Barbara Taylor

"Explore the world of birds with this magnificently illustrated atlas. Which bird migrates the farthest? How do birds find a mate? What can we do to help endangered birds? Fully updated for its 25th anniversary, The Bird Atlas answers all these questions and more. This lavishly illustrated atlas for children is not your average guide to birds. It takes children on a tour, continent by continent, to meet the birds of the world. Within each section,...

The experiments are designed to be easy to organize and fun to do for children.

The renowned and beloved New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World and Learning to Walk in the Dark recounts her moving discoveries of finding the sacred in unexpected places while teaching the world's religions to undergraduates in rural Georgia, revealing how God delights in confounding our expectations. Barbara Brown Taylor continues her spiritual journey begun in Leaving Church of finding out what the world looks like after taking...

Barbara Brown Taylor, once hailed as one of America's most effective and beloved preachers, eloquently tells the moving and delightful story of her search to find an authentic way of being Christian-even when it meant giving up her pulpit. The eBook includes a special excerpt from Barbara Brown Taylor's Learning to Walk in the Dark.

Answers a wide variety of questions about the invention of common household items.

Clarifies the study of the forces and principles involved with weather through the use of models and associated activities.

Explains what maps are and why they are used, introduces symbols found on maps, and describes how cartographers map the world. Includes related activities.

Close-up photographs and simple text introduce such creatures as a rhino beetle, cockroach, praying mantis, cicada, millipede, and tarantula.

Examines, in text and labelled diagrams and illustrations, how different types of mountains were formed, the composition of various kinds of rock, volcanic mountains, and the process of erosion. Includes instructions for related projects.