"Explore the mountains of China and chomp on some tasty bamboo with the giant panda! Learn all about this black-and-white, roly-poly bear, including what people around the world are doing to help lend it a paw." -- Back cover.

A young wood thrush makes his first migration from his nesting ground in a forest preserve in Maryland to his winter home in Costa Rica and back again.

"Did you know that you have a little bit of dinosaur in you? And it's your mother's fault. She fed you that cheese sandwich, which had a calcium atom that used to be in the bones of a T. rex. This humorous story follows a calcium atom as it journeys from dry bones to your jawbone - and beyond! This story is inspired by the classic environmental book, A Sand County Almanac, by Aldo Leopoldo, which beautifully discusses how man and nature are interconnected....

"Learn about different kinds of sea turtles, where they live, what they like to eat and do, and how you can help keep them safe"--

"Take a visual journey of discovery through the animal and plant kingdoms. These infographics shed light on the truly remarkable range of the natural world; how plants and animals grow and age, sleep and migrate, and reproduce and die. Spanning ideas both big and small from evolution to animal behavior" --

This science rhyming picture book for young readers captures the drama of turtle hatchlings trying to follow the Moon to make their way to the ocean. But what will happen if the Moon doesn't shine brightly the night they hatch or lights from nearby homes distract them? How will they get to the ocean in time? Backmatter details the lifecycle of a turtle and the seven turtle species.

Take a tour of a hospital dedicated to caring for sick and injured koalas.

In the small, small pond: Spring is here in this cheerful introduction to the seasons. Waiting for wings: Butterflies bloom as delicately as flowers in this visually magnificent story of beginnings, middles and ends-- of eggs, caterpillars and finally butterflies. Fletcher and the springtime blossoms: Fletcher sees something he never expects in spring-- snow! But Fletcher is in for a warm and wondrous surprise. Goose: A baby goose, adopted at birth...

Looks at eleven animals that live in three different ocean environments, focusing on their life cycles and their place in the food chain.

Mark Kurlansky recounts the sobering history of salmon and their perilous future. Kurlansky traveled extensively to observe those who both pursue and protect them in the Pacific and the Atlantic, in Japan, Russia, Ireland, Norway, and Iceland. The result is a global history of man's misdirected attempts to manipulate salmon and its environment for his own gain. These fish, uniquely connected to both marine and terrestrial ecology as well as fresh...