**Starred Review in Publisher's Weekly** The Oldest Bird in the World Survives the Japanese Tsunami
The oldest bird in the world, documented with banding, is Wisdom, the Midway Albatross. She was on Midway when the Japanese Tsunami hit and this is her amazing story of survival of manmade and natural disasters for over 60 years. She has survived the dangers of living wild, plastic pollution, longline fishing, lead poisoning, and the Japanese earthquake. At 65, she's still laying eggs and hatching chicks. See her Facebook page at...
**Starred Review in Publisher's Weekly** The Oldest Bird in the World Survives the Japanese Tsunami
**Starred Review in Publisher's Weekly** The Oldest Bird in the World Survives the Japanese Tsunami
The oldest bird in the world, documented with banding, is Wisdom, the Midway Albatross. She was on Midway when the Japanese Tsunami hit and this is her amazing story of survival of manmade and natural disasters for over 60 years. She has survived the dangers of living wild, plastic pollution, longline fishing, lead poisoning, and the Japanese earthquake. At 65, she's still laying eggs and hatching chicks. See her Facebook page at...
**Starred Review in Publisher's Weekly** The Oldest Bird in the World Survives the Japanese Tsunami
Discover the secrets of fire and candles. Solid wax is somehow changed into light and heat. But how? Travel back in time to December 28, 1848 in London, England to one of the most famous juvenile science Christmas lectures at the Royal Institution. British scientist Michael Faraday (1791-1867) encouraged kids to carefully observe a candle and to try to figure out how it burned. Known as one of the best science experimenters ever, Faraday's passion was always to answer the basic questions of science: -What is the cause? Why does it...
WHAT MAKES A CANDLE BURN?
Discover the secrets of fire and candles. Solid wax is somehow changed into light and heat. But h...
COMPELLING AND ULTIMATELY HOPEFUL STORY In this modern-day Hansel and Gretel story, Saucy and Bubba struggle to get along with Krissy, their alcoholic stepmother. One freezing cold night, Krissy locks Saucy out of the house and Saucy must sleep in the barn. In a desperate move, Saucy and Bubba run away to their aunt's house-except Aunt Vivian isn't home. Trying to take care of Bubba for several days forces Saucy to take charge of her own life and accept a terrible sacrifice in order to find safety for herself.
This middle grade novel is a...
COMPELLING AND ULTIMATELY HOPEFUL STORY In this modern-day Hansel and Gretel story, Saucy and Bubba struggle to get along wi...
Galen, the nine-banded armadillo, must accept the Tex, the ambitious outsider, as leader of the search for the fabled Faralone Falls, a place they can finally call home. But on the frontier, survival is the only thing that matters. Follow the armadillos on this epic quest for a home.
An Epic Quest Across a Dangerous Frontier
In the tradition of Warriors, Seekers, or The Guardins of Ga-Hoole comes the American fantasy, VAGABONDS, the sweeping saga of El Garro's armadillo colony, the...
STRANGERS IN THE LAND
Galen, the nine-banded armadillo, must accept the Tex, the ambitious outsider, as leader of the search ...
***NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book 2015*** A POIGNANT STORY OF LOSS AND SURVIVAL
In the midst of a sugar cane field, within sight of skyscrapers, a mother puma was raising her cubs. Feeding growing cubs is difficult in an urban environment. One night, she found easy prey, chickens. The angry chicken farmer set an illegal trap and caught the mother puma. She didn't survive. Now, the search was on for orphaned cubs. Would the scientists be able to find the cubs before their time runs out?
This touching story brings to life the...
***NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book 2015*** A POIGNANT STORY OF LOSS AND SURVIVAL
STRANGERS IN THE LAND Galen, the nine-banded armadillo, must accept the Tex, the ambitious outsider, as leader of the search for the fabled Faralone Falls, a place they can finally call home. But on the frontier, survival is the only thing that matters. Follow the armadillos on this epic quest for a home.
An Epic Quest Across a Dangerous Frontier In the tradition of Warriors, Seekers, or The Guardins of Ga-Hoole comes the American fantasy, VAGABONDS, the sweeping saga of El Garro's armadillo colony, the scouts and pioneers who have always been at the forefront of the migration. Rumors...
STRANGERS IN THE LAND Galen, the nine-banded armadillo, must accept the Tex, the ambitious outsider, as leader of the search for the fabled Faralon...
COMPELLING AND ULTIMATELY HOPEFUL STORY In this modern-day Hansel and Gretel story, Saucy and Bubba struggle to get along with Krissy, their alcoholic stepmother. One freezing cold night, Krissy locks Saucy out of the house and Saucy must sleep in the barn. In a desperate move, Saucy and Bubba run away to their aunt's house-except Aunt Vivian isn't home. Trying to take care of Bubba for several days forces Saucy to take charge of her own life and accept a terrible sacrifice in order to find safety for herself. This middle grade novel is a heartbreakingly simple story that weaves through...
COMPELLING AND ULTIMATELY HOPEFUL STORY In this modern-day Hansel and Gretel story, Saucy and Bubba struggle to get along with Krissy, their alcoho...
***NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book 2015*** A POIGNANT STORY OF LOSS AND SURVIVAL
In the midst of a sugar cane field, within sight of skyscrapers, a mother puma was raising her cubs. Feeding growing cubs is difficult in an urban environment. One night, she found easy prey, chickens. The angry chicken farmer set an illegal trap and caught the mother puma. She didn't survive. Now, the search was on for orphaned cubs. Would the scientists be able to find the cubs before their time runs out?
This touching story brings to life the...
***NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book 2015*** A POIGNANT STORY OF LOSS AND SURVIVAL
A HIGH STAKES HIDE AND SEEK FOR ALIENS Chapter Book Series for Boys and Girls: Book 4 Fun and Humor: Detectives are at Work
Kell makes a startling discovery: he has zigzag fingerprints. Worse, Mrs. Lynx and the Society of Alien Chasers know about the fingerprints, and they are on the hunt. Everyone turns detective in this continuing adventure of an alien family from planet Bix, who struggles to make ends meet by putting on birthday parties for kids. But the stakes are higher than ever because Kell's mom has just laid a beautiful green egg. With Mrs. Lynx on the prowl, can Kell and Bree...
A HIGH STAKES HIDE AND SEEK FOR ALIENS Chapter Book Series for Boys and Girls: Book 4 Fun and Humor: Detectives are at Work
