Mary Kay Carson

"Could a snowball fight really have sparked the American Revolution? What made people get so steaming mad over the price of tea? And did it take a minuteman only a minute to join the fight? Step back into colonial America to find out about taxation without representation; why the British were called lobsters, the first-ever combat submarine and whether Yankee doodles were really dandy!"--

"Presents information about Jupiter, including fast facts, history, and technology used to study the planet"--Provided by publisher.

"Presents information about asteroids and comets, including fast facts, history, and technology used to study them"--Provided by publisher.

"Presents information about Venus, including fast facts, history, and technology used to study the planet"--Provided by publisher.

"Presents information about the sun, including fast facts, history, and technology used to study it"--Provided by publisher.

"Presents information about Mars, including fast facts, history, and technology used to study the planet"--Provided by publisher.

"Presents information about the moon, including fast facts, history, and technology used to study it"--Provided by publisher.

This book chronicles the efforts of Dr. Merlin Tuttle and his colleagues at Bat Conservation International, as they try and save bat species from loss of habitat and white-nose syndrome.

Answers questions about the universe, including why there is life on Earth, how Saturn got its rings, and which planet has a cloud named Scooter.

"In the 1990s, scientists lived inside Biosphere 2 (Biosphere 1 is the Earth itself) for two years, trying to figure out if colonizing Mars would ever be possible. Now scientists don't live there but instead conduct all sorts of studies and experiments aimed to help us better understand our environment and especially understand what sort of things are happening to it due to climate change and other man-made problems. It's a unique take on the Scientists...