CricketsA countdown of five of the most fascinating crickets provides thrills as readers learn about the biological, social, and hunting characteristics of these chirping, nocturnal insects. Part of the X Books: Insects series X Books are for kids who love factsespecially in bite sized portions and about fascinating, true subjects. As plentiful images and graphical representations stimulate visual perception, readers will be drawn into learning how to use

including its start in 1900

an elephant with a guitar

–Elizabeth Bird

ISBN 9781608188772

using up-close photographs and step-by-step text to follow a chicken's growth process from egg to chick to mature chicken

A chronicle of the people

Kelley's expressionistic full-page scenes are dramatic settings of the European cities Nicolo toured

Carrying troops and weapons into war

That excitement is captured--and that tradition continued--in The NBA: A History of Hoops

its different forms and symptoms

from its founding in 1899 to today

But mainly there are the portraits of the almost ghost-like violinist with his long fingers and angular face