-
With colorful illustrations and fascinating diagrams, In the Rainforest is a lively look at the most vibrant ecosystem on our planet."Sku: 9780064451970
In the Rainforest
By: Kate Duke$8.50 -
A special 20th anniversary edition of this award-winning classic adventure from Eva Ibbotson. It is 1910 and Maia, tragically orphaned at thirteen, has been sent from England to start a new life with distant relatives in Manaus, hundreds of miles up the Amazon. She is accompanied by an eccentric and mysterious governess who has secret reasons of her own for making the journey. Both soon discover an exotic world bursting with new experiences.Sku: 9781529066197
Journey to the River Sea
By: Eva Ibbotson$17.99 -
In 1914, the world celebrated the opening of the Panama Canal, which connected the world’s two largest oceans and signaled America’s emergence as a global superpower. It was a miracle, this path of water where a mountain had stood—and creating a miracle is no easy thing. Thousands lost their lives, and those who survived worked under the harshest conditions for only a few silver coins a day.Sku: 9780544668706
Silver People
By: Margarita Engle$13.50 -
If you’ve never seen a lowland tapir, you’re not alone. Most of the people who live near tapir habitat in Brazil’s vast Pantanal (“the Everglades on steroids”) haven’t seen the elusive snorkel-snouted mammal, either.Sku: 9780544809086
The Tapir Scientist
By: Sy Montgomery, Nic Bishop$12.50