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Floating gold: a natural (and unnatural) history of ambergris
Par Christopher Kemp. 2012
Molecular biologist explores the creation and history of ambergris, a substance excreted by sperm whales as part of the digestive…
process after eating squid. Explains the perfume industry's role in making ambergris one of the rarest and most valuable materials in the world. 2012Astronomy writer explores the history of the sun, from ancient cultures to the early twenty-first century, and its possible future.…
Describes the sun's composition and rapidly shrinking mass. Discusses its influence on our daily lives and role in climate change. 2011Going blue: a teen guide to saving our oceans, lakes, rivers, & wetlands
Par Cathryn Berger Kaye. 2010
Discusses threats to the earth's water system and describes what young people around the globe are doing to help save…
it. Recommends a five-step process for learning about and implementing solutions to local water problems and encourages teens to "go blue." For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2010Dawn light: dancing with cranes and other ways to start the day
Par Diane Ackerman. 2009
Naturalist explores perceptions of dawn through musings, stories, and observations in nature. Offers descriptive essays on the early morning light…
that emulate a bird's migration path from Ithaca, New York, to Palm Beach, Florida, during the four seasons. 2009Author explores Americans' belief that air-conditioning is a right, not a luxury, and considers the impact that way of thinking…
is having on our lives and the environment. Suggests old methods to cope with heat and innovative ways to deal with our increasingly hot planet. 2010Cold: adventures in the world's frozen places
Par Bill Streever. 2009
Scientist living in Alaska offers a year's worth of observations on the properties of cold and its physical and mental…
effects. Covers topics from geography and weather to biology and folklore. Includes specific discussion of hibernation, Arctic explorers, absolute zero, wind chill, blizzards, and human survival in extreme cold. 2009Adventure beneath the sea: living in an underwater science station
Par Kenneth Mallory. 2010
Describes a seven-day mission in a steel cylinder off the Florida Keys, sixty feet deep in the Atlantic Ocean. Examines…
the scientists' living conditions and work, which includes inserting computer tags into fish. Discusses scuba diving and explains the need to return to the surface slowly. For grades 4-7. 2010Where the road ends: a home in the Brazilian rainforest : a memoir
Par Binka Le Breton. 2010
A concert pianist whose husband Robin is an agricultural economist recounts their decision to leave Washington, D.C., and follow Robin's…
dream of starting his own farm. Le Breton chronicles the development of their home and research center on a beautiful property in remote southeastern Brazil. Some strong language. 2010Amelia Earhart: the thrill of it
Par Susan Wels. 2009
Biography of the daring female pilot who vanished in 1937 while attempting to circle the globe. Describes her tomboy childhood,…
love of flying that began with her first lesson at age twenty-four, rise to fame, unconventional marriage to publisher George Palmer Putnam, and mysterious disappearance. 2009Bulu, African wonder dog: African Wonder Dog
Par Dick Houston. 2010
Author recounts Anna and Steve Tolan's adoption of a mixed-breed Jack Russell named Bulu to keep them company at their…
fledgling wildlife rescue center in Zambia. Describes Bulu's adventures caring for orphaned elephants and other baby animals--and his risky encounters in the bush. For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2010Seven-tenths: love, piracy, and science at sea (Leapsci)
Par David Fisichella. 2010
David Fisichella, a mechanical engineer, chronicles a series of research cruises on which he served as the "eyes" for Amy…
Bower, a Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute oceanographer with deteriorating vision. He reflects on their experiences together, including surviving a pirate attack, and their courtship. 2010The end of the long summer: why we must remake our civilization to survive on a volatile Earth
Par Dianne Dumanoski. 2009
Considers the future sustainability of human life on our planet by exploring the global ecological disruption people have caused. Suggests…
not only responsible stewardship of the environment but also awareness of Earth's potentially catastrophic response to the increasing levels of carbon dioxide. 2009An American admirer of Charles Darwin (1809-1882) chronicles his own journeys to South America with Darwin's diary in hand. Compares…
the youthful naturalist's enthusiastic impressions of Brazilian forests, Patagonian plains, a gold mine, and other sites with the author's twenty-first-century perspective. 2009Waste and recycling (Green team)
Par Sally Hewitt. 2009
Discusses the ways students can recycle paper and cardboard, organic waste, cooking oil, textiles, plastic, metal, glass, cellular phones, and…
big machines. Provides goals and suggests activities including sponsoring a recycling party. For grades 3-6. 2009Nature's clocks: how scientists measure the age of almost everything
Par J. D Macdougall. 2008
A geochronologist describes radioactive isotopes as tiny clocks existing in nearly every natural substance--and discusses their use to explore deep…
time. Traces the development of radiometric dating methods, highlights the scientists involved, and details the resulting discoveries, including the surprising age of four grains of Australian zircon crystal. 2008Naming nature: the clash between instinct and science
Par Carol Kaesuk Yoon. 2009
Biologist examines the human drive to identify and name plants and animals in our environment. Discusses the history and evolution…
of taxonomy. Includes information on the father of scientific classification, Carl (Carolus) Linnaeus, and on naturalist Charles Darwin. 2009What's so bad about gasoline?: fossil fuels and what they do (Let's-read-and-find-out Science 2 Ser.)
Par Anne F Rockwell. 2009
Discusses the history of petroleum use as fuel and the environmental problems caused by gasoline engines in cars and trucks.…
Explains ways to reduce pollution and suggests alternative sources of energy. For grades 2-4. 2009Biography of Dorothy Harrison Eustis (1886-1946), founder of the Seeing Eye, the first guide-dog school in America. Chronicles her childhood…
in upper-class Philadelphia, two marriages, and vacations in Switzerland, where she was introduced to dogs assisting blinded German veterans. Describes the 1929 establishment of Eustis's school in New Jersey. 2010Our choice: a plan to solve the climate crisis
Par Al Gore. 2009
In this follow-up to An Inconvenient Truth (RC 67444, BR 17455), the former vice president evaluates alternative energy sources--solar, wind,…
geothermal, nuclear--and offers suggestions for conserving power and reducing humans' impact on the earth. 2009Our choice: how we can solve the climate crisis : young readers edition
Par Al Gore. 2009
This follow-up to An Inconvenient Truth (DB 64771) discusses ways humans can live in balance with the natural world. Topics…
include carbon-free energy such as solar, wind, or nuclear power; reforestation; soil conservation; and reduced consumption of material goods. For grades 4-7. 2009