Are you ready to explore? This continent has unique people, plants, animals, geographical features, and cultures. Take a fascinating tour of Asia to learn what makes it like no other place on Earth. You'll find well-researched, clearly written informational text, primary sources with accompanying questions, charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, and maps, multiple prompts, and more. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards....

Learn about Asia and the endangered animals that inhabit it.

Did you know that the sloth bear loves to eat bugs? Readers will discover this and more in this fascinating title! Bold colors, engaging text, and oversized photos introduce readers to the sloth bear's body structure, eating habits, social behavior, habitat, predators, and survival threats. In addition, readers will learn about the life of a baby bear, from cub to independence. A map highlights sloth bear territory, fun facts appear throughout, and...

Earth's highest and lowest surface points can be found in Asia, the largest continent. Travelers flock to Asia to gaze upon the Great Wall and the Taj Mahal. Some even aspire to climb Mount Everest! Pick up this book to discover more about this continent that is home to more than four billion people.

Briefly describes eight festivals celebrated by Chinese, Japanese, and Vietnamese, including various New Years Festivals, Ch'ing Ming, and Buddha's birthday.

"A treasury of folktales from China, Japan, Korea, India, The Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia."--P. [1] of cover.

"Information about some of the more important and interesting endangered animals of Asia, including the animal's common name, scientific name, and conservation status; also includes a map showing the range of each animal featured; and a glossary, additional resources, and an index"--

Publisher Annotation: A dupatta is so much more than a beautiful piece of fabric. A dupatta is sound―swooshing and swashing like a superhero cape. A dupatta is scent―cinnamon and cardamom, crushed coriander and peppermint oil. A dupatta is fun―playing peekaboo and building cushion forts with dupatta canopies. Dupattas―shawls traditionally worn by women in various cultures of South Asia―are beautiful and colorful of course, but they're also...