Henry Carter Hull

Companion volume to the PBS television series. Discusses new theories and discoveries concerning how our planet was created, the dynamics at work today, and the potential to harness the earth's energies.

Manga-inspired illustrations present the scientific concepts that influence life on Earth and make them easier for children to understand.

Text and color illustrations present introductory overviews of geographical topics, from the seasons and weather to the seas and the rain forest, and provide related Web site addresses.

An explorer and environmentalist offers a natural history of the Earth as well as a biography of the human species.

Hannah Holmes A mesmerizing expedition around our dusty world. Some see dust as dull and useless stuff. But in the hands of author Hannah Holmes, it becomes a dazzling and mysterious force; Dust, we discover, built the planet we walk upon. And it tinkers with the weather and spices the air we breathe. Billions of tons of it rise annually into the air, the dust of deserts and forgotten kings mixing with volcanic ash, sea salt, leaf fragments, scales...

Tyson looks at the most confounding mysteries of Earth, space, and what it means to be human. He attempts to answer all of your most pressing questions, from how the brain works to the physics of comic book superheroes

Illustrations and simple text describe the many different types of baby animals and insects and their mothers found in the Okefenokee Swamp.

This title will introduce readers to coral reef ecosystems, the plants and animals that thrive there, its climate, its food web, any threats to it, and conservation efforts. Readers will also learn about the most well known coral reefs and their unique characteristics. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Two flakes play. / Four flakes sashay. / Eight flakes twirl. / Sixteen flakes swirl. Experience a snowstorm that brings together playful rhyming verse with the power of exponential growth! Bob Raczka's clever rhymes come to life in the dynamic illustrations of Bryony Clarkson. The artwork includes the precise number of snowflakes mentioned in the text, starting with 2 and ending with an astonishing 16,384!