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Have you ever wondered: Why a day has 24 hours? Why is there a hole in the doughnut? Why do we light candles on a birthday cake? Like many people, you’ve probably asked some of these questions when you were younger or maybe recently. Well, you will be pleasantly surprised to discover the interesting and maybe slightly bizarre origins of the strange things we do.

It takes a lot of work to bring a panda cub into the world. They are born with delicate pink skin, they're unable to see, unable to walk—and even unable to go to the bathroom without help! It's so much work, that panda mamas can only take care of one cub at a time. So when Zoo Atlanta's beloved giant panda, Lun Lun, surprised everyone by having twins, the zoo staff had to pitch in. They made a plan to share parenting duties with Lun Lun.

Are you worried that your child's low self-esteem will prevent her from pursuing friendships and opportunities to shine? You’re not alone. Almost every parent hopes their kid grows up to be confident in who they are and content in their own skin.

This is a small book of facts about animals. It was written by a seven-year-old girl with a love for animals and sharing knowledge. This book is for children, from babies to eight-years-old.

Dare to listen to this audibook and you'll find ticks, mosquitos, stingrays, elephants, jellyfish, and the particularly sucky lamprey. Sixteen slurpy poems from Jane Yolen and Heidi E.Y. Stemple introduce a suction-filled selection of animals and spotlight these stupendous suckers.

From Buffy Silverman, author of On a Snow-Melting Day, comes an exciting companion book. As autumn begins, plants and animals in nature begin to change in all kinds of ways to prepare for winter. Rhyming text works in this engaging read-aloud to highlight these changes, and back matter offers more information about each creature and change featured.

Pangolin rescuers and researchers such as Thai Nguyen have the difficult task of saving pangolins, changing local laws to prevent poaching, educating local communities, and learning more about these mysterious creatures.

Great white sharks can weigh thousands of pounds, and their enormous tail fins send them zooming through the water in pursuit of prey. Find out how these top predators hunt and raise their young.

What do you know about Mars? Give curious kids a first look into space.

What do you know about the Moon? Give curious kids a first look into space.

Isaac Newton's youth was marked by constant curiosity. As he began a life of research and experiments, he turned this curiosity into major insights about the workings of Earth and the universe. He even developed three laws to explain the motions of objects.

What do you know about rays? Beginning listeners will get their feet wet with these literacy-building introductions to ocean animals.

Owls are one of the world's top predators. These stealthy hunters can fly nearly silently, see long distances, and easily hear prey. Discover the hunting behaviors of owls and see how they train their owlets.

What do you know about the sense of touch? Our senses help us observe and understand our world.

What do you know about the sun? Give curious kids a first look into space.

In the early days of spring when the snow begins to melt, plants and animals stir to life. Simple, rhyming text makes for an engaging read-aloud while back matter offers more detail about each of the creatures featured in this celebration of spring's arrival.

What do you know about stars? Give curious kids a first look into space.

When we think of accidents or mistakes, we automatically think of failure–that you need to throw everything out and start over from scratch, or maybe just give up. Well, these inventors and creators proved that notion wrong!

Our senses help us observe and understand our world. This curricular topic is explored though an integrated approach to learning with embedded SEL questions and family/educator engagement tips at the beginning and end of each book.

What do you know about the sense of hearing? Our senses help us observe and understand our world.