Hyde, Natalie

Explores the causes of the stock market crash in 1929 and the resulting Great Depression felt not only in North America, but worldwide. Source material, including posters, political cartoons, books, interviews, and articles show the devastation of the resulting mass unemployment, epidemic real estate foreclosures, and crushing poverty of those years.

Explores the ways that wind and water cause erosion on Earth and change the landscape over time.

Explores how earthquakes, landslides, volcanoes, and tsunamis change the surface of the Earth. Includes an activity, color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.

Photographs and easy-to-follow text provide an introduction to deep sea ecology, and describe the plants, animals, and people who live and survive in deep sea environments.

Presents information on the life and explorations of Viking Leif Eriksson. Includes a timeline, a glossary, and a list of additional resources.

Explains how the shape of Earth is changed by weathering and erosion, the breaking down of rocks and minerals which are then carried from one place to another by water, ice, wind, and gravity.

An important addition to any multicultural collection, this title examines the internment of ???enemy aliens??? in the United States and Canada during the Second World War. With particular emphasis on ???yellow peril??? and the plight of Japanese-American and Canadian citizens, the book reveals the events, mindsets, and policies leading up to and following the forced removal of thousands of citizens from their homes into internment camps.

Introduces the concept of speed, including how friction affects velocity, and why friction is important.

Explains how forces can change the direction of an object in motion using photographs and real world examples.

Follow the travels of Viking explorer Leif Eriksson from Iceland to Greenland and on to North America.