Anita Sanchez

Describes the process of decomposition, discussing the role of decomposers such as sharks, vultures, and earthworms, and includes experiments demonstrating how decomposition supports new life.

"An in-depth examination of the dramatic 1925 "Monkey Trial," which pitted science against religion as a teacher fought to teach his students about evolution, shows how this trial still reverberates a hundred years later."--

Deadly. Powerful. Beautiful. The much-hated plant called poison ivy is all of these-and more. Poison ivy has long irritated humans, but the astounding paradox is that poison ivy is a plant of immense ecological value. “In Praise of Poison Ivy” explores the vices and virtues of a plant with a dramatic history and a rosy future. Once planted in gardens from Versailles to Monticello, poison ivy now has a crucial role in the American landscape. The...

"Did you know that one well-placed giraffe kick is strong enough to kill a lion? How about that an adult giraffe can eat a hundred pounds of leaves in a day? Or that some giraffes hum to each other at night?"--

"An exploration of seaweed's role in marine ecosystems and climate change solutions"-- "Imagine forests where you can float weightlessly among schools of fish. Huge green pastures where sea turtles graze. Forests that capture carbon from seawater and breathe out oxygen. The answers to many of our planet{u2019}s problems may lie underwater, in these forests of seaweed. Celebrated nonfiction author Anita Sanchez takes readers on a tour of seaweed forests,...

Presents the life of the eighteenth-century Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus, who devised the modern classification system for naming plants and animals.

With this book, readers can become panda experts as they learn fun panda facts and how they can help save these creatures from extinction who have rolled and munched their way into readers’ hearts.