Kurtz, Kevin

"Using a wide variety of stunning photographs, author Kevin Kurtz poses thought-provoking questions to help readers determine if things are living or nonliving. For example, if most (but not all) living things can move, can any nonliving things move? As part of the Compare and Contrast series, this is a unique look at determining whether something is living or nonliving."--Provided by publisher.

"Using a wide variety of . . . photographs, author Kevin Kurtz poses thought-provoking questions to help readers determine if things are living or nonliving"--Provided by publisher.

Readers will learn about the role climate change plays in rising temperatures and what effects this will have on our planet.

"Come along on a journey through the aquatic habitat of a forested wetland. Meet birds and bobcats, along with the beavers and beetles that call the soggy forest home"--Provided by publisher.

"Sharks and dolphins both have torpedo-shaped bodies with fins on their backs. They slice through the water to grab their prey with sharp teeth. But despite their similarities, sharks and dolphins belong to different animal classes: one is a fish and gets oxygen from the water and the other is a mammal and gets oxygen from the air. Marine educator Kevin Kurtz guides early readers to compare and contrast these ocean predators through ... photographs and simple, nonfiction text"--Provided by publisher.

"Come along on a journey through the aquatic habitat of a forested wetland. Meet birds and bobcats, along with the beavers and beetles that call the soggy forest home"--Provided by publisher.

Rhyming verse introduces readers to hourly changes in the salt marsh as the tide comes and goes.

"Using a wide variety of stunning photographs, author Kevin Kurtz poses thought-provoking questions to help readers determine if things are living or nonliving. For example, if most (but not all) living things can move, can any nonliving things move? As part of the Compare and Contrast series, this is a unique look at determining whether something is living or nonliving."--Provided by publisher.

"Using a wide variety of stunning photographs, author Kevin Kurtz poses thought-provoking questions to help readers determine if things are living or nonliving. For example, if most (but not all) living things can move, can any nonliving things move? As part of the Compare and Contrast series, this is a unique look at determining whether something is living or nonliving."--Provided by publisher.

Compares and contrasts living and nonliving things with simple text and color photographs. Includes text-related questions, a glossary, and a website for further resources.