The Sea Wolves

Photographs by Ian McAllister
By (author) Nicholas Read
Categories: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Dogs and wolves

The Sea Wolves sets out to disprove the notion of ""the Big Bad Wolf,"" especially as it is applied to coastal wolves--a unique strain of wolf that lives in the rainforest along the Pacific coast of Canada. ...

Who Wants Pizza?

By (author) Jan Thornhill
Categories: Educational: Agriculture, horticulture and related subjects

Often, food is something that kids take for granted. For many, it simply shows up for them every day — thanks to their parents. But there is so much to know and understand about food. Why do we need ...

The Salmon Bears

Photographs by Ian McAllister
By (author) Nicholas Read
Categories: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Bears

Extensively illustrated with Ian McAllister’s magnificent photographs, The Salmon Bears explores the delicate balance that exists between the grizzly, black and spirit bears and their natural environment, ...

Not Your Typical Book about the Environment

By (author) Elin Kelsey
Illustrated by Clayton Hanmer
Categories: Children’s / Teenage social issues: Environment and green issues

We live in a time of heightened environmental awareness, and the stress of this pervasive alarmism is creating a generation of kids with feelings of eco-anxiety — the world is doomed, isn’t it? Maybe ...

Animals at the EDGE

By (author) Jonathan Baillie & Marilyn Baillie
Categories: Children’s / Teenage social issues: Environment and green issues

EDGE (Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered) species are evolutionarily unique, which means if they don’t survive, there will be no similar species left on Earth. But all hope is not lost. ...

This Is My Planet

By (author) Jan Thornhill
Categories: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ecosystems

As world leaders and others face up to what needs to be done to ensure the future of our planet, Jan Thornhill gives a young audience the tools to understand the crisis and take action in their own lives. ...

Alligator and Crocodile Rescue

By (author) Trish Snyder
Categories: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Reptiles and amphibians
Series: Firefly Animal Rescue

Crocodilians is the scientific name for crocodiles, alligators, gharials and caimans. Collectively they area walking, breathing link to the dinosaurs that roamed the Earth 240 million years ago. And they ...

Snow Amazing

By (author) Jane Drake & Ann Love
Illustrated by Mark Thurman
Categories: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples

Jane Drake and Ann Love, the acclaimed authors of Cool Woods: A Trip Around the World’s Boreal Forest, explore the fascinating, beautiful, and sometimes dangerous world of snow. They write about snow ...

Panda Rescue

By (author) Dan Bortolotti
Categories: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Bears
Series: Firefly Animal Rescue

The giant panda is the world’s most beloved animal -- and one of the rarest. Firefly Animal Rescue is a new series of books about endangered and threatened species and what is being done to protect ...

Cool Woods

By (author) Jane Drake & Ann Love
Illustrated by Andrew Kiss
Categories: Children’s / Teenage general interest: Science and technology

Winner of the Skipping Stones Honor Award in the Ecology and Nature Books category
The boreal forest is the last great forest wilderness on earth. It drapes across the subarctic right around the world. ...