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The Bat Book (Conservation for Kids)

Go on an adventure in the shadows with award-winning author and illustrator Charlotte Milner.Discover why these mammals are essential to the world we live in, learn just how much they matter, why they are under threat, and what we can do to help. Bright, bold, and beautiful illustrations accompany fascinating fun facts about these furry flying mammals in this adorable kids' ebook.Did you know that there are two main groupings of bats, or that the bat is the only mammal that can fly? Children will be fascinated by the beautiful illustrations and learn plenty of bat facts on every page.From the way they fly, to how they communicate with each other, how bats hunt, and why they sleep upside-down, each of the world's 1,300 types of bat is unique and utterly fascinating. Bats are also incredibly important to the environment, from gobbling up pests to spreading seeds through the forests. They also pollinate over 500 different species of plants throughout the world, including fruits such as mangoes and bananas.A beautiful educational ebook with an important message. While learning about these elusive creatures, there are also fun activities for kids so they can learn how to support bats, including growing a bat-friendly garden to help them thrive. Bats make the world a better place, making this nature ebook for kids an essential tool in encouraging the protection of bats for generations to come. Following on from The Bee Book and The Sea Book, Charlotte Milner continues to highlight critical environmental issues faced by our planet. The Bat Book is perfect for teaching little animal-lovers all about these clever creatures who do so much for our world. Explore The Upside-Down World Of Bats!Discover how much they matter, why they are declining, and what we can do to help. This charming celebration of bats shows children just how extraordinary these animals are and is a reminder that it is up to us to care for our planet and its creatures.It's perfect for school projects about bats, mammals, ecology, or endangered animals. It also cleverly uses the subject to cover broader topics such as plant reproduction, ecosystems, and more. The Bat Book may be small, but it is mighty.Find out more about natures secret friends, like:- Where bats live- What bats look like- Why bats are important- Growing a bat-friendly garden- Myths about bats and much, much more!This delightful book is one of three children's books on conservation and includes The Sea Book and The Bee Book for your little ones to enjoy.

Batgirl: An Origin Story (DC Super Heroes Origins)

How did Batgirl become Batman's crime-fighting partner? Discover the story behind Barbara Gordan's journey from commissioner's daughter to super hero sidekick, including the source of her high-tech gadgetry. With action-packed illustrations and easy-to-follow text, these early reader books are perfect for young super hero fans.

Bathtime for Biscuit (My First I Can Read)

For fans of Clifford and Spot, welcome everybody’s favorite little yellow puppy, Biscuit, in an I Can Read adventure!Woof, woof! Biscuit needs a bath!Everything is ready for Biscuit's bath; everything except Biscuit! He wants to roll in the mud and play with his friend Puddles! Will Biscuit ever be clean? Join Biscuit in this bathtime fun-filled adventure.Bathtime for Biscuit, a My First I Can Read book, is carefully crafted using basic language, word repetition, sight words, and sweet illustrations—which means it's perfect for shared reading with emergent readers.

Bathtime For Biscuit (I Can Read #My First Shared Reading)

Batman! (Little Golden Book)

Boys 2-5 will feel like they are part of the action as Batman, Superman and the other Super Friends save the day! This Little Golden Book is the perfect way to introduce young readers to Batman and the world's greatest super heroes.

The Batman (Step into Reading)

This leveled reader introduces readers to Batman™ as featured in the exciting movie The Batman!The Batman wasa huge hit in theaters, bringing with it all the adventure and action of one of the most popular Super Heroes of all time. This motion picture event follows the adventures of the Caped Crusader as he races against time to save his beloved Gotham City! Batman's friends and foes, including Catwoman™, The Riddler™, and The Penguin™, star in this kid-friendly leveled reader!This Step 3 Step into Reading introduces Batman fans ages 4 to 7 to the iconic DC Super Hero, his tech, and his friends and foes. It includes more than 30 stickers to add to the fun! Step 3 readers feature engaging characters in easy-to-follow plots about popular topics for children who are ready to read on their own.

Batman 5-Minute Stories (DC Batman)

This collection features ten Batman stories that can each be read aloud in five minutes.With a sturdy padded cover, this Batman 5-Minute Stories collection makes anytime the perfect time to serve up some justice alongside the Caped Crusader! Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will love this collection of tales featuring Batman and the other DC super heroes in action. Each story can be read in five minutes or less, so it's perfect for bedtime-or anytime!

Batman Battles Mr. Freeze

Team up with Batman, Robin, and more of your favorite heroes as they battle Mr. Freeze and the Penguin in this action-packed chapter book retelling of the Batman animated film, Mechs vs. Mutants that comes with full-color images from the film throughout!Gotham City has frozen over, and that’s just the beginning. Mr. Freeze and the Penguin are taking over the planet. First step: jumbo-size Killer Croc and Chemo. Second step: unleash the monsters! While Nightwing, The Flash, Robin, and Dr. Langstrom create all-new tech, Batman and Green Arrow don their mech suits to take on the big, bad guys. It’s a larger-than-life battle, but can machine defeat monster before it’s ice world forever? BATMAN and all related characters and elements © & ™ DC Comics.

