Kathy Piehl

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Earth's Minerals

Maria NELSON | SERIES MADE SIMPLE, Nov 01, 2013

Gr 3–5—Nelson covers the essentials of geology from various types of erosion to formation of different kinds of metamorphic, igneous, and sedimentary rocks...

Animal Life

Stephen AITKEN | SERIES MADE SIMPLE, Nov 01, 2013

Gr 5–8—These sobering overviews present current observable results of climate change and offer scientific predictions about its future effects on the Earth's ecosystems and inhabitants...

Parrots Over Puerto Rico

Cindy Trumbore | FICTION, Oct 01, 2013

Gr 3–6—Before humans arrived on the island, parrots numbered in the hundred of thousands...

Electrical Wizard: How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World

Elizabeth RUSCH | NONFICTION, Sep 01, 2013

Gr 2–5—Although Edison's inventions are celebrated in many children's books, his rival, Nikola Tesla, receives little attention...

Ten Birds Meet a Monster

Cybèle YOUNG | FICTION, Sep 01, 2013

K-Gr 3—Young's 10 birds return in another unusual counting book...

Making Contact!: Marconi Goes Wireless

Monica KULLING | NONFICTION, Sep 01, 2013

Gr 2–4—Guglielmo Marconi's childhood fascination with radio waves drove his reading, study, and experimentation...

Of Beast and Beauty

Stacey JAY | FICTION, Aug 01, 2013

Gr 8 Up—Hundreds of years after humans landed on a distant planet, Smooth Skins live in protective domes that keep out the scaly skinned Desert People, whom they call Monstrous...