Books published by Heron Books

This beautifully illustrated book teaches how the Earth moves in space to bring about days, nights and years. The student learns about gravity, the moon, stars and the sun and how the relate to each other. With the accompanying Learning Guide, student will explore gravity and the motions of the earth and moon.

This beautifully illustrated book presents information about animals of long ago at a level easily accessible to a young student. The book touches on possible explanations for the extinction of those huge animals, and discusses how other animals were able to evolve and change in order to survive. Children also learn how paleontologists use fossils to find out about prehistoric animals. Fun activities include making a dinosaur display or poster of the dinosaurs covered, and two types of imitation fossils.The accompanying learning guide directs the student through the book and activities.

"What do you tell a younger child who wants to know what air is? This fully illustrated book explains air in simple terms, and includes interesting information, such as the existence of air in soil, in water, and in one's body. Fun activities end every chapter giving students the opportunity to see for themselves how how air exists in soil and water, how air takes up space, how it has weight, etc. Students also get to make a pinwheel, a sailboat and parachute, and observe the effect air has on each.The accompanying learning guide directs the student through the book and activities."