60 different species. From NZ Wild series.

With his text and photographs Simon Pollard provides a bug's eye view of the world. From ant-decapitating flies to weevils, learn all about the daily lives of insects, whether in the home garden or the jungle.

Filthy Flies and Other Bad Bugs sets out to explore some of the more unsavoury elements of New Zealand’s environment. Designed with lots of pull-out boxes and quick to read information, and illustrated with diagrams and stunning photographs, the book looks at elements in the New Zealand environment that are not very savoury, and does it in an educational and interesting manner.Did you know that there are 30 species of cockroach in New ZealandbDid you know that head lice prfer clean to dirty hairbChildren are fascinated b... read more

New Zealand's endangered insect the Weta, is presented in this simple format that highlights the charm of this creature of the bush.

Junior non-fiction. New Zealand has unique wildlife found nowhere else on earth, but if our environment is to survive, we must realise its worth. In this beautifully illustrated book, Julia Crouth supplies rhyming clues to help readers discover some of New Zealand's nocturnal creatures.

Paperback edition of this beautifully illustrated, prize-winning, non-fiction book about shells, nests, mounds, bowers, galleries, dens and lodges - all the remarkable and complex structures that animals around the world build to shelter themselves and their young. A wombat scoops and sweeps with powerful paws to dig an underground maze.A titmouse winds and weaves grasses to build a sturdy padded nest...with a drawbridge.Animal Architects shows creatures that tunnel, bore wood, weave, and mould clay animals that adjust for temperat... read more

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Meet Henry, an ordinary boy in an extraordinary house...There's a big bug in the wardrobe and a scorpion in the shed. Step inside Henry's House and join Henry, Jaggers the caretaker and a quirky cast of characters as they find out about creepy-crawlies. Fact-packed, fun-packed, get packed ...and head for Henry's House.

This title features everything you ever wanted to know about bugs. It helps your child to unearth all the best facts about the bug world. In it, they'll discover which insect fires acid from its abdomen, whether all bugs have brains and what makes a flea flee. Through far-out facts and eye-popping pictures they'll discover how insects see, hear, taste, smell and feel their way around. Find out what happens during the extraordinary process called metamorphosis and meet the good, the bad and the ugly of the bug world. From spiders wh... read more

Swot up on your favourite creepy crawlies. Imagine a world without insects and creepy crawlies - there'd be no air conditioning, Australia would be knee-deep in dung, there'd be no flowers, probably no apple pies, and who knows, maybe even you wouldn't be around! Flies, mites, snails, spiders, ants, beetles, bees and bugs, you name it, Buzz! has got it: every kind of creeping, crawling, flying, sticking, stinging, poisoning, recycling, murdering, marching, jumping, regurgitating, buzzing one of them: what they look like, what they ... read more

This book is suitable for ages 6 to 9 years. Backyard animals are the most familiar to children. This engaging book will get your students to answer these questions: Which animals do you come into contact with most? Which of these animals have wings? Which ones burrow into the ground? And which ones live in the trees? Here you can also meet some common backyard residents such as birds, butterflies, racoons, squirrels, bees, skunks, and frogs, and occasional visitors such as bats, deer, and coyotes.

Make science accessible with this essential series that will capture children's imagination while laying the foundation for future learning. With age-appropriate language and an eye-catching design, "Discover Science" gives young readers the answers to fundamental questions about the human body, animals, planet Earth and the Solar System.

This work includes two new titles in the fantastic "First Reading" series, aimed at children who are beginning to read. This book contains information telling young readers all about the fascinating worlds of butterflies and penguins. Luxurious hardback editions foster pride in book ownership and enthusiasm for reading. This key series was developed in conjunction with reading expert Allison Kelly from the University of Surrey, a reading specialist. Every title has clear and compelling text that allows children to build their burge... read more