Introduces you to all the people who watched the moon landing and said "That’s what I want to do with my life," with or without NASA.
John
This is a fantastic nonfiction picture book about one of the champions of coral reef restoration. Beautiful illustrations and an inspiring true-life story.
Rebecca
In July of 2015, the New Horizons spacecraft completed the first ever flyby of Pluto. For me and many others, this was the first I'd heard of New Horizons, but Alan Stern and the Pluto Underground had been working towards this since 1989, and the process was far from easy. Follow the epic journey from idea to proposal to actual mission to the furthest and final unexplored planet in our solar system. You'll learn about planetary science, space exploration, and Pluto itself.
Shana
Never mind what you’ve heard about the coming effects of climate change. As Elizabeth Rush disturbingly documents, we are already seeing widespread effects of sea level rise. With great empathy and a lyrical voice she closely examines the response of various American coastal communities to the dramatic changes they struggle to face.
Dale
Do not lick this book. You might hurt Min and her tiny friends. I bet she also doesn’t taste like strawberries. Ask your brother to lick it instead.
Dale
Brusatte takes us with him on his travels around the world fossil hunting with other equally dedicated and passionate paleontologists who together have been revising what we know about the remarkable life on our planet millions of years ago.
Dale
Drawdown is a refreshingly optimistic and welcome book that shows the current processes and technologies we can use in concert to not only slow but actually reduce greenhouse gases in the near future to solve the crisis of global climate change.
Dale
Endurance is simply one of the best books I’ve read about what it’s like and what it takes to travel in space especially for long duration flights.
Dale
Going to the moon is not a small undertaking. Imagine, it had never been done before, and the mission was planned & executed in sixteen weeks! Apollo 8 is the story of a “wild crapshoot” that will bring you back to that time or open the door to an accomplishment that included a TV broadcast from the moon on Christmas Eve 1968.
Robert
August is Eclipse Month, so what better way to celebrate than by reading a fabulous book about the Great American Eclipse of 1878. It was the US government's first big foray into the science business, the zenith of the superstar status of scientist icon Thomas Edison, & the first opportunity modern astronomy would have to use equipment--& understanding--that had never been available for previous eclipses. An informative, compelling & timely read.
David
