"You may have heard of ships. You may have also heard of the sea and the night. But did you realize there's nothing more beautiful than a ship and its lights on the sea at night? In warm and witty prose, this book asks the reader to consider the splendor of glowing lights cast by ships on a shimmering waterway. Meet a trawler, a paddlewheel ferryboat, and icebreaker, and something called a RoRo--all richly illustrated to illuminate the gorgeous explosion...

When night falls, everything is dark. Or is it? The Moon shines with a pale light. A car drives along the street, and when its headlights flash, two bright dots run by. Is it a cat's eyes? Or perhaps a fox's? Stars twinkle in the night sky, and sometimes even the bright belt of the Milky Way is visible. Come on a journey and visit the dark forest, the deep ocean, and the shadows of the city, and discover everything that glows, glitters, and shines...

"Do you know why humans snore? Or how a cat sees in the dark? Have you ever heard of a flower that blooms only at night? The answers to these nighttime mysteries and more are revealed in this entertaining non-fiction introduction to the science of night. There's a whole world of activity going on in the world in the dark, and even inside us, when our bodies and brains seem to be quiet and still. In the Dark investigates the big questions about what...

�Por qu�e dormimos? �C�omo hacen los tiburones para dar cabezaditas bajo el agua? �Cu�al es la cama m�as cara del mundo? Encontrar�as las respuestas a estas y otras muchas preguntas en esta recopilaci�on de historias reales para leer en cinco minutos. Prep�arate para viajar al antiguo Egipto y examinar las camas de Tutankam�on, volar al espacio y ver c�omo los astronautas se preparan para acostarse, o sumergirte en el agua...

Discover how all the living things in this ecosystem depend on each other and their habitat for survival.