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"Celebrating the creativity of what we wear, this playful fashion alphabet introduces key terms for dressing and dressing up, from apron to zippers."--

Presents how the right clothing and gear help scientists do their work in hard to reach places, like the forest canopy and bat caves, while protecting them from hazards like germs, chemicals, and the sun's radiation.

Is your style • crisp and put-together? • a creative mix of solid colors and lively patterns? • equally suited to the classroom and the beach? Then you're a follower of the preppy look! It's the go-to look for countless celebrities, from Taylor Swift to Zac Efron. With a few style staples in your closet and an eye for patterns and colors, you can pull together looks that are just as classy and creative. Find out about the clothes, accessories,...

Uses colorful photographs to show the clothing and dress of children from places around the globe, including Peru, Uganda, and Sweden.

Easy-to-read text, accompanied by full-color illustrations, introduces young readers to the processes involved in producing the materials used in clothing and turning them into such garments as cotton jeans, a silk dress, and rubber boots.

"We all wear underwear-even famous people like Buzz Aldrin, Queen Victoria, and Satchel Paige. Through the ages, plenty of these figures have made history. Sometimes their underwear did, too (even if they might have tried to hide it). From Abe Lincoln's embarrassing wardrobe malfunctions to Amelia Bloomer's eponymous undies to Otzi the Iceman's 5300-year-old skivvies, I See Lincoln's Underpants opens the top drawers of some of history's most interesting...