Children's Books
Catching Air: Taking the Leap with Gliding Animals
Hardback
*NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book*
*Junior Library Guild Selection 2017*
Only a few dozen vertebrate animals have evolved true gliding abilities, but they include an astonishing variety of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians.
A Story of Civilization in 50 Disasters: From the Minoan Volcano to Climate Change
Paperback
Civilization rearranges nature for human convenience. Clothes and houses keep us warm; agriculture feeds us; medicine fights our diseases. It all...
The Secret Bay
Paperback
Narrated in the poetic voice of the estuary itself, and accompanied by natural-history sidebars about estuary plants, animals, and cycles, THE...
Thanks to the Animals: 10th Anniversary Edition
Paperback
Named one of the Top 10 Native American Books for Elementary Schools by American Indians in Children's Literature
Little Zoo Sap and his family are moving from their summer home on the coast to their winter home in the deep woods. Unnoticed, the youngster tumbles off the end of the sled.
My Busy Green Garden
Paperback
So begins this lyrical tribute to the bugs, bees, and birds that make the garden such a busy place. With each turned page, more visitors appear,...