Kids Nonfiction

Description: Examines the field of forensics, covering its history, relevant careers, and the future of the field.

Description: Explores the anatomy, behavior, and ecological role of the world's most populous class of animals.

Description: Examines the field of meteorology, covering its history, relevant careers, and the future of the field.

Description: Examines backyard animals in their habitat and explains how these creatures are treated and protected.

Description: Packed with fun activities, crafts, reading games, and amazing facts, kids can take a dive under the waves and meet all the colorful creatures beneath from clown fish to starfish to jellyfish in this educational project book.

Description: Learn all about the history of deep sea exploration, from how explorers reach new depths to what they find there.

Description: A gorgeously illustrated bestiary of the Southern Hemisphere's most fascinating animals, matched with witty and biologically accurate descriptions.

Description: Examines the field of environmental engineering, covering its history, relevant careers, and the future of the field.

Description: Fly Guy and Buzz learn about castles, including why they were built, how they protected its inhabitants, and the different people who lived inside a castle.

Description: Describes the amount of work required to prepare for a career as an astronaut, explaining how travelers to space must learn essential skills in such disciplines as flight, medicine, engineering, and mathematics.

Description: Children love challenges, especially ones that involve hands-on experimentation and friendly competition. Can they build a bridge using only pasta and glue, one that a toy car can drive both under and over, and is sturdy enough to carry a considerable weight? Can they construct a "roller coaster" from recycled cardboard tubes in which the marble "car" jumps a track to land safely at its final destination? And can they create a device to safely catch a freefalling egg? Engineering is the application of science to solve a design problem. Science teacher Bobby Mercer provides readers with 25 open-ended design challenges for children of all ages.

Description: This book explores the history, culture and philosophy behind the practice of cutting meat from one's diet, including religious reasons. Also explores the modern reasons why people choose to skip the burger (climate change, industrial agriculture, environment in general), though in a non-judgmental way that makes space for all kinds of choices. Sarah is a meat eater-though a conflicted one. And this is the perspective that is reflected in the text. The final two chapters of the book will explore what the nutritional alternatives to meat are and offer suggestions for how to make meals from breakfast through to dinner without meat.

Description: Explains football concepts to young readers, including what the end zone is, who the quarterback is, and what a field goal is.

Description: Hit the road with author and illustrator Jeff Kinney and get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the latest 20th Century Fox movie, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul. Find out what it takes to film a flock of seagulls invading a minivan. Learn about a robot pig and an animatronic three-year-old. And discover everything that goes into making a feature film. Complete with exclusive set photos, storyboards, and original cartoons by Jeff Kinney, The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary: The Next Chapter is the perfect book for anyone who's ever wondered how a movie gets made. But buckle up: You're in for a wild ride!

Description: Includes a variety of exercises that explore the game's aspects and use them to teach lessons.

Description: Invite readers to join a family of four on a sightseeing trip around London, including all of its landmarks like Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, and the London Eye.

Description: Provides information about the field of archaeology and profiles some women who are succeeding in the profession.

Description: Describes the landmarks and geography of the midwestern United States : Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, illinois, Michigan, and Indiana.

Description: Describes the life and accomplishments of the ichthyologist known as the Shark Lady, from her childhood through her journey to become an undersea expert.