Teens Nature

Top-selling science author Sandra Markle presents the story of whale sharks - the largest fish on the planet. Facing threats from commercial fishing as well as climate change, they were categorized as endangered in 2016. Find out how scientists are working to study and protect these gentle giants of the ocean.

In 2007 only 30 Amur leopards remained in the wild. Scientists knew they needed to do more to help these big cats. However, details of the leopards' wild lives in their high-altitude forest home were still a mystery. With the help of new technology and the cooperation of scientists and governments around the world, people have learned more than ever before about these rare cats. An innovative plan is under way to give Amur leopards a more secure future. Can these cats rebound from the brink before it's too late?

Pocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists. In this installment, Earth Guardians Youth Director and hip-hop artist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez shows us how his music feeds his environmental activism and vice versa. Martinez visualizes a future that allows us to direct our anger, fear, and passion toward creating change. Because, at the end of the day, we all have a part to play.

In a new adventure, it's Christmas in Strawberry Park, and the guinea pigs are decorating the hutch and rocking around their broccoli Christmas tree. But when Henrietta's mother is called to investigate the mystery of missing Inca gold, the furry friends find themselves on their way to...Peru!

Camping is increasingly becoming a leisure pursuit of many. The versatile geography across different parts of the world has permitted this leisure pursuit to spread all around the year, and across the globe. Even if you are an experienced camper, there are always new tips and tricks to learn that will help make life easier and more enjoyable at the campground. Here in this book is a list of handy basics that anyone will find useful.

Essential oils are typically used by people who don't want to use chemically based treatments to cure certain problems. They are never considered to be an alternate treatment for pets. The author provides information on the types of essentials oils that can safely be used on dogs and the best ways to administer said oils.

The two cousins Ethan and Calum, who had spent so much of their summer vacations and holidays at their grandparents’ ranch through the years, were growing up. They would soon be going to college and getting jobs. Ethan’s younger siblings, Logan and Elyssa, and Cal’s younger sister, Cara, were also teenagers. They did not want their carefree days of going on exciting ranch adventures and making interesting discoveries to ever end.

Es geht um seltene Tiere und Pflanzen. Leider bedeutet "selten" auch häufig "gefährdet". Doch wer ist eigentlich daran schuld? Antworten darauf gibt es in diesem Hörspiel, erklärt von Wigald Boning und anderen Experten. Kann man Arten überhaupt wiederbeleben? Und was macht die Orchidee eigentlich so wertvoll? Außerdem macht Wigald sich auf die Suche nach dem Yeti, Nessie und Co. Was hat es mit diesen Wesen und den Geschichten, die um sie ranken, eigentlich auf sich?

A sweet and simple story of a handsome puppy as he grows and explores his new life as a warm-hearted member of the family. This book marks the beginning of a true story series that will capture the interest of children all around the world. A book children will want to listen to over and over again. A great bedtime story to help bring families closer together.

When Tantoh Nforba was a child, his fellow students mocked him for his interest in gardening. Today he's an environmental hero, bringing clean water and bountiful gardens to the central African nation of Cameroon. Authors Miranda Paul and Baptiste Paul share Farmer Tantoh's inspiring story.

From best-selling author and illustrator Kate Pankhurst, descendant of Emmeline Pankhurst, comes another 'smart, informative, inclusive and accessible' book about trail-blazing women. This time, it's women who have helped protect our natural world from way before it was on a political agenda. Discover their untold stories.

When the neighbors are forced to sell the farm, Chris is desperate to own the cows he has been milking. But Chris' Dad cannot cope with the idea! Then, one moonlit night, Chris sneaks out and follows the cow Petal on a wild rampage to...a mob of motherless cabbage patch babies. Will Chris get to keep his cows? Will he be able to look after this new crop of cabbage patch babies? Will their mothers ever come back?

Gently nudging his way into Kate's room, Cocoa declares that he no longer wants to live in the barn. The house is much nicer for a horse. So it's up to Kate to convince him that the barn isn't as bad as it may seem.

This book is about how big and dangerous the dinosaur farts were 65 million years ago and how it made it difficult for humans.

Yorick is a skeleton who was just dug up after a few hundred years of sleep. He speaks like it, too. “Forsooth, my joy, I barely can contain!” Bones is the hungry dog who did the digging. Though he cannot speak, he can chomp. What will become of these two unlikely companions? Will Yorick ever find the friend he seeks? Will Bones ever find a tasty treat that does not talk back? The course of true friendship never did run smooth.

In a central African animal sanctuary, young Akimbo sees the carcass of a mother elephant rotting in the sun. Hearing that his ranger father rarely catches these killers, Akimbo hatches a secret plan to apprehend these villains himself. But are the dangers too daunting for this aspiring hero?

The Crows of Ticklewick is an upbeat prelude to the Amelia Hart series. Told from a crow's prospective, it introduces a magical new world called Ticklewick.

Join Nando and his team as their expedition quickly becomes a rescue mission. Just when you think they're out of hot water, that's when their journey really starts to heat up. With predators in pursuit, they will stop at nothing to be reunited. This imaginative adventure will make you shout "DINO-Mite!"

With humor, plenty of understanding and 50 years of experience treating adolescents, child psychiatrist Calvin Colarusso, M.D. provides ideas and examples to smooth the way through adolescence for parents and teens. Surviving Adolescence: A Roadmap for Teens and Their Parents provides understanding of inscrutable adolescent behavior and practical suggestions on what to do about mood swings, backtalk, disgusting bedrooms, sexual behavior, and dating.

Grace’s aunt is a writer. She works with words every day and teaches Grace interesting words like “melancholy” and “delirious”. But Lily is often “flummoxed” by her writing. Her stories don’t go anywhere, her desk is a mess, and her writer’s group can’t help. So Lily posts an ad for an assistant: A writer of books needs an assistant, a coach, a helper for inspiration and some magic!