Kaleidoscopes—with their endlessly changing patterns—have captivated imaginations for centuries. This unique collection features thirty of these circularly arranged images, created from multiple views of butterflies, fish, beetles, and other creatures of nature.

What colour could the dinosaurs have been? Kaleidoscope of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life explores with vibrant illustrations and incredible cutting edge theories just how dinosaurs and other extinct creatures might have looked.

NAUTILUS BOOK AWARD WINNER "A heartfelt meditation on farm, food, and family…a love story of the land and a life spent caring for it." —HANNAH NORDHAUS, author of The Beekeeper's Lament In this love story of land and family, Kayann Short explores her farm roots from her grandparents' North Dakota homesteads to her own Stonebridge Farm, an organic, community–supported farm on the Colorado Front Range where small–scale, local agriculture borrows lessons of the past to cultivate sustainable communities for the future.

A photograph tour of skyscapes, meteorologist/ naturalist Herd explains sky optics, everyday phenomena for sky observers from twilight to after sunset, and such occasional treats as rainbows, moon bows, various types of halos, and aurora borealis. Includes tips for predicting, locating, interpreting, and photographing these wonders; several questions with an answer key; and a glossary.

The vibrant, full colour illustrations by New Zealand artist Kate Hursthouse takes us on a journey to meet some of our world's fabulous, colourful creatures.

Explore ten of the world's most diverse environments and reveal their hidden secrets with a magic coloured lens that illuminates each page in a kaleidoscope of colour. Discover the dark and mysterious creatures of the night, whose super-sensory powers allow them to live and survive in the shadows, then switch the lens to step into daylight, where the heat of the sun supercharges the secret lives of creatures big and small. Finally, use the third lens to reveal the luscious plant life of every habitat as you travel through a jungle, a reef, grasslands, woodland and uncover a world that never sleeps. This is an animal book like no other, allowing you to view the natural world in full technicolour.

Why are animals so amazingly colorful? Find out in this kaleidoscopic look at the technicolor world of animals. Meet animals of every color of the rainbow and find out why they are the colors and patterns they are. Discover the reason why some animals are stripy and others are spotty. Why do some creatures deliberately pop out while others strive to blend in? Why are some bright to warn off others while some only pretend to look toxic? Why are some male animals so much more flamboyant than their female counterparts? Why do some babies look so different from the grown-ups in their families? The animal kingdom is explored like never before in this richly detailed natural history book, bursting with life and color. This is a beautifully illustrated first look at the colorful and kaleidoscopic world of animals for young children.