Central Kansas Library System

Ahoy, me mateys! Upset your Mom swam away after you were born? Cry me an ocean. You've got ME to show you the ropes! Well, at least until I get a craving for baby shark. Swim along and I'll teach you how to hunt using all six senses (a whole sense more than a human), why you can NEVER stop moving (blimey, no - not even to sleep!), and what your most dangerous threat is (here's a hint: those sneaky landlubbers don't even live in our waters!). Aye,...

How do animals such as birds, insects, and bats stay in the air? The answer of course is wings and feathers. Wings and feathers are important adaptations that have taken millions of years evolve. Feathers first appeared during the time of the dinosaurs, and birds are actually distant relatives of dinosaurs. Insects with wings appeared many thousands of years before feathers appeared. This book discusses how these adaptations benefit the birds, insects,...

This title focuses on tornadoes and gives information on what they are, how to prepare for them, and how to survive. The title is complete with beautiful, colorful photographs and simple text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards, Fly! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.

Humans have many ways to defend and protect themselves. Medieval knights used swords and shields. What do animals have? Some animals have adapted to their surroundings by growing scales and scutes. Most people know that fish have scales, but animals such as snakes and sharks have scales, too. Scutes are like one big scale, almost like a shield, that protects the animals such as turtles, crocodiles, and pangolins. This book explores the many animals...

A man wakes up naked, alone, and the apparent victim of a terrible plane crash. However, there are no other survivors and, strangely enough, no evidence of fatalities either. With no memory of how he got there and limited survival skills, he must withstand the elements, face vicious predators, and search for clues as to how and why he came to be in this wilderness. Overwhelmed with these tasks, he begins to feel a growing paranoia that someone or...

A man wakes up naked, alone, and the apparent victim of a terrible plane crash. However, there are no other survivors and, strangely enough, no evidence of fatalities either. With no memory of how he got there and limited survival skills, he must withstand the elements, face vicious predators, and search for clues as to how and why he came to be in this wilderness. Overwhelmed with these tasks, he begins to feel a growing paranoia that someone or...

A man wakes up naked, alone, and the apparent victim of a terrible plane crash. However, there are no other survivors and, strangely enough, no evidence of fatalities either. With no memory of how he got there and limited survival skills, he must withstand the elements, face vicious predators, and search for clues as to how and why he came to be in this wilderness. Overwhelmed with these tasks, he begins to feel a growing paranoia that someone or...

"This title focuses on blizzards and gives information on what they are, how to prepare for them, and how to survive. The title is complete with beautiful, colorful photographs and simple text." -- Amazon.com.

This title focuses on fires and gives information on what they are, how to prepare for them, and how to survive. The title is complete with beautiful and colorful photographs, simple text, and a database for added activities. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

This title focuses on floods and gives information on what they are, how to prepare for them, and how to survive. The title is complete with beautiful and colorful photographs, simple text, and a database for added activities. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.