Books. Nonfiction
These titles explore individuals and organizations whose research and projects confront environmental issues, while highlighting how kids can make a difference.
Older middle graders and younger teens, especially those who love dogs, will come away with a variety of emotions about wildlife—curiosity, respect, and awe—after reading this funny and perceptive work.
This informative but flawed book works best as a resource for victims in search of a staunch advocate or as an option for adults, who can better separate the opinions from the useful facts.
Highly recommended for all middle school science collections.—Kelly Kingrey-Edwards, Mirus Academy Library, TX
Carson takes readers into Biosphere 2, the research facility designed to be a self-sustaining model of Earth's environments. There's brief coverage of the innovative engineering and original mission of the facility (complete with photos of the first jumpsuit-clad human "biospherians" who were sealed inside from 1991 to 1993), but the focus is primarily on current research under the direction of scientists at the University of Arizona. The ability to control environmental conditions within the contained rainforest, ocean, and giant soil laboratory allows researchers to investigate questions in earth science—prominently, those related to climate change
This unputdownable adventure reveals the human side of Buffalo Bill. A solid addition to biography collections.
This scholarly look at 17 remarkable, intelligent women devoted to research in science and medicine will round out science or biography collections.
Buy it, and if space is an issue, weed to make it fit.
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