The Bizarre Life Cycle of a Cuckoo

The Bizarre Life Cycle of a Cuckoo
Author: Barbara M. Linde
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2012-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1433970465

Many species of cuckoo lay their eggs in the nests of other birds. After the young cuckoo hatches, it may eject the other babies from the nest so it can thrive. Readers learn these and other amazing facts about the life cycle of the cuckoo through engaging and information text. Colorful photographs engage readers in the easy-to-read explanations. Fact boxes add even more weird information about the cuckoo, and graphic organizers enhance readers’ understanding of science content.

The Bizarre Life Cycle of an Octopus

The Bizarre Life Cycle of an Octopus
Author: Therese M. Shea
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2012-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1433970589

Readers learn about the unique life cycle of the octopus, including facts such as a mother octopus doesn’t eat while taking care of her eggs and neither male nor female octopuses live very long after becoming parents. Colorful photographs and engaging graphic organizers enhance age-appropriate language and science content. Bizarre fact boxes draw in readers with even more octopus oddities.

The Bizarre Life Cycle of a Cicada

The Bizarre Life Cycle of a Cicada
Author: Greg Roza
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2012-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1433970422

Common thought places cicadas as tree dwellers; these odd insects actually live most of their lives underground. This book details the bizarre life cycle of the cicada, including the deposit of hundreds of eggs on a tree branch and details of a species that can live 17 years. Fascinating fact boxes provide readers with more strange information, and fun graphic organizers aid understanding. Full-color photographs enhance easy-to-understand language and science content. Many species of cuckoo lay their eggs in the nests of other birds. After the young cuckoo hatches, it may eject the other babies from the nest so it can thrive.

The Bizarre Life Cycle of a Kangaroo

The Bizarre Life Cycle of a Kangaroo
Author: Barbara M. Linde
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2012-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1433970503

Using age-appropriate language and accessible science content, readers are introduced to the unique lives of a beloved marsupial, the kangaroo. Baby kangaroos are born and climb into their mother’s pouch after just 33 days in utero. Using colorful photographs and fun fact boxes, readers learn bizarre information and use helpful graphic organizers to reinforce key information.

The Bizarre Life Cycle of a Mayfly

The Bizarre Life Cycle of a Mayfly
Author: Greg Roza
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2012-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1433970546

Introduces the life cycle of the mayfly, discussing its physical characteristics, eating habits, and reproduction.

Bird Life Cycles

Bird Life Cycles
Author: Bray Jacobson
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2017-12-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1538210363

All birds lay eggs, but the size, shape, and colors are very different. Do these differences change the bird life cycle? Readers learn about the general life cycle of a bird from when the egg is laid to the different life-spans of various types of birds. Written specifically for students in need of review or extra help, this book gives a concise overview of a topic commonly included in science curricula. Alongside the main content’s simple explanations, colorful diagrams provide readers another way to learn about bird life cycles.

Birds and Cages

Birds and Cages
Author: Ida Tomshinsky
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 94
Release: 2019-03-16
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1796022098

We are not afraid to say that we are fascinated by birds. Flying birds always provoke human admiration. There is this unexplained mysterious feeling that surrounds us when watching birds on the forest trees, in our backyard, at the ocean, sea, or lake. Birds are an infinite treasure of inspiration for humans, waking us up in the morning with beautiful birdsongs. Their little brain is of a size of an unshelled walnut and is associated with intelligent behavior and the same capabilities of humans and apes’ mental tasks. When you think about all the animals in the world, you quickly realize that birds are, in fact, among some of the most intelligent creatures we have on earth. Although there are more than ten thousand bird species worldwide, only a handful of them have made the list for the extremely talented and incredibly intelligent. So who are these super intelligent feathered friends? It is difficult to pick one. Perhaps kea, ravens, and crows are equally smart; while macaws, cockatoo, and jays are on the top of any list too. Who knew that an African gray is capable of working out the location of hidden food by using the kind of deduction and elimination skills previously seen only in humans and apes? And as you probably have heard, they are exceptional talkers! Today, we all know that it is bad to imprison birds in cages, but it was not always the case throughout the history. According to Stephen King, “Some birds are not meant to be caged, that’s all. Their feathers are too bright, their songs too sweet and wild.” Due to beautiful poetry and cultural expressions, the flying bird became a symbol of freedom and independence. There are cases of historic acknowledgment of birdcages, especially in the Victorian era. People were listening to birdsongs in cages as it was their radio entertainment outlet. During wartimes, birds demonstrated their unique abilities in courageous heroic efforts to help humans in transferring information through the battlefields. The birds and birdcages both have a longtime history. Our love for the amazing earth creatures makes us stand out for their protection and safety to enjoy our shared inhabitants on the planet, and as for the birdcages, people find them pretty appealing in various ways of the aesthetic repurposing.

The Cuckoo's Egg

The Cuckoo's Egg
Author: Cliff Stoll
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2024-07-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1668048167

In this white-knuckled true story that is “as exciting as any action novel” (The New York Times Book Review), an astronomer-turned-cyber-detective begins a personal quest to expose a hidden network of spies that threatens national security and leads all the way to the KGB. When Cliff Stoll followed the trail of a 75-cent accounting error at his workplace, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, it led him to the presence of an unauthorized user on the system. Suddenly, Stoll found himself crossing paths with a hacker named “Hunter” who had managed to break into sensitive United States networks and steal vital information. Stoll made the dangerous decision to begin a one-man hunt of his own: spying on the spy. It was a high-stakes game of deception, broken codes, satellites, and missile bases, one that eventually gained the attention of the CIA. What started as simply observing soon became a game of cat and mouse that ultimately reached all the way to the KGB.

Secret Lives

Secret Lives
Author: Stephen Dalton
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 136
Release: 1988
Genre: Photography
ISBN:

A Feast of Folklore

A Feast of Folklore
Author: Ben Gazur
Publisher: Unbound Publishing
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2024-09-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1800183178

"Diverting, delightful and deliciously weird enough to satisfy the most demanding appetite." — Christopher Hadley, author of The Road Folklorist Ben Gazur guides you through the dark alleys of British history to uncover how our food habits have been passed down through generations of folklore. Who was the first person to throw salt over their shoulder? Why do we think carrots can help us see in the dark? When did we start holding village fairs to honour gigantic apple pies? Or start hurling ourselves down hills in pursuit of a wheel of cheese? Gazur investigates the origins of famous food superstitions as well as much more bizarre and lesser-known tales too, from what day the devil urinates on blackberries to how to stop witches using eggshells as escape boats. Hilarious and fascinating, A Feast of Folklore will introduce you to the gloriously eccentric folk who aren’t often noticed by historians. Here lies a smorgasbord of their dark remedies and deadly delicacies, waiting to be discovered.