Kelsey, Elin

Highlights new ways of looking at whales and scientific studies and technological advances that lie behind these discoveries.

Uses cartoons to make connections for kids on how everyday things are connected locally and globally to explain how they can live an eco-friendly life.

Metaphors and direct connections suggest how nature can help you solve problems. Presented in a series of comparisons, true facts of animal behavior are linked to what a human child could do if they both think independently and apply their understanding of the world.

Poetic text and diorama art promote the understanding of the innate relationship between humans and nature and the idea that every atom in a human came from a star that exploded.

Provides information about whales and their environment and culture and explains the complex social networks found in the oceans. Depicts the danger of changing the oceans' ecosystems through overfishing, noise pollution, and real estate development.

Photographs and text profile some of the latest species scientists have discovered and explain how these species are being discovered and studied.

Provides information about dinosaurs, discussing how scientists know they existed, and showing what fossils and other archaeological evidence reveal about the lives of the prehistoric creatures.