Science Comics: Skyscrapers

Author: John Kerschbaum
Publisher: First Second
ISBN: 1250767679
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
Leave no brick unturned in John Kerschbaum's Science Comics: Skyscrapers, the latest volume in First Second’s action-packed nonfiction graphic novel series for middle-grade readers! Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic—dinosaurs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, robots, and more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you! In this volume, join a pair of superheroes as they uncover the secrets of skyscrapers, from the great Egyptians pyramids to the world’s tallest building. Read along and learn how skyscrapers are a bold combination of applied physics, ingenuity, and a lot of hard work!

Science Comics: Skyscrapers

Author: John Kerschbaum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Leave no brick unturned in John Kerschbaum's Science Comics: Skyscrapers , the latest volume in First Second's action-packed nonfiction graphic novel series for middle-grade readers! Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic?dinosaurs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, robots, and more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you! In this volume, join a pair of superheroes as they uncover the secrets of skyscrapers, from the great Egyptians pyramids to the world's tallest building. Read along and learn how skyscrapers are a bold combination of applied physics, ingenuity, and a lot of hard work!

Science Comics: The Digestive System

Author: Jason Viola
Publisher: First Second
ISBN: 1250831326
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
In Science Comics: The Digestive System, visit the inside of your mouth, stomach, liver, intestines, and other organs that make up the gastrointestinal tract! Your guide to the gut is a friendly bacterium who will take you on a journey beyond imagination. Uncover how food is transformed into nutrients! Explore strange and dangerous glands! Behold the wonders of saliva, mucus, and vomit! Writer Jason Viola and illustrator Andy Ristaino provide a trip to the toilet you will never forget! Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic—dinosaurs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, robots, and more! Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these graphic novels are for you!

Dogs

Author: Andy Hirsch
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780605993907
Category : JUVENILE NONFICTION
Languages : en
Pages : 119

Book Description
How well do you know our favorite furry companion? Did they really descend from wolves? What's the difference between a Chihuahua and a Saint Bernard? And just how smart are they? Join one friendly mutt on a journey to discover the secret origin of dogs, how genetics and evolution shape species, and where in the world his favorite ball bounced off to.

Skyscrapers

Author: John Kerschbaum
Publisher: First Second Books
ISBN: 9781536460018
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
Two superheroes uncover the secrets to skyscrapers, from the Great Pyramids to the world's tallest building.

Supermen!

Author: Greg Sadowski
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1560979712
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 193

Book Description
The enduring cultural phenomenon of comic book heroes was invented in the late 1930s by a talented and hungry group of artists and writers barely out of their teens, flying by the seat of their pants to create something new, exciting, and above all profitable. The iconography and mythology they created flourishes to this day in comic books, video, movies, fine art, advertising, and practically all other media. Supermen! collects the best and the brightest of this first generation, including Jack Cole, Will Eisner, Bill Everett, Lou Fine, Fletcher Hanks, Jack Kirby, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, and Basil Wolverton.

Where's the Architect

Author: Susanne Rebscher
Publisher: Prestel
ISBN: 9783791373010
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Presents a history of architecture, from the top of China's Great Wall to the base of the Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx, while readers try to locate hidden figures in each spread.

Planet Paradise

Author: Jesse Lonergan
Publisher: Image Comics
ISBN: 1534319050
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 140

Book Description
To survive after crash landing on an alien planet, a vacationer must battle against a hostile environment, killer lizards, corporate bureaucracy, and the pessimism of her sole companion, the drug-addled captain of the ship.

Science Comics: Trees

Author: Andy Hirsch
Publisher: First Second
ISBN: 1250219310
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 67

Book Description
Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic—dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, flying machines, and many more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are for you! In Trees: Kings of the Forest we follow an acorn as it learns about its future as Earth's largest, longest-living plant. Starting with the seed's germination, we learn about each stage until the tree's maturation, different types of trees, and the roles trees take on in our ecosystem.

Science Comics: The Brain

Author: Tory Woollcott
Publisher: First Second
ISBN: 1250229375
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 67

Book Description
With Science Comics, you can explore the depths of the ocean, the farthest reaches of space, and everything in between! These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. In this volume, Fahama has been kidnapped by a mad scientist and his zombie assistant, and they are intent on stealing her brain! She'll need to learn about the brain as fast as possible in order to plan her escape! How did the brain evolve? How do our senses work in relation to the brain? How do we remember things? What makes you, YOU? Get an inside look at the human brain, the most advanced operating system in the world . . . if you have the nerve!