"Is that a stick? Or is it a leaf? Neither! It's a bug! Find out what kinds of critters are hiding in plain sight."--

New series from DK designed to help kids learn how to read and learn to love reading Bugs Hide and Seek is a 'Starting To Read' reader, perfect for children who are beginning to read for meaning, decoding and recognising words, and enjoying reading. Be surprised! Some bugs have the perfect shape and colour to stay hidden since they look like parts of the plants around them. Can you spot them? Play hide and seek with the bugs and watch out for the bug look-alikes. Bugs Hide and Seek is part of the new DK Reads series, a three-level reading scheme that helps children become confident readers, featuring engaging and illustrated topics, plus fun interactive aspects such as diaries, recipes, and games that support the national curriculum. DK Reads is created in consultation with literacy experts and adheres to levelled reading scheme guidelines so the grammar, vocabulary, and content are spot on for each stage.

Bugs Hide and Seek tells the story about a leaf bug who introduces other bugs that also have great camouflage. In this Level 1 DK Reader early readers will have fun trying to find the camouflaged bugs before they reveal themselves. With short sentences and simple vocabulary, as well as picture dictionary boxes with word labels, Bugs Hide and Seek is perfect for children just beginning to learn to read. DK Readers is a multi-level reading program guaranteed to capture children's interest while developing their reading skills and general knowledge. With nine new exciting titles to choose from this season, kid's ages 4-10 will find the perfect book at their appropriate reading level to help with school projects or independent reading. Supports the Common Core State Standards.

Help your child power up their reading skills and learn all about incredible insect camouflage with this fun-filled nonfiction reader carefully leveled to help children progress. DK Super Readers Level 1: Bugs Hide and Seek will introduce kids to a parade of amazing bugs that can disguise themselves as something else—including insects that look like sticks, sand, grass, and rocks—and is a motivating introduction to using essential nonfiction reading skills, proving ideal for children ready to enter the riveting world of reading. DK Super Readers take children on a journey through the wonderful world of nonfiction: traveling back to the time of dinosaurs, learning more about animals, exploring natural wonders and more, all while developing vital nonfiction reading skills and progressing from first words to reading confidently. The DK Super Readers series can help your child practice reading by: - Covering engaging, motivating, curriculum-aligned topics. - Building knowledge while progressing key Grades 1 and 2 reading skills. - Developing subject vocabulary on topics such as insects, camouflage, and the natural world. - Boosting understanding and retention through comprehension quizzes. Each title, which has been leveled using MetaMetrics®: The Lexile Framework for Reading, integrates science, geography, history, and nature topics so there’s something for all children’s interests. The books and online content perfectly supplement core literacy programs and are mapped to the Common Core Standards. Children will love powering up their nonfiction reading skills and becoming reading heroes. DK Super Readers Level 1 titles are visually engaging and build vocabulary through a nonfiction world of amazing facts. Perfect for children ages 6 to 8 (Grades 1 and 2) who are beginning to read with help.

Have you ever played a game called hide and seek? Believe it or not insects play the same game, but not for fun. The little bugs hide for their lives or hide to catch food. A circle of life and a circle of survival. Look around in your backyard or a city park where the grass is green and there are leaves on the trees and bushes. Within this area are hidden insects not just in front of you but around you. The book is dedicated to Mother Earth, with all her beauty and wonders. So much life, so much worlds within worlds. Nature reflecting the curious mind and the exploring soul to find new gifts from Mother Earth.

This is a story about a leaf bug who introduces other bugs that also have great camouflage. Readers will have great fun trying to find the camouflaged bugs before they reveal themselves. Level 1 DK Readers feature read-together stories for children just beginning to learn to read. They contain short simple sentences, simple vocabulary, word repetition, and large type. Strong visual clues combined with special picture dictionary boxes help children with new words. Lively stories feature characters and topics that are familiar to young children. DK Readers combine an enticing visual layout with high-interest, easy-to-read stories to captivate and delight young bookworms who are just getting started. Written by leading children's authors and compiled in consultation with literacy experts, these engaging books build reader confidence along with a lifelong appreciation for nonfiction, classic stories, and biographies.

Watch out! From the wet and wild meadows of the west to the sun-scorched desert, insects cleverly disguise themselves using nature's camouflage for protection. This hide-and-seek book for young readers features diorama habitats where insects live. Readers are encouraged to find the insects among the panoramic pages and then learn more in insect windows. The book encourages young readers to study detailed natural habitats made out of mixed media and find creatures hidden in crevices, nooks, and creeks. Habitats include the arid desert, the backyard, the creek, the forest, the meadow, and the marsh. For older kids the artwork in this book will astound and amuse and surprise. Unusual insects such as the caddis fly appear along with some other mysterious larvae.

Play and learn with bugs of all colors, shapes, and sizes. Questions within the book provide a built-in tool for grown-ups to use while reading, encouraging little ones to expand on the story. This type of interactive "dialogic reading" is key to developing early literacy skills. Start reading and learning today with Bugs!

One of our most iconic childhood games receives a creepy twist as it becomes the gateway to a nightmare world. Don't let the Seeker find you!Twelve-year-old Zee is back now. He disappeared for a year and nobody knows where he went or what happened to him. Not even his best friends Justin, Nia, and Lyric. But ever since Zee has been back, he's been... different. After Zee freaks out at his friends playing hide-and-seek at an odd party in his backyard -- the first time his friends are back together since his reappearance -- strange things begin to occur. Everyone who played in the game has a mark on their wrist. And then they disappear.The kids are pulled into a shadow world -- the Nowhere -- ruled by the monstrous, shape-shifting Seeker. Justin and his friends will have to band together and face their worst nightmares to defeat the Seeker or lose themselves to the Nowhere forever.

Buzz! Zip! Zoom! When the weather is warm, insects are everywhere. But what do they do in winter? Honeybees huddle in their hive. Monarch butterflies fly south. Woolly bear caterpillars hide under leaves and snow. This book shows what twelve different insects do to survive winter's chill.