Ecosystems category: 538 books

The deciduous forest biome is filled with leafy trees. This biome changes with each season. What kinds of animals live and hunt in the forest? And how do people make good use of the trees? Read this book to find out!

This beginner’s guide offers a first glimpse into the diverse and natural world of mammals. In this addition to the acclaimed About… series, educator and author Cathryn Sill uses simple, easy-to-understand language to teach children what mammals are, what they eat, and where they live. With beautifully...

Learn about the amazing natural science of trees in this gorgeously illustrated nature and science book. From the highest branch and leaf down to the complex "wood wide web" of roots, every part of a tree plays an important role in its own growth and the habitat of the whole forest...

Winner of the 2012 Grand Canyon Reader Award for a Non-fiction book Global events and new technology change how we live from moment to moment. So, what will our world be like in twenty years? Come take a look as futurists Amy Zuckerman and James Daly examine what a kid?s daily life might be...

A region's climate affects nearly every part of animals' and peoples' lives. Learn about how humans contribute to climate change and what you can do to help limit its effects. This title supports NGSS for Earth and Human Activity.

A collection of many stories by different authors throughout the years, who give inspiration and wonder to young readers by way of explaining nature.  

The Magic Seeds is the adventure of a couple of kids and their friends: Andes the condor, Pumpkin the armadillo, Speedy-the-Hare the jackrabbit, and Zorro the fox. Floods and natural disasters are devastating the planet so the Animals' Council entrusts this group with the task of solving the...

The country amid which Margaret Fairless Barber ("Michael Fairless") wrote "The Roadmender" is that central part of Sussex drained by the river Adur, perhaps the least known of the three main rivers, Ouse, Adur and Arun, which breach the South Downs. From Chanctonbury Ring to Ditchling Beacon the...

Anyone can get involved in gathering data for ongoing, actual scientific studies such as the Audubon Bird Count and FrogWatch USA. Just get out into a field, urban park, or your own backyard. You can put your nose to a monarch pupa or listen for raucous frog calls. You can tally woodpeckers or sweep...

Example in this ebook   Of all people in the world the Grecians did most for art, and to the ancient Hellenes we owe much that is beautiful in art and interesting in history. Of modern Greece we know but little, the country of isles and bays, of fruits and flowers, and kindly...

As she did with swamps in DEEP IN THE SWAMP, the author patterns the verses in this vivid exploration of the prairie ecosystem on the popular counting rhyme, "Over in the Meadow". With delightful collage illustrations and additional informative text, this showcase of the animals, flora, and fauna native to the prairie in Badlands National Park, South Dakota is solid science fun!

Young readers will learn about dance through simple sentences and supportive pictures.

“A deliciously informative, engaging and sweeping chronicle of one of the most popular treats in the world” (Kirkus Reviews). Chocolate explores many aspects of the much-loved cacao bean: cutting-edge genetic science; social and environmental considerations; history; and culture—providing...

Every page in this colorful nonfiction reader features bright, vivid images in conjunction with descriptive vocabulary and nonfiction informational text to introduce beginning readers to various types of land. Examples include canyons, deserts, grasslands, mountains, forests, and beaches.