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Mountains
Melanie Waldron
Paperback (Raintree, Aug. 1, 2012)This book explores mountain habitats around the world, looking at the plants and animals that live there, and the adaptations that help them to survive. Food webs, maps, and photos help bring the topic to life. Threats to mountain habitats are also covered, as well as efforts to preserve them.
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Rivers
Melanie Waldron
Paperback (Raintree, Aug. 1, 2012)This book explores river habitats around the world, looking at the plants and animals that live there, and the adaptations that help them to survive. Food webs, maps, and photos help bring the topic to life. Threats to river habitats are also covered, as well as efforts to preserve them.
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Ireland
Melanie Waldron
Library Binding (Heinemann, Jan. 1, 2012)Ireland offers complete coverage of this fascinating country, including sections on history, geography, wildlife, infrastructure and government, and culture. It also includes a detailed fact file, maps and charts, and a traceable flag.
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Geography Matters in the Inca Empire
Melanie Waldron
Paperback (Heinemann, Jan. 1, 2015)How do we know about the Incas? What were Inca towns and cities like? What was the “lost city of the Incas”? Geography Matters in the Inca Empire looks at how the Inca Empire changed through time and gives fascinating insights into many different aspects of Inca life through its geography. Read about how the mountainous Inca geography led to their development of terrace farming, how the Incas worshipped the mountain peaks as gods and how the size of their Empire meant they built thousands of miles of roads and bridges to connect their people.
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Adaptation
Melanie Waldron
Paperback (Heinemann, July 1, 2013)Our world is incredibly diverse, and plants and animals must adapt in order to survive. This book will teach readers how adaptation works, why living things must adapt, and how a changing world makes adaptation more necessary than ever.
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Mapping the Land and Weather
Melanie Waldron
Paperback (Raintree, Jan. 1, 2013)Maps are essential tools for understanding the world around us. Learning to read maps - both printed and online - is a core skill that forms the basis of social studies. This book explores the different ways that maps can be used to show natural features and processes.
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My Nose, Your Nose
Melanie Walsh
Hardcover (HMH Books for Young Readers, Sept. 30, 2002)Melanie Walsh has once again created picture books for the youngest child. This time she introduces the concept of diversity, but her approach is very gentle:Agnes has blue eyes. Kit’s eyes are brown. But . . .they both close their eyes when they go to sleep.The close-up and lively illustrations of kids and all their cute bits—eyes, hair, skin, noses, legs—will invite readers to tell what’s unique about themselves. And at the same time, children will see that there’s so much they have in common, too.
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Iceland
Melanie Waldron
Library Binding (Heinemann, Jan. 1, 2012)Iceland offers complete coverage of this fascinating country, including sections on history, geography, wildlife, infrastructure and government, and culture. It also includes a detailed fact file, maps and charts, and a traceable flag.
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10 Things I Can Do to Help My World
Melanie Walsh
Hardcover (Candlewick, Aug. 26, 2008)Even young children are eager to help the environment — and here is a bright, inviting novelty book that offers simple ways to make a difference.Do you remember to turn off the tap while you brush your teeth? How about using both sides of the paper when writing and drawing? Or planting seeds and nurturing the new plants as they grow? Bold, child-friendly illustrations and die-cut pages will draw even the youngest listeners to this gentle reminder of the easy, everyday ways we can be kinder to the earth.
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Polar Regions
Melanie Waldron
Hardcover (Raintree, Sept. 10, 2012)This volume explores Polar habitats around the world, looking at the plants and animals that live there, and the adaptations that help them to survive. Food webs, maps, and photos help bring the topic to life.
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Geography Matters in Ancient Greece
Melanie Waldron
Library Binding (Heinemann, Jan. 1, 2015)How did a volcanic eruption put an end to Minoan civilization? What crops did the Ancient Greeks grow? How did city-states form around the Greek empire? Geography Matters in Ancient Greece looks at how the Greek Empire changed through time and gives fascinating insights into many different aspects of Greek life through its geography. Read about how the hot climate affected the crops that Greeks could grow and the housing and clothing they needed, how the Mycenaeans were able to protect themselves from attackers by using the natural features of their landscape and their natural resources of stone and how its proximity to the Mediterranean Sea helped the Greek Empire in trading and in strengthening their military might.
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