caves

"Fourth grader Soraya misses her only friend. It's been months since she met a mermaid named Estelle and rescued her from Bayside Aquarium. Soraya is sure no one else will ever like her because she's too weird. When her class goes on a field trip to Balabrook Caverns, Soraya sneaks away down a secret tunnel. Soon she is pulled in to a new adventure filled with magic, danger...and friendship where she least expected to find it"--Provided by publisher.

Gather your gear and descend into Earth's underground openings! In this title, young readers are introduced to caves, including the different types of caves, how they form, what lives inside them, and how humans impact them. Readers will build reading skills through leveled text and interesting, labeled photos. Special features profile a famous example of the landform, show the parts of caves, highlight cave animals, and more. Discover the wonder of the dark world of caves!.

"In a very deep cave in Mexico, massive crystals grow muchlarger than a human. [This book] looks at when and how these crystals formed and what the future looks like for these formations"--Amazon.

Looks at the cave rescue of the twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach in northern Thailand.

Explores the history and lore behind forests and caves around the world that are reported to be haunted, including the Bell Witch Cave in Tennessee, Black Forest in Germany, Mammoth Cave in Kentucky and others.

Explores the history and lore behind forests and caves around the world that are reported to be haunted, including the Bell Witch Cave in Tennessee, Black Forest in Germany, Mammoth Cave in Kentucky and others.

"A . . . Santa Claus origin story. A young boy is herding his family's reindeer when they are drawn into a mysterious cave. The cave is the holder of eternal summer, looked after by three strange characters. Once entered, the cave cannot be left without time in the outside world standing still. In his sadness at not being able to leave, the boy is granted three wishes and chooses freedom, happiness, and time. After the first year of working hard in the summer cave, the boy is allowed to see his family in the outside world. Time stands still as he visits his parents, and he leaves gifts behind to show that he has visited. As the years go by, this annual visit continues and he begins to call on more and more families . . . ."--Provided by publisher.

Teenager Eliza and her friends are going to explore a cave near their upstate New York home, but first her friends insist on dragging her to Drowner's Swamp, a bog legendary for its dangerous sinkholes, and a place which her mother has frequently warned her about; Eliza does not want to go, and when the earth opens up and swallows her she finds herself in a system of caves--and what she finds living there is strange and dangerous beyond anything the legends could conjure up.

"Through simple text and . . . photographs, this title gives a brief introduction to what a cave is and the animals, like lions and bats, that live in one"--Provided by publisher.

Traveling at night, Zak and Erro follow a figure into a cave and discover a number of other escapees are hiding in an abandoned diamond mine--but one of their fellows is actually a traitor who has betrayed the hiding place to the guards, and in the darkness only Erro's superior nose can help the boys find their way out of this trap.