Ecosystems category: 538 books

Cover of Inside Ecosystems and Biomes
by Debra J. Housel
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2017

Explore the various types of ecosystems and biomes in this fascinating title that uses bright images, engaging charts and graphs, intriguing facts, and easy-to-read text to captivate readers from beginning to end! Readers will be enthralled as they learn about such ecosystems and biomes as the tundra,...
Cover of How Ecosystems Work
by Julie K. Lundgren
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2014

This book explains what an ecosystem is and how the plants and animals within an ecosystem rely on and affect the ecosystem's existence. Different types of ecosystems are described, as well as the food webs within them. Through its presentation of how some changes to an ecosystem can be good while others...
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The Wondrous Workings of Planet Earth

Understanding Our World and Its Ecosystems

by Rachel Ignotofsky
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018

An illustrated tour of the planet exploring ecosystems large and small, from reefs, deserts, and rainforests to a single drop of water—from the New York Times bestselling author of Women in Science. Making earth science accessible and entertaining through art, maps, and infographics, The...
Cover of Eco-tracking: On the Trail of Habitat Change
by Daniel Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2010

In this much-needed work for our nation's youth, Daniel Shaw tracks the interconnections of small regional ecosystems to larger ones, and in the process demonstrates the accessibility of nature to everyone. As Shaw notes in his introduction, the story that is too often told about the environment is...
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Biomes

Discover the Earth’s Ecosystems with Environmental Science Activities for Kids

by Donna Latham
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019

What’s the difference between a desert and a rain forest? A tundra and a coniferous forest? These are all examples of biomes, and they are all home to plants and animals that are uniquely adapted to live in those environments! In Biomes: Discover the Earth’s Ecosystems with Science Activities...
Cover of Natural Laboratories: Scientists in National Parks Rocky Mountain
by Christy Mihaly
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019

While reading this book, young learners will explore the scientific research underway in Rocky Mountain National Park. The high peaks, green meadows, and clear lakes of this park offers researchers and scientists the opportunity to study mountain ecosystems. This book covers a variety of topics from...
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Explore The Ice Age!

With 25 Great Projects

by Cindy Blobaum
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017

Brrr…does it feel cold? Get out your gloves and get ready to experience the Ice Age! In Explore the Ice Age! with 25 Projects, readers ages 7-10 discover what an ice age consists of, why we have them, and what effect an ice age has on living organisms and ecosystems, paying particular attention...
Cover of Investigating Earth’s Desert, Grassland, and Rainforest Biomes
by Sherman Hollar
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011

Perhaps the most prominent elements in the patchwork pattern formed by Earth’s regions and ecosystems are its deserts, grasslands, and rainforests. Though vastly different from one another and often separated by thousands of miles, these biomes are all life-sustaining components of a larger environmental...
Cover of Who Needs an Iceberg?
by Karen Patkau
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012

Tundra introduces the first three books in its important new ecosystems series. Each title celebrates the world’s diversity by presenting a different ecosystem: its land and water, its animals and plants. The art is brimming with creatures and ecological features, described in fact-filled notes...
Cover of Deep Roots

Deep Roots

How Trees Sustain Our Planet

by Nikki Tate
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016

Most of us see trees every day, and too often we take them for granted. Trees provide us with everything from food, fuel and shelter to oxygen and filtered water. Deep Roots celebrates the central role trees play in our lives, no matter where we live. Each chapter in Deep Roots focuses on a basic...
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Alien Invaders

Species That Threaten Our World

by Jane Drake, Ann Love
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2011

From killer toads, feral felines, and brown tree snakes to multiple invaders in Lake Victoria and the Great Lakes, Alien Invaders focuses on wave after wave of invaders that affect our ecosystems and the side-effects of climate change and modern global travel on our world today. Environmentalists...
Cover of What Do You Find in a Backyard?
by Megan Kopp
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

Content-rich photographs and accessible text combine to guide readers as they discover the often overlooked ecosystems found outside their own back doors! Children will be fascinated to learn more about the animals, insects, and plants they often take for granted, including squirrels, skunks, bees, and dandelions.
Cover of Who Needs a Jungle?
by Karen Patkau
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012

Tundra introduces the first three books in its important new ecosystems series. Each title celebrates the world’s diversity by presenting a different ecosystem: its land and water, its animals and plants. The art is brimming with creatures and ecological features, described in fact-filled notes...
Cover of Life and Non-Life in an Ecosystem
by William B. Rice
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017

Earth is a unique place to live. Being just the right size and distance from the sun to maintain life is remarkable! Life depends on non-life in order to live. Explore the interdependence of living and nonliving things in ecosystems with this dynamic science book. Fifth-grade readers will learn about...
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