Natural World category: 7079 books
by Nadia Higgins
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
The facts about natural disasters are so big and devastating they could make your head explode! You hear about huge costs (like the $360,000,000,000 in damage caused by the 2011 tsunami in Japan), huge speeds (the fastest-moving tsunami waves have been recorded at 500 miles per hour), and even huger...
by Hope Killcoyne
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2013
Even though natural disasters often seem inexplicable, this text takes these destructive events caused by forces of nature and describes the fundamental science behind their occurrences. Captivating diagrams and photographs show what natural disasters such as volcanoes, hurricanes, and avalanches...
by Debra Frasier
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
In simple words and radiant collages, Debra Frasier celebrates the natural miracles of the earth and extends an exuberant welcome to each member of our human family. Accompanied by a detailed glossary explaining such natural phenomena as gravity, tides, and migration, this is an unforgettable book.
“A...
Eyewonder: Weather
Open Your Eyes to a World of Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
The weird and wonderful weather of our planet is brought to life in Eye Wonder: Weather. This updated and revised edition is the perfect introduction to the exciting world of weather, from rain, sun, and wind to hurricanes, snow storms, and twisters, and also gives the facts about climate change,...
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
When in their natural habitats, animals keep the natural balance. But once you take them out and implant them on another habitat, they would either die or the ecosystem will suffer. In this book, you will learn about the different animals in their natural environments. Which of these animals have you already encountered and where?
by John C. Pallister
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Frank Eugene Lutz became an entomologist at a time when this science was still new. He was one of the first to set up experiments in the study of heredity using the common fruit fly. In his many field trips he observed unusual insects in their natural habitats and brought back thousands of valuable...
When the Earth Shakes
Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Tsunamis
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
Earthquakes,
volcanoes,
tsunamis.
Headline-making natural disasters with devastating consequences for millions of people. But what do we actually know about these literally earth-shaking events?
New York Times bestselling author, explorer, journalist, and geologist Simon Winchester—who’s...
Spring After Spring
How Rachel Carson Inspired the Environmental Movement
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
From Stephanie Roth Sisson, the creator of Star Stuff, comes a picture book biography of Rachel Carson, the iconic environmentalist who fought to keep the sounds of nature from going silent.
As a child, Rachel Carson lived by the rhythms of the natural world. Spring after spring, year after...
Eye Wonder: Space
Open Your Eyes to a World of Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
Explore the solar system, study astronomy, and discover fun facts about space shuttles with Eye Wonder: Space. From the huge volcanoes of Venus to the massive storms on Jupiter, Pluto, and the comets, plus how astronauts sleep in space, the secrets of the stars, and our future in space, every page...
Poisoning Planet Earth
Pollution and Other Environmental Hazards
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Although industrialization and modernization have dramatically improved the quality of our lives, they have also largely contributed to the destruction of our natural resources by engendering waste and creating depletion through overuse. As the world’s population continues to grow and consume, litter,...
Exploding Ants
Amazing Facts About How Animals Adapt
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
A wasp lays its eggs under a caterpillar's skin so that its young can eat the caterpillar's guts as they grow. A young head louse makes its home on a human hair and feasts on human blood. Frogs use their eyeballs to help swallow their food.
From small worms that live in a dog's nose mucus to...
by Deborah Hopkinson, Who HQ
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2005
As a young boy, Charles Darwin hated school and was often scolded forconducting “useless” experiments. Yet his passion for the natural world was so strong that he suffered through terrible seasickness during his five-year voyage aboard The Beagle. Darwin collected new creatures from the coasts...
The Everything Kids' Nature Book
Create Clouds, Make Waves, Defy Gravity and Much More!
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2002
The natural world holds secrets under every rock and around every tree. If you've ever wondered what life is like through a microscope, telescope, or with the naked eye--you'll love this book!
You will:
Run with the antelope across the American plains and learn about the food chain.
Climb...
It's Raining Fish and Spiders
Tornadoes! Hurricanes! Blizzards! Droughts! Includes Weather Experiments!
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012
One of the things Bill Evans enjoys the most is talking to young people about weather. Middle-schoolers in particular, Evans says, are deeply interested in the natural world and in weather.
It's Raining Fish and Spiders covers everything, from tornadoes and hurricanes to lightning and the different...