Books in the My First Discoveries series

Find out all about these ancient reptiles that have existed since the time of the dinosaurs. Learn what makes them such effective hunters, how they swim and communicate with each other. Watch them hunt, fight, reproduce and look after their young. Discover how they have been worshipped, persecuted and finally protected by humans. Learn to identify cayman, alligators gavials, saltwater crocodiles and other reptiles.

This book provides clear answers to many questions that children ask, but also invites them to explore further and to ask many more questions. These clear and concise answers to 150 questions about the natural world, the human body, urban life, everyday life and human history are accompanied by more than 250 detailed and lifelike illustrations that help children visualize and contextualize the answers. Many of the larger illustrations are labeled, enabling children to build their vocabulary, and there is a quiz at the end of the book.

Sculptors use stone, plaster, wood, bronze, and all sorts of other materials to create their statues. Share in the secrets of their art and see works full of surprises come to life.

Explore another world in a landscape by Van Eyck. Watch Monet add the finishing touches to a sunrise. Wander through a gallery of landscapes by Vermeer, Hokusai, Van Gogh, Magritte, and more.

The grandmother leads and protects her herd, the elephant calf is born and takes its first steps. Watch elephants young and old trumpet, feed, splash and play. Learn to distinguish between African and Asian elephants. Find out about the many ways in which elephants use their trunks. Watch Asian elephants working with people and discover why people still hunt African elephants and what is being done to stop them.

Discover music in all its variety from the wind singing in the trees to to a complete classical orchestra! Get to know the different families of musical instruments - string, brass, woodwind, percussion and keyboard. Discover how they each produce sound. Watch an orchestra and conductor at work. Lift up the lid a grand piano and look inside. Learn about traditional instruments from around the world and make your own instrument at home!

Watch wooden sailing ships being tossed on stormy seas and attacked by pirates. Learn how they are made and how their sails work. Sail on a racing yacht, go fishing for merlin and see a fishing boat trawling for fish. Find out about canoes, yachts, motor boats, speed boats, tug boats and submersibles, as well as huge container ships, cruise ships, aircraft carriers and oil tankers. Learn how to make a boat and how to tie different sailor¿s knots.

Who were the pirates of the Caribbean Sea ? How did they live? When did they first appear and why ? What is booty? Why did pirates bury it? Share in the pirates' dangerous adventures and get to know the most notorious of their leaders, including some fearless female buccaneers. Watch as they attack and take possession of a Spanish treasure galleon. Find out all about the pirates of the Caribbean Sea, how they lived and when and why they first appeared. Watch as they attack and take possession of a Spanish treasure galleon and force their prisoners to walk the plank. See them celebrate after the battle and discover why they buried some of their booty. Share in the pirates' dangerous adventures and get to know the most notorious of their leaders, including some fearless female buccaneers.

Find out all about these attractive animals.Dolphins are warm-blooded mammals with lungslike us, but are born underwater and live in the sea.They "talk" to and help one another when in danger.

Discover what makes up a small growing human body and how each of the different parts work separately and together. How do we breathe and digest food to provide energy to walk and run and play?

An deal introduction to the prehistoric world and to the dinosaurs and other giant reptiles that thrived on Earth for millions of years before suddenly disappearing mysteriously.