Frank Carlson Library

Tusks over 10 feet long made woolly mammoths intimidating ice age animals. Awesome illustrations accompany carefully leveled text about food, habitat, behavior, and extinction, bringing woolly mammoths to life like never before.

Seven inch fangs made sabertooth cats a formidable ice age animal. Awesome illustrations accompany carefully leveled text about food, habitat, life cycle, and extinction, bringing sabertooth cats to life like never before.

Earth's ice ages have had a major impact on both the spread of human beings and the contours of the land our species has occupied. This informative book discusses what Earth was like during the last ice age and how that glacial period fits into the cycle of ice ages throughout the planet's history. The book opens with a straight-forward explanation of the composition and movement of glaciers that will enhance reader comprehension.

The Velociraptor is one of the most popular dinosaurs for young readers to learn about. In this captivating text, readers learn about the similarities this dinosaur shares with birds. These dinosaurs had hollow bones and tended to nests of eggs, although they were not known to fly. These and other fascinating facts about the Velociraptor are included in the age-appropriate main text that supports a major science curriculum topic. Additional information...

Los dibujos de las cuevas de Altamira y los signos que aparecen en una página web tienen algo en común. Ambos revelan la intención de representar un conjunto de significados externamente y sobre un espacio gráfico. Es éste, sin lugar a dudas, uno de los logros más espectaculares de la mente humana: la construcción de sistemas de signos externos capaces de representar cosas tan diferentes como objetos, escenas, trayectos, acontecimientos, lenguaje,...

Where did humans come from? How did we become the most powerful species on the planet? Readers of this fascinating book are encouraged to explore these and many other crucial questions about our species. Amazing visuals and 3-D images help readers comprehend the remarkable history of human evolution. They'll gain a thorough understanding of this intriguing concept, which is a key component of the science curriculum. Fact boxes highlight interesting...

Did your child enjoy the school discussions on prehistoric art? Then feed that excitement even more by supplementing with this book of social studies. Through the lessons discussed in these pages, your child will learn to examine and describe the key characteristics of prehistoric cave art.

Diplodocus was one of the longest dinosaurs to walk the earth during prehistoric times. Readers learn many fun facts about this giant kind of dinosaur, including how it behaved, what it ate, and what it looked like. This essential information is presented through accessible main text designed to enhance a common curriculum topic. Readers discover additional information in eye-catching fact boxes and clearly labeled diagrams. Computer-generated illustrations...

Readers enjoy learning about dinosaurs, and Tyrannosaurus rex is one of the most popular dinosaurs for early learners to read about. Readers explore the fascinating details of what life may have been like for a Tyrannosaurus rex, with beautiful computer-generated images to help them visualize these creatures and the world they inhabited. Age-appropriate text allows them to explore this high-interest topic and common part of elementary curricula on...