Brenda Z Guiberson

"Natural and man-made disasters have the power to destroy thousands of lives very quickly. Both as they unfold and in the aftermath, these forces of nature astonish the rest of the world with their incredible devastation and magnitude. In this collection of ten well-known catastrophes ... Brenda Guiberson explores the causes and effects, as well as the local and global reverberations of these calamitous events."--barnesandnoble.com

Which creature is the deadliest? Is it the insect that bites, the ostrich that kicks, the snake that squeezes, or the shrew that paralyzes? Is it the most venemous, the most poisonous, or the one that infects its victims with a fatal disease? Fascinating facts and spectacular illustrations will inspire young readers to choose which creature they think is the deadliest in this newest picture book collaboration between Guiberson and Spirin. --Publisher...

WILDLIFE (CHILDREN'S / TEENAGE). Moon bears, or Asiatic black bears, are becoming increasingly rare in the wild. They have distinctive blazes on their chest that resemble the crescent moon. Follow one moon bear in the wild as she eats, plays, hibernates and wakes up again in the spring. Ages 5+

The author profiles 6 cases of people who vanished and have never been found.

The boreal forest is buried in ice and snow during winter. But in summer, lakes teem with fish, and bogs swarm with insects. Follow a snowshoe hare, beavers, a lynx, and other animals as they survive a year in this endangered landscape.

Takes a journey through a rain forest, investigating the plants and animals that dwell there.

Presents various accounts of mummies found throughout North America and what these bodies reveal about the times in which they lived.

Tommy spends the day on a lobster boat helping Uncle Russ tend the traps, set bait, pull up the traps, and sell their catch.