Children’s / Teenage general interest: Physical world

Water is essential to life on our planet.

Over 200 intriguing science questions - answered.

Factories create large amounts of pollution when making their products.

Would you like to go to Japan?

Something as small as a seed can have a worldwide impact.

Dig in and learn about the Earth under your feet.

A spark from a lightning strike or a campfire can quickly grow into a wildfire covering acres.

Earthquakes happen when big plates of earth slide past one another.

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Containing 97 percent of Earth's water supply, the ocean plays a huge role in regulating global temperatures, supporting plant and animal life, and contributing to the livelihoods of millions of people.

Ever wonder what route would get you from coast to coast the fastest?

Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about warm, sunny season of summer and its changes and adaptations.

During World War II, Louis Zamperini survived a plane crash, 46 days stranded on a life raft at sea, and two years in a prisoner-of-war camp.

The grassland is covered with tall grasses and plants.

It's the summer of 1900, and 10-year-old Robert Pettibone is bored.

From roaring oceans to trickling streams, water covers seventy percent of our planet!

La escuela está fuera, y también lo es el sol, ¡es verano!

A young boy ventures out after a snowstorm to look at the snow.

Wow!

Verse forzado a dejar su hogar es algo que nadie quiere experimentar.

Fossils give us a window to the past.

Look at where the sun shines--from farms and highways to cities and parks.

Palabras e ilustraciones divertidas muestran cómo cambian las hojas durante las estaciones.

Ice in the Arctic is disappearing-and opportunity is calling.

We use electricity and other types of energy every day.

Off the coast of Peru, gentle giants swim beneath the waves.

Crafty readers will delight in celebrating Earth Day by making age-appropriate, Earth-themed projects from odds and ends they already have!

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This book is a very basic introduction to maps and their uses.

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Carefully leveled text and fresh, vibrant photos engage young readers in learning about how fire trucks work.

After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear explosion in Ukraine, scientists believed radiation had created a vast and barren wasteland in which life could never resurface.

Follow Winn and Doug on the incredible journey of water-through the water cycle all the way to wastewater treatment and back again.

Do you enjoy spotting wild animals in the forest?

Take a walk in the desert.

Take yourself to a summer day; the wind is blowing and you see those beautiful dandelion sprinkles drifting in the sky.

Every living thing on our planet needs air to survive.

Asteroids are always moving in space, but what do we do if one of these giant space rocks heads straight for Earth?

Mucho sucede en la primavera—las flores florecen, los animales bebés nacen, y los granjeros plantan las cosechas.

Everyone needs to eat, yet farming is a major cause of pollution around the world.

What do you see when it rains?

The official children's book to the Netflix original documentary series, Our Planet, with a foreword by Sir David Attenborough.

In 2007 only thirty Amur leopards remained in the wild.

La Tierra está compuesta en casi un 70 % por agua.

Happy Tu B/Shevat!

There's so much to discover in Kenya!

Marjory Stoneman Douglas is called "e;the Grandmother of the Everglades.

With upbeat text and playful illustrations, readers can follow along as a class meets a firefighter and learns what firefighters do.