The Usborne Internet-Linked Mysteries & Marvels of Nature
Ages 8-12
8 1/2" x 10 7/8"
128 pages
Hardback
Retail Price $19.95
Our Price $17.00
The Usborne Internet-Linked Mysteries & Marvels of Nature is a fascinating book. The pictures are absolutely gorgeous. The easy to read text is just enough to keep your child interested without bogging him down in a lot of reading. The information your child will learn is probably the most fascinating he will learn anywhere. Not only that, but it is internet-linked.
What, you may be asking, does internet-linked mean? Usborne has added descriptions of websites throughout these books that will further enhance your study of the subject. Since we all know that the internet is an ever-changing, sometimes dangerous place, Usborne has a website that is just for these links from their books. You visit www.usborne-quicklinks.com and there you will find the links mentioned in the books. The advantage of going through Usborne to get to these links is that Usborne regularly reviews the sites for content and updates the information for you in usborne Quicklinks.
Does all this mean you have to have a computer to get the most out of these books? Definitely not. The books stand on their own and will be just as wonderful used without the computer.
Here is just a sampling of what your child will be introduced to:
- A Venus Fly Trap catching its dinner
- Snow Monkeys satying warm in hot springs
- A Lizard that can walk on water
- A Darkling Beetle collecting fog to drink
- A Frog that lives inside a flower
- Penguin Chicks huddling together for warmth
In case you were wondering just what those internet-links will offer, here are some examples of what you will be able to do on their sites:
- Take an interactive journey into the abyss, finding deep-sea creatures along the way.
- Experience a child's-eye view of life inside a bird's nest.
- have a terrifying close encounter with a great white shark.
- Discover exactly what plants do in private.
- Listen to the incredible singing of humpback whales.
- Discover some of the world's most poisonous plants.
- Find out what the owrld looks like to a bee.
- Go on a nighttime safari in the Kalahari Desert.
- Find out everything you ever wanted to know about butterflies.
 
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