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Jake loves swans! He likes to learn about them and how they are different from other birds. With his mother, he takes a canoe ride so that he can see some swans up close! But what happens when he gets too close to their nest?

Find out what squirrels are up to when they remove brown oak leaves from tree branches.

A fearsome dinosaur stomps around on two legs. It swipes its sharp claws and shows off its pointy teeth. Was that monster a Giganotosaurus? Or was it a Spinosaurus? These dinosaurs looked similar, but they were very different. Listen to this audiobook to become an expert at telling these look-alikes apart!

What do a bee, a butterfly, and an ant have in common? They're all insects! But do you know what makes an insect an insect? Listen to this audiobook to find out! Learn all about reptiles, fish, mammals, and other animal groups in the Meet the Animal Groups series - part of the Lightning Bolt Books™ collection. With high energy, Lightning Bolt Books™ bring nonfiction topics to life!

What do a sea turtle, an iguana, and a python have in common? They're all reptiles! But do you know what makes a reptile a reptile? Listen to this audiobook to find out! Learn all about birds, insects, mammals, and other animal groups in the Meet the Animal Groups series - part of the Lightning Bolt Books™ collection. With high energy, Lightning Bolt Books™ bring nonfiction topics to life!

What do an elephant, a mouse, and a dolphin have in common? They're all mammals! But do you know what makes a mammal a mammal? Listen to this book to find out! Learn all about birds, insects, reptiles, and other animal groups in the Meet the Animal Groups series - part of the Lightning Bolt Books™ collection. Lightning Bolt Books™ bring nonfiction topics to life!

What do a penguin, a pigeon, and a peacock have in common? They’re all birds! But do you know what makes a bird a bird? Listen to this audiobook to find out! Learn all about reptiles, insects, mammals, and other animal groups in the Meet the Animal Groups series - part of the Lightning Bolt Books™ collection. With high energy, Lightning Bolt Books™ bring nonfiction topics to life!

Can you stretch your thumb back to your arm? Is your pinkie straight or slightly bent? What determines the way your joints bend - or don't bend? Listen to this book to find out about how your genes affect your physical features.

What do a shark, a seahorse, and a ray have in common? They’re all fish! But do you know what makes a fish a fish? Listen to this audiobook to find out! Learn all about reptiles, insects, mammals, and other animal groups in the Meet the Animal Groups series - part of the Lightning Bolt Books™ collection. With high energy, Lightning Bolt Books™ bring nonfiction topics to life!

Have objects from space ever hit Earth? Yes! Every day, small meteoroids crash into the atmosphere. Some burn up, but some hit the ground. Space junk also falls to Earth. Comets and asteroids struck Earth long ago. In this book, you'll learn how scientists watch out for large collisions and what they might do if Earth is in danger. As part of the Searchlight Books™ collection, this series explores outer space and sheds light on the question: what's amazing about space?

Did you know that a woolly bear is a type of caterpillar? People have sometimes used these caterpillars to predict the weather by looking at their stripes! Learn about these interesting creatures and what their life is like before they make cocoons and morph into their final form—the yellow tiger moth!

During the rainy season in the marshlands, Alligator has almost nothing to eat. When the dry season comes, Alligator digs a hole in the pond and waits for the animals to return. Without Alligator and her hole, there would be far fewer animals living in the marsh.

Do you know what a baby koala, or a joey, looks like? Learn about how a joey spends its first year—from staying exclusively inside its mother's pouch, to venturing out into the world, and finally to moving into its own tree.

Have you ever seen a sea star before? They are the pretty star-shaped creatures that hang out at the bottom of the ocean. Learn about Sea Star as she finds and eats her favorite food, moves around the ocean floor, and regenerates her broken arm! Learn about these strange invertebrates and the unique lives they live.

If you take a hike on a warm summer day, you'll see bees collecting nectar, foxes feasting on fruits and berries, and more! Learn about what animals do in the summer to get ready for the long winter ahead.

Jenny has read all about horseshoe crabs and is excited to visit the beach and count them with her mom. By counting the horseshoe crabs, Jenny is helping scientists to protect the crabs that are migrating. She learns how the horseshoe crab migration can even benefit migrating shorebirds. When Jenny grows up, she definitely wants to be a scientist!

Garden spiders belong to a group called orb weavers, which spin wheel-shaped webs. Some webs are funnel-shaped and some are very sticky. In this essay about different kinds of spider webs, listeners will learn all about nature's masters of silk weaving.

Explore the world of plumbing when Andy and Lizzie learn how the pipes in their house work. Some pipes carry out dirty water while others carry in clean water.

When two robins build a nest and start to raise a family on the porch, a young buy uses his nature notebook to record his observations. He gets to watch as the eggs hatch into nestlings, and the nestlings grow into fledglings! Do you have robins where you live?

Emma's family participates in a farm-share with Farmer Jane. They use tools to help harvest crops and eat new vegetables as the seasons change.