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Author
Series
Publisher
NorthWord Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
64 pages : color illustrations, map ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Photography, first-person anecdotes, and factual information on the animals, plants, climate and landscape come together to give a complete picture of the ecosystem in action.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, a capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
What do giant squids, a possibly cursed diamond, dinosaur bones, and a man made of soap all have in common? These are some of the amazing artifacts at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Take a tour through the museum's collections. Engaging text, graphs, maps, and colorful images help readers discover the stories behind some of these treasured pieces of natural history.
Author
Publisher
Two-Can Pub
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes how humans, plants, and animals survive at the North and South Poles, the effect of human industrial activity on the polar landscapes, and how changes in the world's weather patterns affect the Poles.
6) Glacier
Author
Publisher
Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In northwest Montana's Glacier National Park, huge, icy glaciers stream the sides of towering mountain peaks. Below, beautiful green forests grow along the shores of sparkling blue lakes. Readers will get a detailed view of the park as they explore its beautiful natural landscapes and examine its diverse population of plants and animals. They will also learn about the parks history, what environmental threats it faces today, and more."--
8) Grand Canyon
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"An exploration of the Grand Canyon on a grand scale, as only Jason Chin can illustrate and explain"--
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Without risking life or limb, readers can explore the wonders and beauty of the Amazon in this Where Is ...? title. Human beings have inhabited the banks of the Amazon River since 13,000 BC and yet they make up just a small percentage of the 'population' of this geographic wonderland. The Amazon River basin teems with life--animal and plant alike. It's a rainforest that is home to an estimated 390 billion individual trees, 2.5 million species of...
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
637 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also longing for something missing from her life. Ben's story is told in words; Rose's in pictures.
Author
Series
Publisher
The Child's World
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 21 x 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explore the Grand Canyon's layers from the nearly 2-billion-year-old rocks of the Pre-Cambrian Era to the few formations of the Mesozoic Era. Learn about the different kinds of rock that make up the canyon and how the Colorado River carved them into the majesty of the Grand Canyon today. Additional features include a diagram labeling each of the layers, Fast Facts, a phonetic glossary, an index, an introduction to the author, and further sources for...
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
104 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes the journey of Lewis and Clark through the western United States, focusing on the plants they cataloged, their uses for food and medicine, and the plant lore of Native American people.
Author
Publisher
Tilbury House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
96 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A life survey of a perennially relevant historical figure. Formatted like a nature notebook, this exploration of seasonal changes in Thoreau's day is also a visual story of his life and times and a gentle introduction to climate change.
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