nature

Presents side-by-side narration of the earth's making of a mountain, shaping it with sun, wind, and rain, and a child's efforts at the beach to make a tall sand mountain which is also affected by the elements.

A collection of poems about nature for children to be read by two voices.

A girl discovers that her impoverished family is rich in things that matter in life, especially being outdoors and experiencing nature.

Examines many different natural phenomena in the world, such as how stuff is made of, how old is the universe, and what causes tsunamis, and other topics.

"Collected essays on the nexus of fate, community, and nature by a group of writers and scholars that has collaborated on several initiatives and projects tied to the same. By looking at external landscape and the human heart, the writings explore how to best make a home on earth"--Provided by publisher.

Mary Roach selects twenty-five works of American science and nature writing as the best of the genre from the year 2010, including pieces by Atul Gawande, Jonathan Franzen, Deborah Blum, Jon Cohen, and others.

Photographs and text capture the dramatic changes the earth has undergone over the last century, with paired images depicting various locations around the world that have been drastically altered by climate change, industrialization, natural disasters, and urban movement.

Provides an overview of global warming and its effect on nature and wildlife, discussing land and water habitat loss, examining threats to plant and wildlife health, including the immune and reproductive systems of animals, considering air and water quality, and looking at global warming as it relates to mass extinctions and biodiversity.

The author describes the five months he spent working with scientist Bill Fraser's team in Antarctica to study Adv?lie penguins and discusses his observations on the rising temperatures in the region in the early twenty-first century and how this could impact the rest of the world.

A collection of seventeen scary stories having to do with the outdoors.