Brown BearsBrimming with photos and scientific facts, this middle grade nonfiction book about brown bears treats researchers and wild animal lovers to a comprehensive zoological profile of these muscular forest mammals. Includes sidebars, a range map, a glossary, and a Germanic folktale about the brown bear. Part of the Living Wild (2024) series Get to know the furry, feathery, scaly wild animals with whom we share our planet! This in depth, middle grade

No matter the field of entertainment or competition

A folk tale explains why these creatures have black and white fur

and their stable status in the world today

From assassinations to terrorist attacks

illustrator Yan Nascimbene designed exquisite artwork to perfectly complement the stories

Reviews The title may create an expectation that this is a sort of up-and-down book of opposites

and habitat of geckos

interpretive art by French illustrator Laëtitia Devernay

Odysseys in History invites advanced readers along on a journey to experience historic moments like never before

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and such defining symbols as the new moon and lanterns

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