Earth’s ecosystems are in trouble, but we can step up to make a change! Explores the impacts of climate change on nature across our planet alongside real-world examples of how communities are enacting change to help. Bright photos and captivating illustrations make the topic approachable while frank text encourages engagement in an age-appropriate way. Let’s go wild to help Earth!
The planet is in peril. Climate change caused by human actions is harming nature. Explores Earth’s biggest environmental problems as well as what is being done to protect the planet, including ways for young readers to take action in their own communities. Bright photos and captivating illustrations make the topic approachable while frank text encourages engagement in an age-appropriate way. Let’s go wild to help Earth!
The planet is in peril, but we can help can starting in our own backyards! There are so many ways to make a difference. Engaging activities with step-by-step instructions will guide readers through hands-on projects to help restore nature at home. Bright photos and captivating illustrations make the topic approachable while frank text encourages engagement in an age-appropriate way. Let’s go wild to help Earth!
We live on a watery world! The ocean is important to all life on Earth. Learn about the problems facing the planet’s big, beautiful waters and what we can do to take care of the ocean. Approachable text and engaging photos makes this curricular topic come to life.
Floods teaches students how too much water can damage the earth and hurt people. After learning about why floods happen, students learn how people try to predict and stop flooding.
In Earthquakes, students learn about what causes earthquakes and why the happen in certain parts of the world. Pictures and graphs show how scientists measure the impact of an earthquake, along with how students can be prepared if they live in an are
Volcanoes explores how volcanoes are formed and what happens when they erupt. Diagrams and photographs illustrate the different types of volcanoes and examples of them from around the world.
Caves explores what a cave is, including the different sections of a cave. Readers also learn about the different ways caves can form and common structural elements, such as stalactites and stalagmites.
Un jour, à la fin de l’hiver, un petit oiseau est sorti et a découvert que le monde était devenu silencieux. Les rues étaient vides et les terrains de jeux, silencieux. Perplexe, mais déterminé, un oiseau explore la ville à la recherche d’un endroit approprié pour nicher. Les résidents d’un immeuble d’habitation le remarquent qui se repose dans un arbre tout près et sont réconfortés par son chant. En l’observant par leurs fenêtres, ils oublient leur quotidien et prennent le temps d’apprécier les merveilles de la nature. L’oiseau choisit de s’installer pour de bon dans cette communauté et il y fait son nid, un acte de résilience et d’espoir qui inspire les humains à sortir eux aussi et leur rappelle que la nature a son propre rythme, que les saisons changent et que la vie continue. Encore une fois. Ce livre d’images sans texte est une contemplation pleine d’espoir de nos liens avec la nature et de la joie qu’elle nous procure, même dans des périodes difficiles.
This gorgeously illustrated picture book is a celebration of summer vacation and West Coast island life. Every day is different on Gran's island in the Salish Sea as granddaughter climbs big-leaf maples, eats blackberries, explores tide pools and sandstone caves and examines ancient middens and petroglyphs. She and Gran watch harbor seals sunning themselves and Gran's neighbor carving an eagle out of a piece of cedar while drinking fresh nettle tea. And on her way home, our young narrator sees a pod of orcas, breaching, tail lobbing and spy-hopping as she says goodbye to the island for another summer.
Cyrus and Rudy spend the last days of summer selling dahlias, blackberries and tomatoes at their roadside stand. When a neighbor drops off a bin full of red wigglers, California earthworms that break down compost into fertilizer, Rudy and Cyrus become worm moguls as they discover just how in demand the Eisenia fetida are. Black Gold is the third book featuring Cyrus and Rudy’s adventures on the farm, following Not for Sale and Blackberry Juice.
A lullaby of reconciliation and reclamation, celebrating the ancestral relationship between Indigenous children and the land that is forever their home. Under glowing morning sun and silvery winter moon, from speckled frogs croaking in spring to summer fields painted with fireweed, this meditative lullaby introduces little ones to the plants and animals of the Prairies and the Plains. Written in both Plains Cree and English and featuring stunning artwork by celebrated artist Carla Joseph, Forever Our Home / kâkikê kîkinaw is a beautiful and gentle song about our spiritual connection to the land.
A Whale’s World follows a pod of spy-hopping orcas as they explore the ecosystems of the Great Bear Sea while hunting for their next meal. Past rocky shores and through kelp forests, they observe foraging wolves, hungry grizzly bears, curious black bears, graceful fin whales, splashing porpoises, slippery seals and other members of the Pacific coastal food web. The book gives readers an introduction to the many ways that marine and land animals interact with their environments and with each other.
Find out why leaves turn orange, yellow, red, and purple in the autumn before falling to the ground. Additional features to aid comprehension include colorful images, informational diagrams, hands-on activities, detailed captions and callouts, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author.
Find out what causes spring, summer, fall, and winter and how different parts of Earth experience the seasons. Additional features to aid comprehension include colorful images, informational diagrams, hands-on activities, detailed captions and callouts, a table of contents, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author.
Provides information about the causes of hurricanes, where they occur, their characteristics, and the effects they produce.
Learn more about garbage collectors, including what they do on a typical day, what the grossest part of the job is, and what technology they use to stay safe and make the job less gross.
Discusses what floods are, how they occur, and how to protect oneself when they happen.
Examines earthquakes, what they are, what causes them, and better means of monitoring them.
Provides information about the causes of droughts, where they occur, their characteristics, and the effects they produce.
Learn more about compost center operators, including what they do on a typical day, what the grossest parts of the job are, and what technology they use to stay safe and make the job less gross.
Discusses what avalanches are, how they occur, and how to protect oneself from avalanches.
A very simple introduction to the geography, topography, flora, fauna, and people of South America. Additional features to aid comprehension include fact-filled captions, detailed photographs, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author.
A very simple introduction to the geography, topography, flora, fauna, and people of Europe. Additional features to aid comprehension include fact-filled captions, detailed photographs, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author.
A very simple introduction to the geography, topography, flora, fauna, and people of Asia. Additional features to aid comprehension include fact-filled captions, detailed photographs, a phonetic glossary, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author.
