Environmental Causes (Celebrity Activists)
by Gary Chandler and Kevin Graham
Continents of the World (Set) (Continents of the World)
Winner of the Children's Roundtable Literature Information Book Award. Ideal for children, Exploring the Sky by Day offers fascinating insight into such phenomena as lightning, the 10 types of clouds, storms, solar haloes, sundogs, and sunsets. Brought to life with dozens of photographs and the color illustrations of John Bianchi the book provides an excellent introduction to weather and the atmosphere.
Parque Nacional Acadia (Acadia National Park) (Parques Nacionales (National Parks))
by Grace Hansen
Transportation (Ecology Alert!)
by Andrew Church and Amanda Church
Describes different modes of transportation developed in different areas of the world with special emphasis on their environmental consequences.
Alerts the reader to the dangers of surface water pollution and the global imperative to keep these waters fresh.
Accidental Genius: Science Puzzles for Clever Kids: Set 3 (Accidental Genius: Science Puzzles for Clever Kids)
A Walk In The Rain Forest (Biomes of North America)
by Rebecca L Johnson
Las Casas de Los Animales (Inside Animal Homes) (Casas de los Animales (Inside Animal Homes))
by Matthew Bates
La Vida en la Pradera (Scholastic News Nonfiction Readers)
by David C Lion
The award-winning Alaskan picture book duo is back with a look at the long arctic winter. As temperatures drop and the snow deepens, the animals that make the tundra home must ready themselves for survival. Follow the arctic ground squirrel as it begins the cycle of sleeping, supercooling, and warming that will occur at least a dozen times before spring arrives. See how the wood frog partially freezes itself in hibernation beneath layers of snow, or how the woolly bear caterpillars makes it thro...
Based on a true story, Waiting for Ice follows an orphaned polar bear cub as she struggles to find food on Wrangel Island, far north in the Arctic Ocean. Left alone at ten months old, the young female finds herself up against other bears who are bigger and stronger than she is—and just as hungry. Due to rising temperatures, the bears are trapped on the island until the ice packs reform. Only then can they venture out to hunt for seals and whales, using the ice as life rafts. This poignant tale...