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Join "accidental naturalist" Maria Ruth on a journey of discovery as she illuminates the secret life of the Marbled Murrelet, an endangered seabird that depends on the contested old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest for its survival.
Animals for Young Readers
“This series of wonderful books has striking cover art without and superlative animal photography within. The well-written text is perfectly crafted for beginning readers, with large-font, short chapters, easy words, interesting statistics and many full-page photos." --Today's Librarian
"...fine series...highly recommended pick for grades 3 and up."
--Children's Bookwatch,
Owls. Describes biology, habits, life cycle of several species of owls for young readers. Marshall Cavendish/Benchmark Books, 2005.
Hawks & Falcons. Describes biology, habits, life cycle of various hawks and falcons for young readers. Marshall Cavendish/Benchmark Books, 2004.
Snakes. Describes biology, habitats, population status of several of the world’s snake species for young readers. Marshall Cavendish/Benchmark Books, 2002.
North American Ecosystems
Part of a series of school library reference books for middle-school readers published by Marshall Cavendish/Benchmark Books. Each 64-page book is organized into several chapters with full-color illustrations, maps, field-tested science experiments, glossary.
The Pacific Coast |
The Mississippi River |
The Tundra of North America |
The Deserts of the Southwest |
The Pacific Coast (2000). Describes the dynamics of the coastal ecosystem from Alaska south to Mexico. Features chapters on the intertidal communities of the rocky coast, salmon migration, kelp forests, gray whales, and a tree-nesting seabird called a marbled murrelet.
The Mississippi River (2000). From the Minnesota headwaters to the Gulf of Mexico, learn about mayflies, kingfishers, beaver dams, pre-Katrina flooding, oxbow lakes, and deltas.
The Tundra of North America (1999). Features tundra regions of Alaska and Canada and includes stories of adaptation and survival. Learn about anti-freeze in bees, the snow goose crisis, caribou migrations, snowy owls, heaving and thawing, and the truth about lemmings.
The Deserts of the Southwest (1998). Features the U.S. Southwest and Mexico including the Sonoran, Chihuahuan, and Mojave Deserts as well as the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin.
Three Dimensional Nature Portfolios - Pop-Ups
Elaborate and innovate pop-up books created by award-winning designers, paper engineers, and illustrators.
The Ultimate Ocean Book, Western Publishing/Artists & Writers Guild, 1995. Three-dimensional (pop-up) book about life under the sea. Features chapters on habitats, locomotion, defense strategies, eating, and ocean phenomena. Bronze-medal winner in International Dimensional Illustrators Competition.
The Tropical Rain Forest, Simon & Schuster, 1995. Companion text to large-format pop-out poster featuring artwork by American wildlife artist Robert W. Hines.
The Butterfly, Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, 1991. A three-dimensional nature portfolio awarded a gold medal at the 1991 International Dimensional Illustrators Competition. Translated into Italian, German, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese.
The Beetle, Stewart, Tabori, & Chang, 1992. A three-dimensional nature portfolio. Selected by the Children's Book Council as one of the Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children. Translated into Italian, German, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese.
Fire Fighting: Behind the Scenes (Houghton-Mifflin, 1998). A close-up look at the job of fire fighting for 8-12 year-old readers. Illustrated with full-color photographs and detailed diagrams. Listed in Bank Street College’s Best Children’s Books of 1998.