Rebecca Stefoff

"An empowering, engaging young readers guide to understanding and battling climate change from the expert and bestselling author of This Changes Everything and On Fire, Naomi Klein. Warmer temperatures. Fires in the Amazon. Superstorms. These are just some of the effects of climate change that we are already experiencing. The good news is that we can all do something about it. A movement is already underway to combat not only the environmental effects...

Presents detailed information on tigers, including their representation in art and mythology, physical evolution, various subspecies, habitats, physical characteristics, behavior, life cycle, and interaction with humans, as well as the efforts being made to protect remaining subspecies from extinction.

Discusses the role of chance in the discoveries of such explorers as Columbus, Ponce de Leon, Dr. David Livingstone, and Jedediah Smith.

This study of Native American societies is adapted for younger readers from Charles C. Mann's best-selling 1491. Turning conventional wisdom on its head, the book argues that the people of North and South America lived in enormous cities, raised pyramids hundreds of years before the Egyptians did, engineered corn, and farmed the rainforests.

"Explores the habitats, life cycles, and other characteristics of organisms in the Marsupial Order"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the habitats, life cycles, and other characteristics of organisms in the bird class.

Biography of acclaimed author Stephen King, and an exammination of his most famous works.

"Amphibians come in all shapes and sizes, from tiny frogs to giant salamanders. but what is an amphibian? What do amphibians have in common. and how are they different from other animals? This book answers these questions and more. it shows where amphibians live and how they reproduce, grow, feed, and protect themselves. It also explains the essential part that amphibians play in the huge variety of life on our planet." --