jumping

Jumping from a long way up is incredibly dangerous. That's why BASE jumping is a sport saved for the experts. These amazing athletes take leaps from fixed places like antennas and bridges and feel the wind through their hair before using safety equipment like parachutes to make it back to Earth without harm. Sometimes these daredevils will don wingsuits and actually fly while they fall back to earth.

When the other baby animals laugh at Elephant for not being able to jump, he sets out to prove them wrong. Hard as he tries, he just can't jump. But then he realizes that he can do something else that no other animal can do...

Parkour athletes use their sport to get around doing anything but walking! Readers learn how parkour developed and how it's practiced around the world.

A lift-the-flap storybook identifies which animals can jump.

Explains what jumping is, and looks at how different animals, machines, and people jump. Includes a quiz and picture glossary.

A child jumps high, as a bird, a kite, and more pass by.

Introduces the principle of jumping and explores insects, animals, people, and machines that can or cannot jump.

As little Daisy Rabbit struggles to learn how to hop, her mother points out other baby animals having trouble with their lessons until Daisy realizes that everyone needs practice when trying something new.