John Woodward

Making a complex subject fun, accessible and exciting, this exploration of the brain and how it works features mind-bending puzzles, games, and optical illusions to sharpen the wits.

Explores every aspect of the Earth from the North and South Poles to the planet's fiery core and outer atmosphere, providing additional coverage of such topics as weather, natural disasters, and world cultures.

Presents a tour of Earth's natural structures, weather patterns, ocean phenomena, and constantly changing features.

Profiles a range of dinosaur and prehistoric animal species from the Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Cenozoic Eras, featuring such animals as allosaurus, diplodocus, mosasaurus, and gastornis.

Profiles the worlds largest, strongest, and loudest insects, providing statistics and facts on each, from the honeypot ants of Australia and hornet moth of Europe to the golden chafer of Central America and the orchid mantid of Southeast Asia.

Introduces dinosaurs, including pterosaurs, theropods, and stegosaurs, and explores their anatomy, life cycle, and behavior.

"From the mighty mammoths and deserts of ice to early explorers and polar survival, come face to face with one of Earth's greatest resources: ice"--Provided by publisher.

"This unbelievably fascinating dinosaur book for children will teach you all you need to know about prehistoric animals, like which dinosaur had the sharpest teeth, the longest claws, the smallest brain, the largest droppings, and lots more! Did you know that the largest dinosaur was longer than a tennis court but its babies were no bigger than a newborn human baby? That the smallest dinosaur weighed less than a teaspoon of sugar? Or that the largest...