Newman, Patricia

Neema's Reason to Smile is the story of Neema, a young Kenyan girl who dreams of one day being able to afford to go to school. Slowly, and with great purpose, Neema makes a plan to save money in her dream basket and make her dream come true. One day, a mysterious young girl skips down the street wearing a red skirt and white shirt. Soon, she guides Neema all the way to a new school.

Can understanding how forest elephants communicate help scientists find ways to protect them? Come behind the scenes of Cornell University's Elephant Listening Project to see what's being done to keep these majestic animals safe.

"Go behind the scenes and discover how scientists at three US zoos are helping wild and captive orangutans, black-footed ferrets, and black rhinoceroses."--.

Introduces students to biofuels, describing what they are and what role they play in the world.

Introduces students to water power, describing what it is and what role it plays in the world.

Examines what is called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a stretch of the Pacific Ocean that has become home to plastic and garbage from all over the world as streams and currents take trash to its location. Explores what the trash is doing to the ocean ecosystem and how we might stop the Patch from growing.

Explores how to replace the use of fossil fuels with water power, revealing how it can be used for heating, for light, and to generate energy.

Provides insight into the delicate balance of ecosystems and how the seagrass of the California coast inlet called Elkhorn Slough was saved by the activities of sea otters.

Ebola is a deadly contagious disease. From 1975 to 2013, the virus killed about 1500 people. But a 2014 epidemic killed nearly seven times that number. At first the outbreak was contained to one country. But soon it spread to two other. The virus was on the move, and people were scared. When two American health-care workers became infected and were sent to the United States for treatment, many people feared a pandemic - an outbreak that would spread all over the world. Could it happen?.