Earth Sciences
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Is It Okay to Pee in the Ocean?: The Fascinating Science of Our Waste and Our World
$21.99 Read moreLonglisted for the 2024 AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Science Books
Why do
Longlisted for the 2024 Green Earth Book Award
Get the facts you’ll really want to know when you really need to go.- Author: Schwartz, Ella
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1681195135
- Language: English
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Clouds
$9.99 Read moreSee their shapes. Watch for a thunderstorm. It’s time to learn about clouds.
- Series: Pebble Plus: Weather Basics
- Author: Edison, Erin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: July 01 2011
- ISBN10: 1429670770
- Language: English
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Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean
$18.95 Add to cartIn Tides: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, writer, sailor, and surfer Jonathan White takes readers across the globe to discover the science and spirit of ocean tides. In the Arctic, White shimmies… [more below]
- Author: White, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: June 15 2018
- ISBN10: 1595348514
- Language: English
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Open Wide!: Jaw-Dropping Mouths of the Animal World
$21.99 Add to cartExplore the most marvelous mouths of the animal kingdom, from the awesome jaws of the great white shark to the tiny teeth of the garden snail.
Some animals sport tongues that are longer than their bodi
- Author: Diamante, Letizia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1804661368
- Language: English
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Cruisin’ the Fossil Freeway: An Epoch Tale of a Scientist and an Artist on the Ultimate 5,000-Mile Paleo Road Trip
$30.00 Add to cart“A paleontological odyssey that manages to be informative, witty, educational—and enormous fun.” —Simon Winchester, author of The Map That Changed the World, Krakatoa, and A Crack in the Edge of the… [more below]
- Author: Johnson, Kirk
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: June 25 2024
- ISBN10: 164160915X
- Language: English
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Winter Solstice Wish
$18.99 Add to cartOn the shortest day of the year, people reach out for light–and one another–in this luminous, lyrical winter solstice story.
Today we stretch the daylightas much as we can, trying to make it last.
O
- Author: Fox, Kate Allen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1506492851
- Language: English
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The High Seas: Greed, Power and the Battle for the Unclaimed Ocean
$32.95 Read moreIn this “essential guide to the half of our blue planet we call the high seas” (Will McCallum, author of How to Give Up Plastic), one of the world’s leading voices on the issue tracks the race to expl… [more below]
- Author: Heffernan, Olive
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 21 2024
- ISBN10: 1771645881
- Language: English
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Turning to Stone: Discovering the Subtle Wisdom of Rocks
$29.99 Read moreEarth is vibrantly alive and full of wisdom for those who learn to listen.
Earth has been reinventing itself for more than four billion years, keeping a record of its experiments in the form of rocks.- Author: Bjornerud, Marcia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1250875897
- Language: English
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Earth’s Landforms and Bodies of Water
$8.95 Read moreThis informative book explains how Earth is covered by landforms and bodies of water, all of which change shape over time. Interesting images feature landforms such as mountains, valleys, and sand dun… [more below]
- Series: Earth’s Processes Close-Up
- Author: Hyde, Natalie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: October 10 2015
- ISBN10: 0778717453
- Language: English
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Eyewitness Weather
$16.99 Read moreBecome an eyewitness to the world’s weather – from heatwaves and droughts to blizzards and floods.
Why does it rain? How hot is a bolt of lightning? What makes hurricanes form? Become a meteorology exp… [more below]- Series: DK Eyewitness
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 0744052319
- Language: English
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Earthquakes
$9.99 Read moreJoin award-winning science writer Seymour Simon in this picture book introduction to earthquakes!
In Earthquakes, Simon introduces elementary-school readers to earthquakes through engaging description
- Author: Simon, Seymour
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 23 2006
- ISBN10: 60877154
- Language: English
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Category Five: Superstorms and the Warming Oceans That Feed Them
$30.00 Add to cartSuperstorms, hurricanes, typhoons, and spiraling freak weather: the fallout of global warming is a real-life natural thriller, as captured in Porter Fox’s urgent and stunning story of chasing the worl
- Author: Fox, Porter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 031656818X
- Language: English
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Boats: Steamers, Icebreakers, and Ghost Ships
$24.99 Add to cartSet sail on a delightfully detailed and richly illustrated voyage into the world of ships and shipping that introduces young readers to an oceanic array of naval phenomena.
Readers of every age will f- Author: Van Der Veken, Jan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 3791375806
- Language: English
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Into the Great Wide Ocean: Life in the Least Known Habitat on Earth
$24.95 Add to cartA seagoing scientist explores how life thrives in one of the most mysterious environments on Earth
The open ocean, far from the shore and miles above the seafloor, is a vast and formidable habitat tha- Author: Johnsen, S?nke
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 0691181748
- Language: English
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California Against the Sea: Visions for Our Vanishing Coastline
$22.00 Add to cartNow in paperback: a “deeply researched and reported” (San Francisco Chronicle) exploration of sea level rise in California that “breathes exquisite detail and dialogue” (Science Magazine) into the sub
- Author: Xia, Rosanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1597146587
- Language: English
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Winter, Winter, Cold and Snow
$16.99 Add to cartA gentle, repetitive story about forest creatures on a cold winter’s day and night. With colorful, child-friendly illustrations this is a sweet pick for cozy storytimes by the fire.
- Author: Palermo, Sharon Gibson
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 24
- Publish Date: September 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1585369535
- Language: English
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Mapmatics: A Mathematician’s Guide to Navigating the World
$29.95 Add to cart“I love maps. I love math. And gosh, do I love this book, which so beautifully and clearly sounds the depths of both.” –Ben Orlin, author of Math with Bad Drawings
Explore the surprising connections- Author: Rowińska, Paulina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 17 2024
- ISBN10: 0674294238
- Language: English
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An Anthology of Rocks and Minerals: A Collection of Rocks, Minerals, and Gems from Around the World
$16.99 Read moreFind out how to identify, where to spot, and what to know about rocks, gems, and minerals with this beautiful field guide.
Transportable in size and crammed with profiles of different specimens, An An- Series: DK Children’s Anthologies
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 01 2024
- ISBN10: 0593846141
- Language: English
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Volcano Dreams: A Story of Yellowstone
$12.95 Add to cartVolcano Dreams explains in simple language how the explosion of a supervolcano thousands of years ago created the Yellowstone National Park we know today.
- Author: Fox, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 21 2022
- ISBN10: 0988330393
- Language: English
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Where Is the Mississippi River?
$7.99 Read moreDiscover the history and culture of one of the most famous waterways in the world: the mighty Mississippi
The most famous river in America runs like a spine between the eastern and western parts of th… [more below]- Series: Where Is?
- Author: Anastasio, Dina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: September 12 2017
- ISBN10: 0515158240
- Language: English
