Author: National Geographic
Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Book
Keywords: explorers, third, atlas, world, geographic, national
Number of Pages: 192
Published: 2007-09-25
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1426300883
ISBN-13: 9781426300882

The latest edition of the award-winning National Geographic World Atlas for Young Explorers features all new photographs, maps, and graphics.And now, for the first time ever, the National Geographic World Atlas for Young Explorers goes interactive! The 3rd edition is chockfull of bright, bold icons that, thanks to a specially designed National Geographic web site, will allow kids to go beyond the printed page and experience firsthand the sights, sounds, and movements of the world’s people, places, and animals. They’ll watch brown bears fish for salmon in Alaska, listen to the lates

Author: National Geographic
Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Book
Keywords: world, national, atlas, student, geographic, quality, third
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2009-06-09
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1426304463
ISBN-13: 9781426304460

The third edition of the award-winning National Geographic Student Atlas of the World has everything for today’s globally-minded student: new photographs and graphics of our changing planet, maps that reflect modern borders, and fully updated essays and statistics.Specially designed for middle- and high-school students, this compact, fact-filled atlas will put the world at your fingertips. The third edition of this perennial favorite is chockfull of maps, charts, and graphs, photographs, flags and facts—everything you need to help understand the world.You’ll begin by learning about ma

Authors:Flip Nicklin, Linda Nickli,
Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Book
Keywords: face, animals, whales
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2008-05-13
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 1426302444
ISBN-13: 9781426302442

You slip over the side of your boat, descending deep into the dark realm of the Earth’s largest creature. Then the whale starts to sing, just feet away from you. You record the sounds, hoping one day to understand their language. Their music is a rare glimpse of this majestic mammal’s unknown world. Photographer Flip Nicklin brings you face to face with whales as they communicate, nurse their young, and surface dramatically for air. Meet these intelligent, social creatures in their natural habitat; learn of the different kinds of whales, from humpbacks to belugas; discover how we can

Author: Neil L. Johnso
Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Book
Keywords: kids, guide, photography
Number of Pages: 80
Published: 2001-05-01
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0792263707
ISBN-13: 9780792263708

For the first time National Geographic presents a photo guide especially for kids ages 10 and up. Text, photos, and diagrams combine to teach basic photographic concepts, including composition, lighting, special effects, common pitfalls, etc., using a variety of simple point-and-shoot cameras. A section on digital photography will touch on using computers and the Internet to send photographs to friends and family. Tips from National Geographic photographers will be featured throughout.

Authors:National Geographic,  Variou,
Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Book
Keywords: almanac, kids, geographic, national
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2009-05-26
List price: $12.99
ISBN-10: 142630501X
ISBN-13: 9781426305016

Dare to explore—from modern day adventurers to close calls and narrow escapes. Amazing animals will take readers into the wild and into the water. Discover cultural connections from food, currency, literature and lots more from around the world. From globe trotting geography—maps, travel, and famous landmarks mean we’re on the move to learning to go green and help out our threatened earth, this book is filled with chapter after chapter of fun and fabulous factoids!

Author: Sylvia Earle
Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books
Keywords: critters, sea
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2000-09-01
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0792271815
ISBN-13: 9780792271819

Beginning readers encounter a fascinating array of sea "critters" representing the major categories of life on Earth. Children will meet a gigantic barrel sponge, eerie looking nudibranches, and a tentacled cuttlefish. They observe sea squirts, moray eels, and a human diver. The stunning full-color photos, art, maps and simple text will spark curiosity and appeal to a child’s sense of wonder. Outstanding Science Trade Book for Children (NSTA/CBC) "A lovely, browsable introduction to … animals that live in the ocean …. The photographs throughout are stunning and engaging …." —Schoo

Author: Rosalyn Schanzer
Publisher: National Geographic Children’s Books
Keywords: gold, rush, california, tales, fever
Number of Pages: 48
Published: 2007-01-09
List price: $6.95
ISBN-10: 1426300409
ISBN-13: 9781426300400

Catch the fever! Gold fever swept the nation—and the world—in 1848 when carpenter James Marshall discovered a gold nugget in the American River near John Sutter’s mill. As word spread of gold in California, the news set off a westward stampede. Fortune seekers and adventurers poured into California by land and sea, wild with excitement and expectation. Rosalyn Schanzer’s engaging and humorous book tells the story of these prospectors in their own words. Schanzer has gathered her favorite quotes from journals and letters written by the forty-niners to recount the discovery of go