The ideal gift to help kids learn brilliant new hobbies Get up, get moving and get energised! The how-to book that encourages kids to get active. It’s easy to understand and tells them exactly what they need to know step-by-step. Easy-peasy activities to do at home, in the garden or at the park from obstacle courses to bike rides and park runsSpace to scribble and make the book their ownPacked with 50 fun activities guaranteed to them off the sofa! Written...
All about the Ozone Layer: Effects on Human, Animal and Plant Health - Environment Books Children's Environment Books
by Baby Professor
Discover the beauty of the world around us and why we must protect it, in this magical, sing-along picture book. Eight-year-old environmentalist, Frankie Morland wants to make a difference to the world. So, he decided to write a song... In this colurful book, Frankie's thoughtful lyrics sit alongside beautiful illustrations which remind us of all there is to love about planet Earth and just how urgent it is that we take care of it. World In Danger features facts about Frankie's favourite enda...
Artic Thaw Climate Change and the Global Race for Energy Resources
by Stephanie Sammartino McPherson
Describes how global warming has made the Arctic's oil, gas, natural resources, and minerals more accessible and how competition between nations and corporate interests for control of the resources is endangering the Arctic's fragile ecosystems. --Publisher's description.
Our Planet, Our Choice (Scientific American Explores Big Ideas)
How to Protect Endangered Animals - Animal Book Age 10 Children's Animal Books
by Baby Professor
'Naomi Klein's work has always moved and guided me. She is the great chronicler of our age of climate emergency, an inspirer of generations' - GRETA THUNBERGThe first book for younger readers by internationally bestselling social activist Naomi Klein: the most authoritative and inspiring book on climate change for young people yet.Warming seas. Superstorms. Fires in the Amazon. The effects of climate change are all around us.Reforestation. School-strikes for climate change. Young people are savi...
Rachel Carson (Up Close) (Up Close (Puffin))
by Ellen S. Levine
Rachel Carson combined her love of science and writing in her award-winning and controversial book Silent Spring. Revealing the dangers of pesticide use, it brought readers a new awareness of humankind’s contamination of the environment and ultimately led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Youth Revolution is the inspirational story of how Kiara Nirghin, a sixteen-year-old high-school student from Johannesburg, overcame severe health obstacles to win the grand prize at the 2016 International Google Science Fair for her unique and innovative solution to worldwide drought. Having experienced bacterial meningitis, undiagnosed bilharzia and severe weight loss, Kiara was forced to postpone her school career for hospitalisation, with a real chance of losing her hearing, her sight and th...
As the planet's population explodes, so does the demand for water. About one out of every nine people in the world does not have access to safe drinking water, while one out of every five almost 1.5 billion humans lives in a region where water demand is outstripping supply. Fresh water resources are dwindling due to climate change and droughts, pollution, overconsumption, and privatization. Running Dry investigates tough questions: With limited supplies, will we be able to deliver safe, clean w...
The Polar Bear Scientists (Scientists in the Field (Hardcover)) (Scientists in the Field (Paperback))
by Peter Lourie and Susan Ramer
"In the world there are probably fewer than 30 people who spend all or most of their effort working with polar bears. A veteran polar bear biologist, and the man in charge of Alaskan polar bear research for the past thirty years, Dr. Steven Amstrup has worked full time on polar bears since he joined the Polar Bear Project in 1980. The Polar Bear Project conducts ongoing research on polar bear populations and habitats in the Southern Beaufort Sea in Barrow, Alaska. Now under the leadership of G...
Energy Solutions for All (Spotlight on Global Issues)
by Adam Furgang
'Never mind the kids, I’ve had an education from reading this book! ... Recommended for any budding scientists, eco-warriors or fans of weird facts' Rachel Riley, TV presenter and mathematician ‘The best way to get out of being bored is discovering something new. The great thing about this book is it whizzes you off to a world of facts you had never heard of. Result: not being bored. Result!’ Michael Rosen, Children’s poet and author ‘Every page bursting with fantastic facts you never thought...
The Uninhabitable Earth (Adapted for Young Adults)
by David Wallace-Wells
An exploration of the devastating effects of global warming—current and future—adapted for young adults from the #1 New York Times bestseller. This is not only an assessment on how the future will look to those living through it, but also a dire overview and an impassioned and hopeful call to action to change the trajectory while there is still time. The climate crisis that our nation currently faces, from rising temperatures, unfathomable drought, devastating floods, unprecedented fires,...