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The Story of Snow: The Science of Winter's Wonder
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Anne Schreiber, Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen · 32 pages
The Magic School Bus slides into the icy arctic to learn why people, animals, and things lose heat and how they preserve it--from house insulation to walrus blubber!
If: A Mind-Bending New Way of Looking at Big Ideas and Numbers
David J. Smith · 40 pages
Compares large, complicated numerical concepts with smaller-scale facsimiles to examine such statistics as the size of the Milky Way, the history of human population, and the history of Earth.
On a Beam of Light: A Story of Albert Einstein
Jennifer Berne · 56 pages
Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France
Mara Rockliff · 48 pages
Discover how Benjamin Franklin s scientific method challenged a certain Dr. Mesmer s mysterious powers in a whimsical look at a true moment in history. Paris had been enamored by Dr. Franz Mesmer's ability to cure ailments by staring into a person's eyes and waving a wand. However, when scientist and politician Ben Franklin came to Paris, he used the scientific method to demonstrate what was happ
Tiny: The Invisible World of Microbes
Nicola Davies
There are living things so tiny millions could fit on a dot. Although they are invisible, they are everywhere and they multiply very quickly. They are vital for life on earth, and do all sorts of things – from giving us a cold and making yoghurt to wearing down mountains and helping to make the air we breathe. With charming illustrations by Emily Sutton, this friendly, clever book by Nicola Davies
A Drop Of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder
Walter Wick · 40 pages
Describes the origins, characteristics, and uses of water.
The Magic School Bus Meets The Rot Squad: A Book About Decomposition
Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen · 35 pages
In this simplified series, Ms. Frizzle and her students embark on numerous entertaining scientific journeys. The books are based on the PBS television series.
You Are Stardust
Elin Kelsey · 32 pages
Introduces readers to the extensive and surprising ways in which they are connected to the natural world around them.
Snowflake Bentley
Jacqueline Briggs Martin · 32 pages
A biography of a self-taught scientist who photographed thousands of individual snowflakes in order to study their unique formations.
The Magic School Bus Kicks Up A Storm: A Book About Weather
Joanna Cole, Nancy White, Bruce Degen · 32 pages
One hot muggy day, a new superhero appears in Ms. Frizzle's classroom-it's Weatherman! Actually, it's only Ralphie pretending he has superpowers and can make a huge thunderstorm that would cool things off fast. The kids think Ralphie has flipped out, but Ms. Frizzle is excited about the idea of making weather. Time for a field trip in the Magic School Bus! The bus becomes a flying weather station
The Cloud Book
Tomie dePaola · 31 pages
Introduces the ten most common types of clouds, the myths that have been inspired by their shapes, and what they can tell about coming weather changes.
Stickeen: John Muir and the Brave Little Dog
John Muir, Donnell Rubay · 73 pages
The Day-Glo Brothers: The True Story of Bob and Joe Switzer's Bright Ideas and Brand-New Colors
Chris Barton
The story of Joe and Bob Switzer who experimented with ultraviolet lights and fluorescent paints and invented a new kind of color called Day-Glo.
The Magic School Bus Gets Eaten: A Book About Food Chains: A Book About Food Chains
Patricia Relf, Joanna Cole, Bruce Degen · 32 pages
A class trip to the beach becomes an underwater lesson about food chains when Arnold and Keesha are challenged to discover what a tuna fish sandwich and some smelly green pond scum have in common.
The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
Richard Dawkins · 272 pages
What are things made of? What is the sun? Why is there night and day, winter and summer? Why do bad things happen? Are we alone? Throughout history people all over the world have invented stories to answer profound questions such as these. Have you heard the tale of how the sun hatched out of an emu's egg? Or what about the great catfish that carries the world on its back? Has anyone ever t
Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World: The Extraordinary True Story of Shackleton and The Endurance
Jennifer Armstrong · 139 pages
A very comprehensive account of one of the most important scientific and cultural expeditions in the western world--the third exploration of Antarctica, in 1914. This text captures the emotions, strengths and weaknesses of the 28-man crew as individuals, their trials and conflicts, and gives an excellent account of the difficulties that through collective will they conquered. The conditions they f
The Magic School Bus On the Ocean Floor
Joanna Cole · 48 pages
Wowee! A class trip to the ocean! Finally, the kids in Ms. Frizzle's class are going on an ordinary field trip, just like everyone else. But when the Friz drives onto the beach, across the sand, and straight into the ocean water without stopping, the kids know that they have once again embarked on one of Ms. Frizzle's crazy class trips.
The Way Things Work: Newly Revised Edition
David Macaulay
A look at how technology impacts our lives. (Ages 11 to 15)
Water is Water: A Book About the Water Cycle
Miranda Paul · 40 pages
"A spare, poetic picture book exploring the different phases of the water cycle in surprising and engaging ways"--
The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds: A Book About How Living Things Grow
Bruce Degen · 32 pages
Winter Bees & Other Poems of the Cold
Joyce Sidman · 32 pages
Come to the bitter cold that blows through these poems! Feel the warmth of life that breathes into the beaver burrowing deep beneath the snow. Discover the safe places where creatures survive, and how they stay alive in the wintertime-until roots poke from puddles of slush and broken ice to welcome the sun! Then watch as spring melts the frost from this outstanding collection of poems paired with
The Magic School Bus Spins A Web: A Book About Spiders
Tracey West, Joanna Cole · 32 pages
The Magic School Bus Sees Stars: A Book About Stars
Joanna Cole, Nancy White, Bruce Degen, Noel MacNeal · 32 pages
A book about stars, from the animated television series on the Learning Channel.