Books with author Kathleen Kuchera

Your skin! From the top of your head to the soles of your feet, you are all wrapped up in skin. Your skin protects your body from germs and dirt. But it is also very sensitive and sometimes needs protection itself. Read and find out about your amazing, strong, and delicate skin. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 4 to 6. It’s a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children."New illustrations and some text revision update this 1965 basic introduction to the skin and its functions. Four children take turns presenting different aspects of the skin, such as pigment and melanin, cuts and healing, fingerprints, and the sense of touch."—SLJ.This is a Level 2 Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out Science title, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades and supports the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let’s-Read-and-Find-Out is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.

Tina Annabelle Armstrong, aged 14, is bound to the sea by the tragic accident of her older brother Brian when she was 11 years old. Since then the ocean is all she thinks about. She has a science project due in five days. She gets help with research from her younger brother and her neighbor Thomas Colbert aged 15.The science project is about plastic in the ocean. She realizes the current condition of the ocean is far worse than she thought. She hopes her project is powerful enough to be a call to action to teens around the world to get involved and find solutions to heal the ocean. She dedicates it to Brian as his legacy. The characters are fictional. The links are real.