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Floods

Peter Murray (author)

Publisher: The Child's World ISBN: 9781631438585

Discusses what floods are, how they occur, and how to protect oneself when they happen.

Earthquakes

Peter Murray (author)

Publisher: The Child's World ISBN: 9781631438578

Examines earthquakes, what they are, what causes them, and better means of monitoring them.

Droughts

Patrick Merrick (author)

Publisher: The Child's World ISBN: 9781631438561

Provides information about the causes of droughts, where they occur, their characteristics, and the effects they produce.

Compost Center Operator

Mirella S. Miller (author)

Publisher: The Child's World ISBN: 9781631437984

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.

California Wildfires Survival Stories

Thomas K. Adamson, Heather Adamson (author)

Publisher: The Child's World ISBN: 9781503806627

Through narrative nonfiction text, readers hear stories from survivors of the devastating wildfires that broke out across southern California in October 2007. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, a fast-fact section, fact-filled captions and callouts, a timeline of the disaster, infographics, a glossary, a listing of source notes, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author.

Avalanches

Patrick Merrick (author)

Publisher: The Child's World ISBN: 9781631438554

Discusses what avalanches are, how they occur, and how to protect oneself from avalanches.

Understanding Biomes

Jeanne Sturm (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781612366982

In Understanding Biomes, students will learn about the different biomes that exist on Earth. Readers will love discovering new information in this chapter book while also reinforcing learned skills with comprehension and extension activities.

Desert Dinners

Julie Lundgren (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781615907595

This book looks at a desert food chain, discussing the plants and animals that are native to this habitat, threats to their survival, and what is being done to protect their environment.

Forest Fare

Julie Lundgren (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781615907601

This book looks at a forest food chain, discussing the plants and animals that are native to this environment, threats to their survival, and what is being done to protect their habitat.

Freshwater Feeders

Gwendolyn Hooks (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781615907618

This book looks at a freshwater food chain, discussing the plants and animals that are native to this habitat, threats to their survival, and what is done to protect lakes, rivers, ponds, and streams.

Grassland Buffet

Julie Lundgren (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781615907625

This book looks at a grassland food chain, discussing the plants and animals that are native to this habitat, threats to their survival, and what is being done to protect the savannahs and grasslands.

Investigating Planet Earth

Matt Mullins (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781668941928

Explore our home planet with this investigation into planet Earth. Following scientific and engineering practices, this title presents a hands-on, inquiry-based science investigation. Age-appropriate experiments build students' understanding of Earth and space concepts.

Investigating Erosion

Charnan Simon (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781668941904

Get swept away with this investigation into erosion. Following scientific and engineering practices, this title presents a hands-on, inquiry-based science investigation. Age-appropriate experiments build students' understanding of Earth and space concepts.

What Farmers Need to Know

Joe Rhatigan (author)

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing ISBN: 9781668941829

Farmers need to have the expert knowledge, skills, and tools to keep the world fed. The Career Expert Files series covers professionals who are experts in their fields. These career experts know things we never thought they'd need to know, but we're glad they do.

Animales del desierto

Lisa Colozza Cocca (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731655462

In Biome Beasts: Desert Animals, readers will discover how desert animals survive and thrive in the driest places on the planet. Photos, text, and sidebars describe how these animals adapt to the challenging climate of these regions. Earth’s four desert biomes – hot, semiarid, coastal, and cold – each have their own set of challenges for the living things within them.

Animales de los pastizales

Lisa Colozza Cocca (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731655493

In Biome Beasts: Grassland Animals, readers will discover how these animals survive in prairies, steppes, and savannas around the world. Grassland biomes are home to a wide variety of animals. Whether grazing on grasses, building communities underground, or sailing overhead, animals have adapted to the challenges found in both temperate and tropical grassland biomes.

Animales del bosque caducifolio

Lisa Colozza Cocca (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731655455

In Biome Beasts: Deciduous Forest Animals, readers will discover how deciduous beasts rise to the challenges of the climate in each biome. Deciduous forests around the world are home to a variety of animals. Animals that are part of the temperate deciduous forest biome must adapt to the conditions of all four seasons to survive. Animals that are part of the tropical and subtropical deciduous forest biomes must adapt to both the wet and dry seasons.

Animales del bosque boreal

Lisa Colozza Cocca (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731655448

In Biome Beasts: Boreal Forest Animals, readers will discover how boreal beasts survive the harsh climate. The boreal forest teems with wildlife during the short, mild summer. This changes quickly when fall arrives. Only the living things that have adapted to the region’s freezing temperatures and frozen land can remain in the forest year-round.

Animales de la tundra

Lisa Colozza Cocca (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731655516

In Biome Beasts: Tundra Animals, readers will discover how animals survive and thrive in the treeless tundra. Tundra biomes have the harshest climates in the world. From the tiny Arctic bumblebee to the huge polar bear, every animal that lives in the Arctic or alpine tundra biome has adapted physically or socially to the harsh conditions.

Animales de los océanos

Lisa Colozza Cocca (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731655509

In Biome Beasts: Ocean Animals, readers will discover how animals survive in saltwater biomes and the skies above them. Most of Earth is covered by oceans and seas that are home to an amazing variety of animals. Some have adapted to life in the cold, dark aphotic zone. Others live in the disphotic zone where predators attack from above or below. Still others live in the top layer, the euphotic zone, where food is plentiful but competition for it is fierce.

Animales de estanques de agua dulce

Lisa Colozza Cocca (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731655486

In Biome Beasts: Freshwater Pond Animals, readers will discover how these animals survive and thrive in freshwater pond biomes around the world. Life in a pond is exciting. Birds, bugs, and shrews skitter across the surface. Turtles and fish zip along under the water’s surface. Beavers, herons, and others make themselves at home by the pond’s edge.

Animales de los estuarios

Lisa Colozza Cocca (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731655479

In Biome Beasts: Estuary Animals, readers will discover how and why animals survive and thrive in these sheltered biomes. Life in the estuary is always changing. Ocean tides of saltwater flow in and out of the estuary and mix with the fresh water that flows from rivers and streams. The animals that swim or wade in the waters or make the mudflats their homes must have physical or social adaptations that allow them to live in the salty mix.

Natural, Artificial, and Man-Made

Jen Breach (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731653208

How has human intervention impacted food production and plant distribution? Learn about the historical and modern contexts of food production and distribution, including selective breeding and genetic modification. This book takes students on an educational journey into the process of food distribution.

Careers in the Outdoors

Shantel Gobin (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731653154

What are some career paths that spend their time outdoors and in nature? Learn about a variety of outdoors careers in the children’s book Careers in the Outdoors. This book introduces children to a number of outdoors careers, like a surveyor or landscape architect.

Logging

G.L. Cronin (author)

Publisher: Rourke Publishing ISBN: 9781731616159

In Dangerous Jobs: Logging, readers will learn how loggers face risks to harvest the wood we need. A logger makes the final cut. "Timber!" Loggers know to stand back and be careful. They face extreme danger every day as they travel through steep and rugged forests, fell huge trees, and handle sharp tools.