Explore Life Cycles!

Explore Life Cycles!
Summary: 

PUB DATE MARCH 2011 In Explore Life Cycles! kids ages 6-9 will learn about the amazing changes plants and animals experience throughout their lives. Young scientists will discover what happens inside those magical cocoons to transform a caterpillar into a creature as different as a butterfly. They’ll explore how frogs can breathe underwater as tadpoles, then use lungs as an adult. Life Cycles will show kids how mammals, fish, birds, insects, amphibians, plants, and fungus are born, develop, and live their lives. Activities range from edible life cycles of insects to special butterfly habitats. Using an eye-catching combination of cartoons, fun facts, and exciting projects, Explore Life Cycles will bring the mysteries of life right into kids’ hands.

About the Author: 

Kathleen M. Reilly is an award-winning writer and author. She is a frequent contributor to magazines like Family Circle, Parents, Woman’s Day, National Geographic Kids, FamilyFun, and others. Kate has taught science classes for kids for five years, bringing tough topics to life through interactive projects and experiments. She’s also the author of four science activity books and a children’s biography.

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