Martin, Claudia

Carbon dioxide fills the air as airplanes fly through the sky, packaging from travel-sized snacks piles high in landfills, and paper travel tickets are adding to global deforestation.

Trees are chopped down to supply classrooms with paper, disposable pens pile high in landfills, and pollution from transporting ingredients for school lunches hangs in our air.

Straws slip into the oceans, foods go bad before we get a chance to eat them, and all that food packaging is filling the world with garbage.

Trashed toys land in landfills, chemicals in batteries and e-waste make them dangerous to destroy, and toy packaging is causing a pollution panic.

Piles of paper towels wind up in landfills, plastic toothbrushes lose their use long before they leave Earth, and dish soap harms our underwater friends.

Landfills are piled high with tossed clothes and shoes, clothing hangers harm our flying friends, and tiny microfibers from our fabrics are becoming fish food.

Could there be life on other planets? How close is the nearest black hole? Will humans ever set foot on Mars? Find out the answers in this . . . reference guide.

An illustrated guide to bird species from around the world.

Few things have such a profound effect on our everyday lives as the weather. Weather conditions decide whether we go out or stay in, and even what we need to wear, but for inquiring young minds, there are far more exciting things going on in our atmosphere than an occasional shower of rain. Lightning, blizzards, hurricanes, and hailstorms are all explained in My Little Book of Weather as well as our climate, the atmosphere, and how we predict the weather. Using clear, concise text and colorful illustrations and photographs, the mysteries of our changing weather patterns are explored.

". . . for introducing children to the . . . the dinosaur kingdom, covering favorite and more unusual dinosaurs, as well as the reptiles and mammals they shared their world with. Their habitat, behavior, life cycle and appearance are discussed, as well as clear explanations as to how scientists found out about these . . . prehistoric creatures"--Provided by publisher.