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Smith's rhyming verse and sidebar expository text illuminate the wonders of Hell's Canyon, the lush lands of the Willamette Valley, and the surging seas of the neighboring Pacific Ocean.

The compelling sequel to "Thunder Cave" vividly portrays the beauty and drama of the Brazilian rainforest in the context of page-turning action and adventure.

With full-color, breathtaking photos and easy-to-read texts, each book in this series describes the life cycle of a plant or animal. Including a special note for adults to help reading be an interactive experience, these titles are especially useful for preschools, reading hours, Chapter One programs, primary classrooms, and upper-elementary reluctant readers. Supports the national science education standards Unifying Concepts and Processes: S...

When the Exxon "Valdez" struck the rocks in Prince Williams Sound, Alaska, nearly 11 million gallons of crude oil spilled into the water, contaminating every aspect of the environment--especially the sea otter. Illustrated by the author's photographs, Smith records the devastation and progress to recovery of the mess. Full-color illustrations.

Determined, after his mother's accidental death, to foil his stepfather's plans for his future, fourteen-year-old Jacob travels alone to Africa in search of his father, a biologist studying elephants in a remote area of Kenya.

Told from the point of view of a dog that accompanies Lewis and Clark on their expedition to the Pacific Northwest, Smith puts a unique spin on one of America's greatest journeys of discovery.

When Dylan's father joins a Sasquatch-hunting team led by a top big-foot researcher, Dylan starts to think that his father may not be so crazy after all. Maybe, Sasquatch does exist.

Each letter of the alphabet is represented by some historical, geographical, or cultural fact about Washington.

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Twelve-year-old Chase Masters travels the country with his father, a "storm runner, " but he is tested in ways he never could have imagined when he and a new friend are caught in a hurricane near St. Petersburg, Florida.

Chase, Nicole, and Rashawn have just survived Hurricane Emily. Though they've made it to the safety of Nicole's family's farm--the winter home of the Rossi Brothers Circus--the flood waters are rising and they need to reach higher ground. The circus' lions have escaped their cages, and a mean and unpredictable leopard is also on the loose.

Marty and Grace O'Hara's parents disappeared while on assignment for a nature magazine, and now they're living with their Uncle Wolfe, a scientist fascinated by cryptids - creatures that appear in myths but haven't been proven to exist, such as the Loch Ness Monster. Uncle Wolfe is planning an expedition to New Zealand to track a giant squid, and he's rented a huge (and possibly haunted) ship for the trip. But someone on board is determined to...