Bøger af Heather Adamson

Sea urchins look like fireworks exploding underwater. The spines that create their unusual appearance do have a purpose: they protect the tiny animals from dangerous predators. In this title, sea urchins of all shapes, sizes, and colors are on display for early readers!

It is the late 1950s, and African Americans don't enjoy the same rights promised to other Americans, especially in the South. Many African Americans decide to work for change. Will you: Participate in the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas? OR . . . Help desegregate bus lines as a Freedom Rider? OR . . . Get involved in the Project C protests in Birmingham, Alabama? Everything in this book happened to real people. And YOU CHOOSE what you do next. The choices you make could lead you to equal rights or to violence and even death.

Large or small, close or faraway, families take many shapes all over the world. What does your family look like?

Tells the story of Christa McAuliffe and the six other NASA astronauts who lost their lives in the Challenger space shuttle disaster on January 28, 1986. Written in graphic-novel format.

Curious how sea lions got their name? Well, male sea lions are responsible. Most have a lion-like mane, and they roar loudly to protect females. Young readers will learn all about the wild relatives of the trick-performing sea lions they enjoy watching at the zoo.

A leafy or a weedy. Every sea dragon is one or the other. Leafies have the advantage when it comes to being underwater masters of disguise. They look just like pieces of swaying seaweed! In this book, young readers can compare and contrast leafy and weedy sea dragons.

"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to orcas. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--

Did you know that clawed lobsters can be right-clawed or left-clawed? Every baby is born with two cutter claws. Then one cutter claw eventually develops into a crusher claw, which determines handedness. Beginning readers will want to get their hands on this ocean animal profile!

"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to emperor penguins. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"--

"3 story paths, 43 choices, 22 endings"--Cover.