Batman Battles the Joker

Gotham City's spookiest villains are working together, and only Batman and his superhero friends can stop them in this action-packed chapter book retelling of the Monster Mayhem Batman animated film with full-color illustrations throughout.It's Halloween night in Gotham City, but Batman isn't getting any treats. A crime spree has Batman on the trail of the city's spookiest villains: Scarecrow, Clayface, Silver Banshee, and Solomon Grundy. They are all working for the Joker, who wants to unleash a computer virus and "digital laughter" that will give him control over all of Gotham City's technology! Joining forces with the Green Arrow, Cyborg, Nightwing, and Red Robin, can Batman save Gotham City? Find out in this thrilling chapter book with full-color interior illustrations! BATMAN and all related characters and elements © & TM DC Comics.

Batman Battles the Penguin

A squad of dastardly super-villains is trying to take over Gotham City, and it's up to Batman and his super hero friends to stop them in this action-packed retelling of the Batman animated film, Animal Instincts.Screeee! Hiss! Chomp! Gotham City is being ravaged by a squad of super-villains with wild animal instincts and it's up to Batman and his team of heroes to stop them! But are these super-villains too powerful? Could they be part of a bigger master plan hatched by none other than the Penguin? And what more does the Penguin have in store for Gotham City? Find out in this chapter book with full-color illustrations throughout! BATMAN and all related characters and elements © & TM DC Comics.

Batman's Birthday Surprise! (Pictureback(R))

Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 can join Superman, Wonder Woman and the other DC Super Friends as they celebrate Batman's birthday in this full-color storybook! But villains like the Joker and Bizarro have plans to crash the birthday bash--and that's when the party really gets started!

Batman's Dark Secret

The mystery of how Bruce Wayne became Batman, illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Jon J Muth! Batman's Dark Secret is an inspiring story of how a young child overcame his fear of the dark and became a crime-fighting superhero. One day, a lonely orphan named Bruce Wayne finds himself in a dangerous situation. He defends himself against a monster bat--and he wins. From that time on, he is determined to fight evil. He becomes ... Batman! In advance of the new Batman movie coming out in March 2016 comes a beautifully illustrated hardcover version of Batman's Dark Secret! The cover features a new illustration by Caldecott Honor winner Jon J Muth!

Bats at the Ballgame (A Bat Book)

Hurry up! Come one--come all! We're off to watch the bats play ball! You'll never forget your first game: the green so green, the presence of heroes past, and togetherness with family and friends, rooting for the home team. But you think humans are the only ones who enjoy America's national pastime? Grab your bat--the other kind--and your mitt, and join these captivating bats as they flutter off to watch their all-stars compete. How about a mothdog? Or some Cricket Jack? In sweeping compositions that transport fans to the rightside-up and upside-down world of bats at play, Brian Lies treats us to a whole new ballgame.

Bats (New & Updated Edition)

Presenting fascinating information on all kinds of bats, from how they use echoes to hear, to the legends that surround them and how to protect the speciesThough people often think of bats as scary, bats are really shy, gentle animals. There are nearly 1000 different species of bats, and they live on every continent except Antarctica. Some are tiny, but the giant flying fox bat has a five-foot wingspan! Popular science author Gail Gibbons also discusses the efforts to protect the world's only truly flying mammals. A final page offers additional facts.

Battle Bunny

Alex, whose birthday it is, hijacks a story about Birthday Bunny on his special day and turns it into a battle between a supervillain and his enemies in the forest—who, in the original story, are simply planning a surprise party.

The Battle for Peace

Now a New York Times Bestseller!Tony Zinni has served on the frontlines of war and peace--as a Marine in Vietnam, commander of troops in the Middle East, and diplomatic envoy. His wealth of experience provides fascinating insight into how the world works and a sweeping vision of America's role in it. Zinni argues that the roots of the world's growing turmoil are not being addressed and that America's aggressive confidence is making it worse--with potentially devastating implications for the safety of Americans. From the foxhole to the White House, Zinni's first-hand experience informs his view of how America can promote a more stable and peaceful world through realism and pragmatic cooperation with other peoples and states.

