All aboard science reader. Station stop 2

Simple text and illustrations describe the life of a baby elephant in the African grassland.

Presents facts about fireflies, such as the fact that they emit light to attract a mate, and includes tips on making a yard firefly friendly.

Explains how and why earthquakes occur, and looks at the devastation caused by the 1964 earthquake in Anchorage, Alaska.

Teaches children about panda bears, describing what panda's look like, what they eat, how they act, and why there are so few panda's left in China, and recounts the story of Mei Lan, a panda cub born at the Atlanta Zoo in 2007.

Follows the lives of two bear cubs and their mother through their first year as they eat, play, learn to fight and to find food on their own.

Simple text and illustrations describe the life of a baby elephant in the African grassland.

Introduces facts about ponies, where and how they live, and how to take care of them.

Text and illustrations introduce the behaviors, physical characteristics, eating habits, and habitat of baby meerkats.

Describes a giant squid recently found off the coast of New Zealand, whose twenty-five-foot-long body can now be studied by scientists to reveal more facts about this mysterious creature of the deep.

Describes the physical characteristics and abilities of flamingos, looks at the different kinds of flamingos, and explains where they are found, what they eat, how they live, and why they are pink.