Kopp, Megan

Costa Rica covers 19,730 square miles (51,100 square kilometers) in the southern portion of Central America. The country's natural beauty is a draw for tourism. Learn more about Costa Rica's fascinating history, culture, geography, and more in Costa Rica, an Exploring Countries book. The Exploring Countries series takes readers on a worldwide tour to discover diverse countries from around the globe. Learn about each country's land and climate, plants and animals, natural resources, goods and services, Indigenous peoples, cultural groups, arts and entertainment, sports, politics and government, and much more! Exploring Countries is a series of AV2 media enhanced books. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. These books come alive with video, audio, weblinks, slideshows, activities, hands-on experiments, and much more. Book jacket.

An introduction to avalanches, covering causes, records, the three zones of an avalanche path, and other related topics.

Discusses the mythology of Native Americans by looking at how they describe the times they were created and how they influenced the Native American religions.

Fleas are about the size of a pinhead. Discover this and other fascinating facts about fleas in Fleas, a Bugs That Bite book. This is an AV2 media enhanced book. A unique book code printed on page 2 unlocks multimedia content. This book comes alive with embedded weblinks, audio and video clips, activities, and other features, such as a slide show, matching word activity, and quiz.

An introduction to parasites that describes different types of parasites, discusses where they live and risks they face, and explains their place in a food chain.

Describes how people worldwide are wasting energy and threatening the environment. Also provides information on how to live more sustainably through such activities as recycling, using green sources of energy, car-sharing, and reducing air travel.

Discusses the mythology of ancient China by looking at how they describe the times they were created and how they influenced the Chinese religions.

An introduction to parasites that describes different types of parasites, discusses where they live and risks they face, and explains their place in a food chain.

Describes the life of a chicken on a farm, discussing housing, diet, uses, and other related topics.

Describes the life of sheep on a farm, discussing housing, diet, uses, and other related topics.