We all are different and may live far away from each other, but we have one thing in common. It is our home - our planet. Our mutual task is to take good care of our beloved home and to keep it clean. But what...

Under the twinkling stars, one orca dives into the sea while another leaps into the air. These orcas live in a family pod called K, one of the three Southern Resident orcas of the Salish Sea. Sequim and Lea, the two oldest females in the...

Orcas are intelligent mammals. They live in family groups and can do amazing things. Orcas: Beautiful, Intelligent, Talkative, Ferocious, and Fascinating! shares information about them in a clear way for children. Melanie Richardson Dundy begins by showing the body structure of an orca and explaining...

Teaching children about nature is important because they will understand the environment around them. If at the same time they develop a taste for reading, it will be of great benefit for their future. One Drop, Endless Ripples is just such a book and is...

Outside the Box: Science Fiction and Fantasy Stories without End for Learning and Discussion by Taylor Sapp is a book you should have if you want to write in a creative, imaginative way. It is written for students and works like “writing prompts.” There is...

Have you heard of Caroline Herschel? Or, for that matter, what about Maryam Mirzakhani, or Maria Ylagan-Orosa? If you haven’t heard of these outstanding women, you’re not alone. However, perhaps you (and I and all other females) should take a closer look at what these...

There are a lot of interesting details that many of us don’t know about our solar system. For example, our sun, which is actually a star, is so large that it would take 100 earths to fit across it. Many of us don’t even know...

Our Super Solar System by Camden Short takes young readers on a magical trip to get acquainted with the wonders of space. The sun shines bright and the stars can be tracked. The moon orbits the earth, reflecting the sun through the night. Mercury is...

Ocean One: Only One Ocean, Only One Chance is an environmental science children’s storybook written by Eileen Clancy Biegel and illustrated by Sue Lynn Cotton. As a member of the U.S. Coast Guard, Biegel spent a year on Kure Atoll, which is the subject of...

Out of the Mouths of Babes: Praises From the Heart by Carolyn M Ellison is a short children’s story full of collective images and writings from the viewpoint of children in how they express their feelings of love, warmth, peace, God, gratefulness and the elements...