One Beetle Too Many

Author : Kathryn Lasky
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 9780763614362
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Beetle Too Many written by Kathryn Lasky and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clear, engaging narration describes the life and work of the renowned nineteenth-century biologist who transformed conventional Western thought with his theory of natural evolution.

Author : Kathryn Lasky
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763668435
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Beetle Too Many written by Kathryn Lasky and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the life and work of the renowned nineteenth-century biologist who transformed conventional Western thought with his theory of natural selection.

Author : Kathryn Lasky
Publisher : Perfection Learning
ISBN 13 : 9781627654012
Total Pages : 43 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Beetle Too Many written by Kathryn Lasky and published by Perfection Learning. This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lively text and captivating images tell the story of the ever-curious boy who grew up to make one of the most significant discoveries of our time. From the time Charles Darwin was a boy, he was happiest when he was out alone collecting specimens (especially beetles). And despite his father's efforts to turn young Darwin -- a poor student -- into a doctor or clergyman, the born naturalist jumped instead at the chance to sail around South America, observing and collecting flora and fauna all the way. In a clear, engaging narration, Kathryn Lasky takes readers along on Darwin's journey, from his discovery of seashells on mountaintops that revealed geological changes to his observations of variations in plants and animals, suggesting that all living things are evolving over time. Matthew Trueman's striking mixed-media illustrations include actual objects found in nature, enhancing this compelling look at the man behind the bold theory that would change the way we think about the world -- and ourselves.

Author : Kathryn Lasky
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763639826
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chasing Orion written by Kathryn Lasky and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1952, when Georgie is eleven years old, her family moves to a new Indiana neighborhood where her teenaged neighbor has polio and is in an iron lung.

Author : Andrew Nikiforuk
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1553658949
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Empire of the Beetle written by Andrew Nikiforuk and published by Greystone Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-07-22 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in the late 1980s, a series of improbable bark beetle outbreaks unsettled iconic forests and communities across western North America. An insect the size of a rice kernel eventually killed more than 30 billion pine and spruce trees from Alaska to New Mexico. Often appearing in masses larger than schools of killer whales, the beetles engineered one of the world's greatest forest die-offs since the deforestation of Europe by peasants between the eleventh and thirteenth centuries. The beetle didn't act alone. Misguided science, out-of-control logging, bad public policy, and a hundred years of fire suppression created a volatile geography that released the world's oldest forest manager from all natural constraints. Like most human empires, the beetles exploded wildly and then crashed, leaving in their wake grieving landowners, humbled scientists, hungry animals, and altered watersheds. Although climate change triggered this complex event, human arrogance assuredly set the table. With little warning, an ancient insect pointedly exposed the frailty of seemingly stable manmade landscapes. Drawing on first-hand accounts from entomologists, botanists, foresters, and rural residents, award-winning journalist Andrew Nikiforuk, investigates this unprecedented beetle plague, its startling implications, and the lessons it holds.

Author : Steve Jenkins
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547680848
Total Pages : 43 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Beetle Book written by Steve Jenkins and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legs, antennae, horns, beautiful shells, knobs, and other oddities--what's not to like about beetles?

Author : Michael Bright
Publisher : Crocodile Books
ISBN 13 : 9781623717070
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Darwin's Tree of Life written by Michael Bright and published by Crocodile Books. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring stunning illustrations from Margaux Carpentier, learn about Charles Darwin, his "Tree of Life," and the wonderful ways plants and animals have evolved over time—the perfect book for curious kids. From the first living things six billion years ago to the animals living around the world today, explore how the huge diversity of the life on Earth came to be. Follow the branches of Charles Darwin’s “Tree of Life” and discover how plants and animals have evolved in many amazing ways. Find out why crabs run sideways, which fish was the first to walk on land, why birds are similar to dinosaurs, and why brains are located in our heads and not in our feet. The book is stunningly illustrated by Margaux Carpentier in a bright and bold distinctive style.

Author : Aliza Layne
Publisher : Atheneum Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1534441530
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beetle & the Hollowbones written by Aliza Layne and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enchanting, riotous, and playfully illustrated debut graphic novel following a young goblin trying to save her best friend from the haunted mall—perfect for fans of Steven Universe and Adventure Time. In the eerie town of ‘Allows, some people get to be magical sorceresses, while other people have their spirits trapped in the mall for all ghastly eternity. Then there’s twelve-year-old goblin-witch Beetle, who’s caught in between. She’d rather skip being homeschooled completely and spend time with her best friend, Blob Glost. But the mall is getting boring, and B.G. is cursed to haunt it, tethered there by some unseen force. And now Beetle’s old best friend, Kat, is back in town for a sorcery apprenticeship with her Aunt Hollowbone. Kat is everything Beetle wants to be: beautiful, cool, great at magic, and kind of famous online. Beetle’s quickly being left in the dust. But Kat’s mentor has set her own vile scheme in motion. If Blob Ghost doesn’t escape the mall soon, their afterlife might be coming to a very sticky end. Now, Beetle has less than a week to rescue her best ghost, encourage Kat to stand up for herself, and confront the magic she’s been avoiding for far too long. And hopefully ride a broom without crashing.

Author : Susannah Buhrman-Deever
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0763689343
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book If You Take Away the Otter written by Susannah Buhrman-Deever and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-05-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the sea otters disappear, why does their kelp forest habitat disappear, too? On the Pacific Coast of North America, sea otters play, dive, and hunt for sea urchins, crabs, abalone, and fish in the lush kelp forests beneath the waves. But there was a time when people hunted the otters almost to extinction. Without sea otters to eat them, an army of hungry sea urchins grew and destroyed entire kelp forests. Fish and other animals that depended on the kelp were lost, too. But when people protected the sea otters with new laws, their numbers began to recover, and so did the kelp forests. Susannah Buhrman-Deever offers a beautifully written account of a trophic cascade, which happens when the removal of a single element affects an entire habitat. Asides that dig deeper are woven throughout Matthew Trueman’s dynamic illustrations, starring a raft of charismatic sea otters. Back matter includes more information about sea otters and kelp forests, including their importance and current status, the effects of the international fur trade on indigenous peoples, and a list of books and websites for readers who wish to continue to explore.

Author : Jonathan Tweet
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
ISBN 13 : 1250134110
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Grandmother Fish written by Jonathan Tweet and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where did we come from? It's a simple question, but not so simple an answer to explain—especially to young children. Charles Darwin's theory of common descent no longer needs to be a scientific mystery to inquisitive young readers. Meet Grandmother Fish. Told in an engaging call and response text where a child can wiggle like a fish or hoot like an ape and brought to life by vibrant artwork, Grandmother Fish takes children and adults through the history of life on our planet and explains how we are all connected. The book also includes comprehensive backmatter, including: - An elaborate illustration of the evolutionary tree of life - Helpful science notes for parents - How to explain natural selection to a child