Battle for the Black Lion

Ancient secrets are revealed when the forces of good and evil face off in this collectable chapter book retelling of the season one finale of Netflix’s hottest new series from DreamWorks Animation, Voltron Legendary Defender.Rediscover the epic season one finale… Lance, Hunk, Pidge, Keith, and Shiro have trained hard to master their Paladin skills, and with the power of true teamwork, have unlocked the ability to form Voltron, the universe’s most powerful defender. Now with their Altean allies, Princess Allura and Coran, the Paladins embark on their most dangerous mission yet: infiltrate the Galra Empire and collect information to rescue Pidge’s family. But the Galra Emperor, Zarkon, holds a 10,000-year-old secret that rips the Black Lion from the Paladins. Unable to form Voltron and trapped inside a particle barrier, the Paladins are forced to battle the Galra Army, not only for the Black Lion, but for the galaxy’s last hope. Young readers will love this action-packed retelling complete with color episode stills throughout! DreamWorks Voltron Legendary Defender © 2017 DreamWorks Animation LLC. TM World Events Productions, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Battle for the Garden (Peter Rabbit)

Hopping into movie theaters February 9, 2018!Dig up some trouble with Peter Rabbit, as everyone's favorite naughty bunnygets into trouble with rival Mr. McGregor in this colorful storybook based on themovie starring James Corden, Rose Byrne, Daisy Ridley, Margot Robbie, ElizabethDebicki, and Domhnall Gleeson.

Battle in Space! (Pictureback(R))

Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and the DC Super Friends journey to outer space to save the Earth from out-of-this-world villain Brainiac and his robots.This Read & Listen edition contains audio narration.

Battle of the Blanket Forts: A QUIX Book (Fort Builders Inc. #3)

When kids of Fort Builders, Inc., go to summer camp, a friendly blanket fort competition turns serious in the third story in the fun-to-read Aladdin QUIX chapter book series that&’s perfect for emerging readers!Kiara is super excited to go to Camp Firefly for the summer and be with all her friends, including the rest of Fort Builders, Inc. And this year, she can&’t wait to enter the camp-wide CREATE contest. One lucky team will win the prize of building something from scratch, using all the DIY skills they show in the competition. Kiara and her cabin decide compete by making the best blanket fort ever—but Caleb and his cabin decide to do the same thing! Can they learn to work together, or will this epic blanket fort battle turn into an all-out cabin war?

Battle of the Brains: The Science Behind Animal Minds

A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection! This hilarious companion to Battle of the Butts examines the way animals use their brainpower for survival in the wild and encourages readers to rank animals based on their intellectual prowess. Birdbrained. Pigheaded. Batty. Bullheaded. When humans want to insult the intelligence of another person, they often compare them to an animal. But animals are smart. Really, really smart. There are animals that use tools. Others that can solve complex problems. Some have excellent memories. A few can even talk to us! With animals having such mighty minds, the question is: who has the best brainpower of them all? That&’s for you to decide! Full of fascinating facts throughout in a fun "battle of the minds" format, The Battle of the Brains includes a glossary and links to sources and activities at the end, making it the perfect read for any curious mind.

Battle of the Butts: The Science Behind Animal Behinds

Did you know manatees swim using farts? Or that herrings communicate by passing gas?Butts are used for breathing, eating, swimming, talking, and even killing in the animal kingdom. Focusing on ten different animals and their derrières, and offering fun facts about their origin, habitat, and "posterior power," this hilarious book captures the wonder of our ecosystem. Which animal has the coolest butt power? That's up to you to decide!

Battle Royale: An Unofficial Fortnite Adventure

Paul&’s a normal teenager: he likes sports, junk food, and action movies—he even wants to be in one someday. But what seems like Paul&’s big break, his very first acting role, quickly takes a turn for the worse. One minute he&’s on a festive bus heading for a new life of stardom, and the next, he&’s hurtling toward the ground and certain death. Though saved at the last minute by an unexplained parachute, things don&’t get any easier when Paul lands: he&’s lost on an unknown island, he&’s unable to speak, and every time he sees someone else, he hears strange noises and then blacks out . . . before falling from the sky again. But when a girl inexplicably saves him (and spray paints him) instead of attacking, Paul starts to learn the survival basics. Bit by bit, he must explore his surroundings, build structures, evade violent storms, unlock the mysteries of his strange island prison, and maybe—just maybe—find a way out.

Baxter is Missing (Owl Diaries #6)

Eva Wingdale is totally distracted because her pet bat, Baxter, has gone missing, and she suspects that the sneaky squirrels have something to do with her missing pet.

Baxter is Missing: A Branches Book (Owl Diaries #6)

Eva's pet bat, Baxter, is missing in the sixth installment of this New York Times bestselling series!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!In book 6, a famous author is coming to Treetopolis! Eva and her classmates each have to write a story to share with the author. Eva's excited! But then something terrible happens: Her pet bat, Baxter, goes missing! Eva can't think of anything to write about -- except how much she misses Baxter! With help from her friends, Eva looks everywhere for Baxter. She even hangs up MISSING posters! Where could Baxter be? And will Eva finish her story in time for the author's visit?Continue this book series with “Eva the Owlet,” an Apple TV+ original series!