American Museum of Natural History

Offers an alphabet book with illustrations and facts about universe-related things and concepts for each letter of the alphabet, from astronaut to zenith.

"Easily identify bird species west of the Great Plains with this comprehensive photographic guide. A book for avid bird watchers young and old! These pages feature high-quality photographs and full-pages details of well-known and rare species of Western North American birds, for quick and easy identification in the wild. This informative guide book profiles the extraordinary range of birds found in Western North America. The pages of the book are...

"This is the only photographic field guide you need to enjoy bird-watching in Eastern North America. It uses a photographic approach to profile the extraordinary range of birds found in Eastern North America. The highest-quality photography brings nearly 500 species to life on the page, capturing their beauty and making identification quick and effortless...The 393 species most commonly seen east of the Rocky Mountains are featured in full-page profiles...

In August 1914, days before the outbreak of the First World War, the renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of twenty-seven set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration: the first crossing on foot of the Antarctic continent. Weaving a treacherous path through the freezing Weddell Sea, they had come within eighty-five miles of their destination when their ship, Endurance, was trapped fast...

Traces the first year of a litter of baby wolves, from relying on their parents and other wolves for food and protection as pups to running and hunting with the pack as young wolves.

Meet some amazing prehistoric creatures that weren't dinosaurs. Simple rhyming text and bright illustrations introduce us to creatures who we have come to know through fossils-- but they are NOT dinosaurs!