Orme, Helen

Presents step-by-step, color-illustrated explanations of how clouds, wind, rainbows, thunder and lightning, and various kinds of weather are created.

Discusses the causes of climate change due to the use of fossil fuels, the greenhouse effect, and deforestation, and covers global warming, wind patterns, melting ice, flooding, rising sea levels, alternative energy, and choices one can make to help reverse negative effects.

Easy-to-follow text and photographs introduces early readers to issues relating to the Earth's energy crisis, and discusses non-renewable and renewable energy, clean energy, wind and nuclear power sources, electric cars, and more.

Looks at the natural materials used to make common objects around the house, including clothing, furniture, paper, and plastic.

An illustrated introduction to the solar system that provides information about the sun, planets, and other celestial bodies in a question and answer format.

This book explains how people are damaging the habitats of animals and plants to get the resources they need to survive.

Reveals how the world's rhino population is being threatened by poachers and the destruction of their natural habitats and describes how various groups are trying to save the rhinos from becoming extinct.

Reveals how the world's orangutan population is being threatened by poachers and the destruction of the rain forests and describes how various groups are trying to save the orangutans from becoming extinct.

Reveals how the world's lion population is being threatened by poachers and the destruction of their natural habitats and describes how various groups are trying to save the lions from becoming extinct.

Reveals how the world's gorilla population is being threatened by poachers and the destruction of their natural habitats and describes how various groups are trying to save the gorillas from becoming extinct.