Nancy Castaldo: 7 books
The Story of Seeds
From Mendel's Garden to Your Plate, and How There's More of Less to Eat Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
Something as small as a seed can have a worldwide impact. Did you know there are top-secret seed vaults hidden throughout the world? And once a seed disappears, that’s it—it’s gone forever? With the growth of genetically modified foods, the use of many seeds is dwindling—of 80,000 edible plants,...
Beastly Brains
Exploring How Animals Think, Talk, and Feel
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
In Beastly Brains*,* Castaldo delves into the minds of animals and explores animal empathy, communication, tool use, and social societies through interviews and historical anecdotes. Researchers from Charles Darwin to Jane Goodall have spent years analyzing the minds of animals, and today’s science...
by Nancy Castaldo
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
An all-new nonfiction series featuring DreamWorks Dragons!
Hiccup, Toothless, and other exciting characters from DreamWorks Dragons help readers learn all about ancient and modern inventions--even some amazing inventions created by kids! Filled with full-color photos and lots of fun facts,...
The Race Around the World (Totally True Adventures)
How Nellie Bly Chased an Impossible Dream...
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2015
Does Nellie Bly have what it takes to race around the world? Travel to all corners of the globe in this action-packed Totally True Adventure.
When Nellie Bly read Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, she had an amazing idea. What if she traveled around the world in real life, and...
Back from the Brink
Saving Animals from Extinction
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
The acclaimed author of Sniffer Dogs details the successful efforts of scientists to bring threatened animals back from the brink of extinction, perfect for animal lovers and reluctant nonfiction readers. With full-color photography.
How could capturing the last wild California condors help...
Rainforests
An Activity Guide for Ages 69
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2003
North America boasts a surprising number of rainforests, including El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico, Olympic National Forest in Washington State, Chugach and Tongass National Forests in Alaska, and the forests in Hawaii, which are home to an enormous variety of plants and animals. Rainforests:...
Deserts
An Activity Guide for Ages 69
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
This activity guide introduces children to the wild and often misunderstood environment of the desert and the people and cultures that thrive in and around them. Information is included on all types of deserts-hot and dry, coastal, semiarid, and polar. Kids learn what defines a desert and the creative...