Random House New Releases - Juvenile Nonfiction - Animals - Insects, Spiders, etc. - Between May 25, 2012 and June 24, 2013.

Deadly! by Neal Layton

2013-03-26T00:30:00-05:00

Deadly! The Truth About the Most Dangerous Creatures on Earth
Written by Nicola Davies
Illustrated by Neal Layton

Hardcover, 64 pages | Candlewick | Juvenile Nonfiction - Animals - Lions, Tigers, Leopards, etc.; Juvenile Nonfiction - Animals - Insects, Spiders, etc.; Juvenile Nonfiction - Science & Technology - Zoology | $14.99 | March 26, 2013 | 978-0-7636-6231-8 (0-7636-6231-3)

Lions and scorpions and lethal little jellyfish, oh my! Kids will sink their teeth into this fascinating look at nature’s fiercest creatures.

Sometimes nature can be nasty: snakes that spit poison, insects with exploding bottoms, and tigers that have you for dinner. Throughout the animal kingdom, creatures are equipped with lethal weapons, from finger-length fangs to toxic tentacles, and have ingenious ways of killing one another — poisoning, dive-bombing, strangling, and even electrocuting! Discover the murderous methods of attack and defense that make animals armed, dangerous, and deadly.

The Story of Silk by Richard Sobol

2012-09-25T00:30:00-05:00

The Story of Silk From Worm Spit to Woven Scarves
Written by Richard Sobol
Illustrated by Richard Sobol

Hardcover, 40 pages | Candlewick | Juvenile Nonfiction - People & Places - Asia; Juvenile Nonfiction - Science & Technology - How Things Work; Juvenile Nonfiction - Animals - Insects, Spiders, etc. | $17.99 | September 25, 2012 | 978-0-7636-4165-8 (0-7636-4165-0)

What does worm spit have to do with the world’s most luxurious fabric? Travel to Thailand for a close-up look at wrigglers, weavers, and wearers of silk.

Join author and photographer Richard Sobol as he picks up his camera once more and travels to a small village in Thailand for an in-depth exploration of the story of silk and the labor-intensive process of making it. From nurturing the silkworms to weaving the fabric and photographing the children as they proudly model the finished product, this first-person narrative, illustrated with richly detailed photographs, chronicles the amazing process of creating one of history’s most desired textiles.

National Geographic Readers: Creepy Crawly Collection by National Geographic

2012-08-14T00:30:00-05:00

National Geographic Readers: Creepy Crawly Collection
Written by National Geographic

Trade Paperback, 128 pages | National Geographic Children's Books | Juvenile Nonfiction - Readers - Beginner; Juvenile Nonfiction - Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians; Juvenile Nonfiction - Animals - Insects, Spiders, etc. | $7.99 | August 14, 2012 | 978-1-4263-1197-0 (1-4263-1197-4)

Frogs, snakes, ants, and bats! Oh my! They come in different sizes, different colors, and have different ways of thriving where they live. But thrive they do, and sometimes with the most amazing adaptations. These four creepy crawlies, their homes, and their most interesting aspects are the topic of this book.

This high-interest, educationally vetted series of beginning readers features the magnificent images of National Geographic, accompanied by texts written by experienced and skilled children's book authors. Each topic has an interactive game for a fun finish to kids' reading experiences. The Creepy Crawly Collection has two Level 1 books (Ants and Frogs), which reinforce the content of the book with a kinesthetic learning activity. It also has two Level 2 books (Bats and Snakes) in which readers complete a Cloze letter with vocabulary words.

Show me the Honey (Dr. Seuss/Cat in the Hat) by Christopher Moroney

2012-07-24T00:30:00-05:00

Show me the Honey (Dr. Seuss/Cat in the Hat)
Written by Tish Rabe
Illustrated by Christopher Moroney

Where does honey come from? The Cat in the Hat knows that! It comes from bees, and what better way to learn about honey making than to visit inside a hive and see firsthand how it’s done? In this rhymed easy reader based on an episode from the hit PBS Kids TV show The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, the Cat, Sally, Nick, and Things One and Two shrink to bee size and learn how bees communicate via dance, collect nectar and spit it into combs, turn it into honey, and seal the combs with wax.

This is a sweet, funny Step into Reading book that kids will gobble up—without realizing they are ingesting an important natural-history lesson!

Random House New Releases - Juvenile Nonfiction - Animals - Insects, Spiders, etc. - Between May 25, 2012 and June 24, 2013.

Deadly! by Neal Layton

Deadly! The Truth About the Most Dangerous Creatures on EarthWritten by Nicola Davies Illustrated by Neal Layton