Karwoski, Gail

Learn more about search and rescue dogs, including how they are chosen, the training they go through, and the missions they complete.

April Fools' Day, 1946: a sunny Hawaiian school day that started out as any other--until the ocean began to pull back, exposing the sea floor. Suddenly, someone looked up: now a wall of water was racing toward them. This was no April Fool's joke--it was a deadly tsunami. Learn about this and other tsunamis from history.

Tells the story of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake as seen through the eyes of Jacob, a thirteen-year-old Jewish boy who lives in a boarding house with his father and younger sister.

Explores how mammals sleep in or around major rivers of the world including beavers on the St. Lawrence River, pink river dolphins on the Amazon, and Hippos along the Nile River.

This book describes the history, care, and training of terrier dogs.

A young girl finds a rock buried in the dirt behind her new house and is fascinated to learn that it is a quartz crystal.

Tells the story of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake as seen through the eyes of Jacob, a thirteen-year-old Jewish boy who lives in a boarding house with his father and younger sister.

Seaman, a Newfoundland, proves his value as a hunter, navigator, and protector while serving with the Corps of Discovery when it explores the West under the leadership of Lewis and Clark.

Describes how different types of marine mammals, including bottlenose dolphins, manatees, and harbor seals, sleep in the oceans.

Seaman, a Newfoundland, proves his value as a hunter, navigator, and protector while serving with the Corps of Discovery when it explores the West under the leadership of Lewis and Clark.