anecdotes

Brief text and color photos describe how scientists group animals into different classifications.

Brief text and color photos explain the life cycles of a variety of animals.

Describes the unique ways animals survive in specific environments.

"How many times have you looked back on your teenage years and cringed, wishing you could offer your younger self some guidance? This book of nearly 70 letters by top young adult authors -- including bestselling writers Lauren Oliver, Ellen Hopkins, and Nancy Holder -- does just that, and today's teens will benefit." --Publisher's website.

A narrative nonfiction that describes the story of a group of botanists and amateur naturalists who climb and research California's giant redwood trees.

Presents the author's firsthand account of her stay on the Farallon Islands--in the shark infested waters thirty miles west of San Francisco--and includes information on shark behavior and scientists who study them.

The author relates her experience raising a barn owl she had met while working at the owl laboratory at Caltech, discussing her relationship with the bird and what she observed and learned about the species.

Presents the author's first-hand account of his experience playing baseball at the age of fourteen for a coach who's confidence and trust changed his life and stayed with him forever.

Don Borchert, assistant librarian at a suburban Los Angeles library for twelve years, provides an inside look at what really goes on in a modern library, including fist-fights between moms, drug-dealing in the restroom, and other odd, unsavory, and humorous activities.

Rock-and-roll artists tell the stories behind the creation of some of their biggest hits.