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Meet the monstrous Komodo Dragon as it prowls Indonesian islands! This book introduces the unique features of this wild animal including habitat, life cycle, physical characteristics, diet, threats, and defenses. Also included are a range map and a food chain diagram. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
People of Asia are no stranger to ghost stories, but some terrifying tales have stood the test of time. Head to the Chanoei No. 81 mansion in China, where ghosts are said to have sent even the bravest souls fleeing from its crumbling walls. Travel to India to the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, where you will see much wildlife-and perhaps a vanishing hitchhiker. Go to the Penang War Museum in Malaysia, where ghosts are said to roam among the artifacts. Young readers will be fascinated by each story that comes with its own set of eerie events.
Have you ever heard of the Aleya? These mysterious lights shine through the swamps of Bengal, India. Could they be ghosts? The Aleya are one of three ghost stories of Asia highlighted in this chilling title. Through engaging text and creepy images, readers will come face-to-face with ghostly spirits from around the continent. Maps show where each story is from, while other features highlight similar stories and possible explanations.
"Travel around the globe to uncover some of the world's most terrifyingly haunted places. With eerie images and lots of bone-chilling information, you won't want this spine-tingling world tour to end!"-- Back cover.
Institutions across the higher education landscape vary, and each navigates change in its own way. This volume describes how institutions and departments influence the success of structural and cultural transformations to advance curricular reform. A product of the Council on Undergraduate Research Transformations project, a six-year, longitudinal research study funded by the United States National Science Foundation, this text features the goals, strategies, and outcomes that evolved from the experiences at 12 diverse colleges and universities in creating innovative undergraduate curricula and campus cultures that maximize student success. With the goal of achieving departmental transformat...
No Extra Faces is an Urban Christian Fiction book that exposes the issues that churches choose to sweep under the rug. It opens up series of issues that many of us deal with, but no one wants to confront. Who is to blame for the hurt that people pack on their backs daily, often times choosing bitterness because' they have confused a personal relationship with God, with a relationship with the church. The characters in this book find out that the faces of lies and deceit will come out eventually, and that putting on a front for people will always leave one in a hard place. What if that hard place is the church? How can we reflect an image of God, when everyone in the church has been wearing false images? Will they collectively get delivered, or will they continue to produce the fruit we call church hurt? Get ready, No Extra Faces is guaranteed to create a wide variety of emotions that will pull you into the character's lives, and surely hit close to home.
This Bug Club Independent package contains 447 books. Reception/P1-Year 6/P7 For ages 4-11 211 KS1 fiction books and 94 KS1 non-fiction books, 102 KS2 fiction books and 40 KS2 non-fiction books Lilac-Red Plus bands