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.

Describes the life cycle of the giant saguaro cactus, with an emphasis on its role as a home for other desert dwellers.

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

When I Was a Turkey is a middle-grade adaptation of the remarkable true story of a naturalist who raised a flock of wild turkeys using imprinting.

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