Anna Claybourne

"Learn how to face and survive the most disastrous things that could possibly happen! From terrifying natural disasters to dangerous weather, from getting lost in the wild to fighting off ferocious animal attacks, this is your ultimate guide against: avalanches, earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, wildfires, asteroid strikes..."--Cover back.

Describes the one hundred most dangerous animals, plants, diseases, and weather on the planet, including scorpions, sharks, wolfsbane, killer bees, smallpox, tsunamis, and earthquakes.

How can a plane fly upside down? Why aren't there any super-giant humans? Why doesn't the Moon fall out of the sky? answers all these intriguing questions about the science of forces, and much more.

"Love to tell scary stories around the camp fire? Like to solve mysteries? Brave enough to hear the truth about some pretty freaky phenomena? Then cuddle up with this spooky spine-tingler, filled with delightfully frightful true stories of real-life monsters, doomed domains, menacing mysteries, strange disappearances, and so much more. Meet ghosts, ghouls, and zombies. Go inside haunted houses, hidden graveyards, and deadly secret passages. The Fright-o-meter...

"Put the fun back into learning and take children on a number-crunching journey around the animal kingdom. From colossal mammals to tiny insects and everything in between, learn all about your favorite animals with more than 1,000 weird and wonderful numbers"-- Provided by publisher.