Science For Kids

Ladybird Audio Adventures is an original series for 4-to 7-year-olds; a new, entertaining and engaging way for children to learn about the world around them. These are special stories written exclusively for audio with fun sound and musical effects, perfect for listening at home, before bed and on long journeys. These fact-filled journeys travel through time and space teaching children all about five fascinating topics: Dinosaur Times, The Animal Kingdom, Outer Space, Amazing Vehicles and Deep Sea Dive.

With exclusive access to Elon, his family, and his friends, this book traces Elon's journey from a kid in South Africa to a young man in the United States, his dramatic technical inventions, and his world-changing companies. Elon has sparked new levels of innovation in the world, and this book gives young listeners a detailed but fast-paced look at his story.

An exciting tale about Han and Chewie and their adventures in the Millennium Falcon with the pirate Hondo.

It all started with a peanut butter cup...which leads Ben Braver to a secret school for kids with super abilities. Ben has never had any special powers - and maybe never will. But could this be his chance to become the superhero he's always dreamed of? The Super Life of Ben Braver is the first book in a hilarious adventure series about the greatness that lies within any middle schooler who dreams big from Marcus Emerson, the author of the smash hit Diary of a 6th Grade Ninja series.

More than just a simple journey through the history of Pokémon, Daniel Dockery offers an in-depth look at the franchise’s many branches of impact and influence. With dozens of firsthand interviews, Monster Kids covers its beginnings as a Japanese video game created to recapture one man's love of bug-collecting as a child before diving into the decisions and conditions that would ultimately lead to that game's global domination.

With "Calming Bedtime Stories for Kids Ages 2-5," bedtime becomes an eagerly anticipated adventure, filled with characters that teach, inspire, and soothe. Give your child the gift of wonder and the promise of a restful night's sleep, wrapped in the tender embrace of tales that they will cherish forever. Dive into this treasure trove of nighttime stories and create precious, lasting bedtime rituals that your child will look forward to every night.

Die Geschichte dreht sich um die Schlümpfe, die kleinen blauen Kreaturen, die in einem friedlichen Dorf leben. Die Handlung wird in Gang gesetzt, als Papa Schlumpf auf eine faszinierende Geschichte über einen Prinzen namens Athanor stößt, der in einem fernen Land lebt. Dieses Land ist geheimnisumwittert und wird von vier Mauern bewacht, die jeweils ein dickes Eisentor haben. Athanor war für seine Weisheit und seine angeblichen Fähigkeiten in Alchemie und Magie bekannt.

In einer ruhigen Sommernacht werden die Schlümpfe von einem gewaltigen Knall geweckt. Ist es ein Erdbeben? Ein Vulkanausbruch? Nein, es ist ein Meteorit, der genau in der Mitte des Hügels vor dem Schlumpfdorf gelandet ist! Es stellt sich heraus, dass er einige unglaubliche Eigenschaften hat, aber welche sind das? Finde es in diesem spannenden Schlumpfabenteuer heraus. Viel Spaß beim Schlümpfe lesen!

Die Schlümpfe, die in ihrem geheimnisvollen Land leben, begeben sich auf eine Expedition, um Pflanzen für Papa Schlumpfs Zaubermittel zu sammeln. Während ihrer Suche treffen sie auf eine Gruppe von Reitern und werden Zeugen einer Konfrontation zwischen Soldaten, die nach Narren suchen. Später stoßen sie im Wald auf einen Wagen und entdecken, dass er den Narren gehört, die auf der Flucht vor Verfolgern sind. Die Schlümpfe stehen vor einem Dilemma: Sollen sie die Narren vor der nahenden Gefahr warnen oder unauffällig bleiben?

Im Schlumpfdorf ist eine Krise ausgebrochen, als Homnibus, der Zauberer, enthüllt, dass die geliebte Fee Morgane in ihrem unsichtbaren Schloss auf einer fernen Insel kränkelt. Trotz der Schwierigkeiten, diesen mystischen Ort zu erreichen, nimmt Papa Schlumpf es auf sich, sich in Begleitung von Homnibus auf eine verzauberte Expedition zu begeben. Die Mission lautet, Morgane zu retten, und die Geschichte entfaltet sich, während sich die Schlümpfe auf diese waghalsige Reise vorbereiten und sich auf den Weg machen.

In this beautifully reimagined story by NSK Neustadt Laureate and New York Times best-selling author Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee Creek), Native American Lily and English Wendy embark on a high-flying journey of magic, adventure, and courage to a fairy-tale island known as Neverland....

Sometimes it can be a challenge to get a six-year-old to go to sleep, and these stories are designed to keep children focused while they lie in bed waiting to get to sleep. The other benefit of these stories is that they are educational, and so over time, young listeners should build up knowledge of, and curiosity for, the natural world. The stories span a range of topics including the planets in our solar system, understanding how animals adapt to desert environments, what lives in our oceans, animals of the forest, and the cities of the world.

Meet the What if? Kids. Nine-year old Juniper Chase, his younger sister Dew, his step brother River and their very loud purring cat Ludwick, who thinks he is a warrior. Join their incredible adventures when they find a large old brass key in their dusty attic. Feel their danger when they realise there is an invisible keyhole which they can unlock and slide through the portal to another world called Gleesphere. Learn how the What if? Kids, try to save the city of Gleeway with their bravery and heroic deeds.

This third volume of My Father's Dragon has received a starred review in School Library Journal and is as fresh and original as the first.

Kick-start your future genius! Tinker Toddlers is a series designed to introduce first nonfiction emerging STEM concepts to babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. Look up at the night sky. What do you see? From the award-winning Tinker Toddlers series, Solar System for Kids is a great way to introduce the eight planets in our solar system and beyond. With interplanetary travel a real possibility for the next generation, this space book will launch your little astronomer on an amazing space adventure - with colors, shapes, sizes, and super-simple facts.

When 39-year-old Maria Forssmann wakes up in her 17-year-old body, she doesn’t know how she got there. All she does know is she has to get back: to her home in Bienville, Mississippi, to her job as a successful psychiatrist and, most importantly, to her husband, daughters, and unborn son.

The key to getting kids to understand science isn't to dumb it down...it's to make it fun and relatable. Read on to discover the secret. Science - and chemistry in particular - is the key to understanding the world, and it’s every bit as important as learning to read and balance numbers. Can your kids honestly say that they enjoy science lessons? The Joy of Chemistry explains the fundamental building blocks of all the sciences to your kids in a truly relatable and engaging way.

It's the American dream: get a good education, work hard, buy a house, and achieve prosperity and success. This is the America we believe in - a nation of opportunity, constrained only by ability and effort. But during the last 25 years we have seen a disturbing "opportunity gap" emerge. Americans have always believed in equality of opportunity, the idea that all kids, regardless of their family background, should have a decent chance to improve their lot in life.

In Teaching with Poverty in Mind: What Being Poor Does to Kids' Brains and What Schools Can Do About It, veteran educator and brain expert Eric Jensen takes an unflinching look at how poverty hurts children, families, and communities across the United States and demonstrates how schools can improve the academic achievement and life readiness of economically disadvantaged students.

When Finn is saved from the Time Rangers by an older version of himself, it comes with a catch. Old Man Finn needs Finn and his friends, Lincoln and Julep, to help him win battles he lost years ago against the Paradox, a terrible creatures obsessed with revenge against Finn's father. If they succeed, he promises to tell Finn where his father is. He even gives them a pair of time-traveling pajamas to help them with their quest. There's only one problem. The pajamas malfunction almost immediately.