A young boy plays a key role when the War of 1812 comes to his Massachusetts coastal fishing village. The little town of Sandy Bay, Massachusetts, was the site of one of the wildest invasions in U.S.
Meltdown introduces kids to the “what,” the “how,” and the “why” of global warming and climate change, exploring what will happen to our planet―and us―if the glaciers keep disappearing. Meltdown is a much-needed alarm bell, but it is also proactive, offering actionable steps for kids and their families to reduce their carbon footprints and save the environment.Meet the glaciers―before they disappear. A companion in spirit to The World Without Fish, which calls attention to the plight of our oceans for young readers and has over 245,000 copies in print, Meltdown is the kids’ guide to the glorious but endangered world of glaciers. Glaciers may not be as sexy as rain forests or coral reefs, but they are just as vital to the health of the planet, and just as powerfully eloquent in their “canary-in-a-coal-mine” status. Packed with information, grounded in the latest science, lively in its writing, illustrated throughout, Meltdown gives readers an eye-opening overview of glaciers a
For centuries, poison ivy has bedeviled, inconvenienced, and downright tortured the human race.In Praise ofPoison Ivy explores the question of why this plant is apparently on a mission to give us huma
