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"From Columbus through to the twenty-first century, Don't Know Much About History takes readers on a tour through more than 500 years of American life. Drawing on the latest scholarship and new archaeological discoveries, Davis presents a thorough overview of American history that is exciting, interesting and fun to learn." --

An interactive picture book encourages readers to exercise and helps them develop such skills as listening, focusing attention, and following directions.

Answers such questions about the Earth as is the world round, can people tell if an earthquake is coming, where do rivers begin, how often does it rain in a rain forest, and which is the coldest place in the world.

Provides answers to such questions about the weather as "What makes the weather?", "Does air have weight?", "How big are hailstones?", and "What is El Niño?"

Answers such questions about reptiles as why do snakes stare, are frogs and newts reptiles, and which reptile lives longest.

An introduction to space, featuring exploding stars, ringed planets, floating astronauts, and much more. What do you want to find out?

Uses a question and answer format to present information about time and the seasons, such as how to split a second, who invented our calendar, and why the moon changes shapes.

This book introduces children to the ways of insects, an insect's process of growing up, and to the insects they might meet in their backyard. Children will find the answers to all kinds of questions from how insects breathe, see, and hear to what they eat and how they defend themselves. They will also find out how army ants got their name and what makes bees so busy!  

Illustrations and text in question and answer format provide information about science.