Children's Books
Extreme Survivors: Animals That Time Forgot
Hardback
More than 99 percent of all life forms have gone extinct during the 3.6-billion-year history of life on Earth. Other organisms have changed...
If You Are a Kaka, You Eat Doo Doo: And Other Poop Tales from Nature
Hardback
Baby golden tortoise beetles pile poop on their backs to create a shield as protection from predators. Silver-spotted skipper caterpillars can...
A Story of Travel in 50 Vehicles: From Shoes to Space Shuttles
Paperback
Starred Youth Services Book Review
Paula Grey explores how creative thinkers—sometimes collaborating, sometimes competing, and always building on the work of their predecessors—have envisioned new ways to move about in the world.
A Story of Ambition in 50 Hoaxes: From the Trojan Horse to Fake Tech Support
Paperback
Starred Youth Services Book Review
What do the Trojan Horse, Piltdown Man, Keely Motor Company, and Ponzi Scheme have in common? They were all famous hoaxes, carefully designed and bolstered with false evidence.
The Secret Pool
Paperback
*John Burroughs Association Riverby Award*
*Maine Lupine Award*
*Skipping Stones Honor Book*
You might walk right by a vernal pool and not notice it. Often mistaken for mere puddles in the woods, vernal pools are the source of life for many interesting creatures.