Top 20 Daredevils: Countdown to Danger
- 128 pages
- 5 hours of reading
From swallowing a cup full of needles to tightrope-walking across the Grand Canyon, these top 20 daredevils have attempted some of the most dangerous stunts of all time!






From swallowing a cup full of needles to tightrope-walking across the Grand Canyon, these top 20 daredevils have attempted some of the most dangerous stunts of all time!
Provides unusual facts and information about technology, revealing that penicillin was invented by accident, Google answers over three billion questions per day, and the world's highest bridge is in China.
Focusing on the fascinating adaptations of various animals, the book explores unique traits such as the gliding abilities of draco lizards, the electricity generation of electric eels, and the way snakes use their tongues to sense their environment. Each example highlights the remarkable ways animals have evolved to survive and thrive in their habitats.
A level 2 reader in the Scholastic nonfiction reader line featuring gigantic animals that you'll hardly believe are real!Some people are short and some people are tall, but everyone is a little different. The same is true for animals. Some animals are small and others are bigger. But did you know that certain animals grow much, MUCH larger than all others of their kind? In this level 2 reader, you'll meet oversized animals--from rabbits the size of dogs, and dogs the size of horses and so much more. They are the supersize animals!
Explains how bacteria and viruses affect the human body and how the body fights them.
Introduces some animals that are so ugly they are cute, from bulldogs and sphynx cats to red-eyed tree frogs and axolotls.
Biography of an inventor, scientist, and teacher who invented the telephone and made communication a lot easier
Through a question-and-answer format, provides information on the life and accomplishments of the physicist most famous for his theory of relativity.
This book provides a brief look at the life and work of American inventor Thomas Edison.
Read and find out about spiders in this colorfully illustrated nonfiction picture book. In this book, featuring remarkably realistic artwork by S.D. Schindler, you will learn about the silk spiders produce, the webs they spin, and the prey they capture. You will even learn how to make a web of your own! "A lively and interesting look at a popular subject," according to a starred review from School Library Journal. This is a clear and appealing science book for early elementary age kids, both at home and in the classroom. It's a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades. The 100+ titles in this leading nonfiction series Top 10 reasons to love Books in this series support the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.