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Let's go rock collecting (Let's-read-and-find-out science. Stage 2 #1)
Par Holly Keller, Roma Gans. 1997
Silent spring
Par Rachel Carson. 2002
Ocean life encyclopedia
Par Jinny Johnson. 2006
Amazing animals (Rigby literacy)
Par David Drew. 2000
Sacco & Vanzetti (New England Remembers Ser.)
Par Eli Bortman. 2005
Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were Italian immigrants and anarchists. But, did they commit murder in Massachusetts in 1920? When…
they were executed, many believed they had been victims of prejudiceAn island grows
Par Lola M. Schaefer. 2006
America's mountains
Par Frank Staub. 2003
The emerald horizon: the history of nature in Iowa (A Bur oak book)
Par Cornelia Fleischer Mutel. 2008
Botanist Thomas Macbride described Iowa in 1895 as an "emerald prairie" that "gleamed and shone to the horizon." That landscape…
has vanished. Mutel portrays the history of the Iowa landscape and offers hope and sound suggestions for restoring the damaged landscape to the entire Corn Belt. UnratedA good day's work: an Iowa farm in the Great Depression
Par Dwight W. Hoover. 2007
Midnight assassin: a murder in America's heartland
Par Thomas Wolf, Patricia L. Bryan. 2005
In December 1900, a prosperous Iowa farmer was murdered in his bed--killed by two blows of an ax to his…
head. Four days later, the victim's wife, Margaret Hossack, was arrested and charged with the crime. The community was split by the trial which was covered by young journalist Susan Glaspell, later an acclaimed writer. Co-author is Thomas Wolf. Unrated. 2005Sixteen essays examining the integrated systems of nature by the author of The Hidden Life of Trees (BR 21761) and…
The Inner Life of Animals (BR 22130). In "Salmon in the Trees," he looks at the impact of fish on tree growth. Translated from the original 2017 German edition. 2019The final forest: the battle for the last great trees of the Pacific Northwest
Par William Dietrich. 1993
A view from the inland Northwest: everyday life in America (View From)
Par Stephen J. Lyons. 2004
Gorgon: paleontology, obsession, and the greatest catastrophe in earth's history
Par Peter Douglas Ward. 2004
The Gorgons were the T. rex of their day until an environmental cataclysm 250 million years ago annihilated them and…
90 percent of all plant and animal species on the planet. For more than a decade, the author and his colleagues have been searching in South Africa's Karoo Desert for clues to this world: what were these animals like? How did they live and, more important, how did they die? The author is a professor of geological sciences at the University of Washington and he combines the tale of gorgonopsians with a South African travelogue and musings on mass extinction. Washington State Book Award winnerThe field guide to dumb birds of North America
Par Matt Kracht. 2019
Humorous--and foul-mouthed--guide to birds of North America. Each entry includes physical description, notes on behavior, calls, and the general disposition…
of the species. Also includes a short history of bird-watching, methods of identification, general tips, and a guide on how to observe and record birds. Strong language. 2019Astronaut, aquanaut: How Space Science and Sea Science Interact (Nat Geo - Science And Nature Ser.)
Par Jennifer Swanson, National Geographic Kids, Parry Gripp. 2018
Highlights the differences and similarities between the deep ocean and outer space. Discusses the danger--and attraction--of exploring both of these…
vast domains, the technology involved, and amazing discoveries. For grades 4-7. 2018Inconspicuous consumption: the environmental impact you don't know you have
Par Tatiana Schlossberg. 2019
New York Times science writer discusses four areas of environmental impact: the Internet and technology, food, fashion, and fuel. Examines…
complexities and frustration of living in a carbon-intensive society and provides advice for reducing impact and making informed choices. 2019As the world burns: the new generation of activists and the landmark legal fight against climate change
Par Lee van der Voo. 2020
Journalist profiles the twenty-one youth plaintiffs from across the United States who sued the government in 2018 for the right…
to inherit a planet not irrevocably damaged by climate change. Discusses the individual circumstances of the plaintiffs and government policies which relaxed environmental regulations. Strong language. 2020Bretz's flood: the remarkable story of a rebel geologist and the world's greatest flood
Par John Robert Soennichsen. 2008
At the end of the Ice Ages, repeated floods from Lake Missoula in Montana tore through North Idaho and Eastern…
Washington and down the Columbia Gorge to the Pacific. The floods took much of the topsoil and left behind the channeled scablands and Grand Coulee. J. Harlen Breitz was the first geologist to realize what had happened. His reports were roundly criticized. It took aerial photography and field trips by his doubters to prove him rightChampion: the comeback tale of the American chestnut tree
Par Sally M. Walker. 2018
Recounts how the American chestnut tree, which was nearly extinct in the early 1900s due to an unknown blight, has…
made a comeback thanks to human ingenuity. For grades 5-8. 2018