Dk Eyewitness Kit Pond And River

By observing a pond or river, children can reach a real understanding of interdependent relationships. By investigating the seasons, weather, pollution, the water cycle, and the life cycles of animals and insects, the children can apply what they have learned to larger ecosystems.

New, expanded edition: the world's best full-color travel guides just got better. This volume in the award-winning Eyewitness Travel Guides series show New Zealand as it has never been shown before. With the help of this guide, you can explore the sites with 3-D cutaways, and get the inside scoop on the best restaurants, museums, shops markets, festivals, art, and more! The Best Just Keeps Getting Better! Great maps and plenty of hotel and restaurant recommendations make sure your visit is fun and hassle-free.

DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: New Zealand takes you by the hand, leading you straight to the best attractions this country has to offer. This essential travel guide explores the country's Maori heritage, flora and fauna, beaches and national parks, focusing on the best scenic routes from which to explore the diverse New Zealand landscape - from the glistening glaciers on the West Coast to the surfers' paradise on Central North Island. Discover DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: New Zealand. + Detailed itineraries and "don't-miss" destination highlights at a glance. + Illustrated cutaway 3-D drawings of important sights. + Floor plans and guided visitor information for major museums. + Guided walking tours, local drink and dining specialties to try, things to do, and places to eat, drink, and shop by area. + Area maps marked with sights. + Insights into history and culture to help you understand the stories behind the sights. + Hotel and restaurant listings highlight DK Choice special recommendations. With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that illuminate every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: New Zealand truly shows you this region as no one else can.

This easy-to-use guide has everything you need to plan the trip of a lifetime, whether that includes snow sports in the Canadian Rockies, witnessing the power of Niagara Falls, or simply discovering the best restaurants in Montreal. Stunning photography and detailed descriptions, plus DK's unique illustrations and floor plans, allow this guide to showcase the best places to visit in Canada. Packed with valuable insider information, from the quiet beauty of Prince Edward Island to Vancouver's buzzing nightlife and top things to do in Toronto, alongside a wealth of practical tips including hotel and restaurant listings, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Canada is your ideal travel companion to this incredible country. With hundreds of full-color photographs, hand-drawn illustrations, and custom maps that illuminate every page, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Canada truly shows you this city as no one else can.

Wren Fraser can think of better times to go into labour. Say, when she's not on the run, or when there's a hospital nearby. Better yet, when there's not a major flood trapping her in an abandoned house. She needs a rescue now! It arrives in one Alec Harper. Strong, competent and good–looking, the detective keeps her safe and doesn't leave her side. He even takes in Wren and the baby when they have no place to go. For a woman wanting her independence, it's shocking how quickly she settles in with Alec. The situation seems a bit too domestic. And the sizzling attraction between them is making things worse. She keeps telling herself to walk away, yet she can't. Or should that be, she doesn't want to?

An anthology of essays about Boston and what it means to the contributors, including Susan Orlean, Kevin Cullen, Mike Barnicle, Pico Iyer, and many more.

In this astonishingly assured, exquisitely crafted debut collection, Anthony Doerr takes readers from the African coast to the suburbs of Ohio, from sideshow pageantry to harsh wilderness survival, charting a vast and varied emotional landscape. Like the best storytellers, Doerr explores the human condition in all its manifestations: metamorphosis, grief, fractured relationships, and slowly mending hearts. Most dazzling is Doerr's gift for conjuring nature in both its beautiful abundance and crushing power. Some of his characters contend with tremendous hardship; some discover unique gifts; all are united by their ultimate deference to the mysteries of their respective landscapes.

Comprehensive manual for understanding and carrying out marine mammal rescue activities for stranded seals, manatees, dolphins, whales, or sea otters.