How many players are on a football team? Why is a baseball white with red stitches? What are triathlons? You've got questions about sports, and Kids' Questions has answers!

23) Animals are sleeping

Author

Slade, Suzanne

Pub. Date

2008.

Language

English

Description

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The rhyming text provides information on the sleeping habits of animals that live on land, in water and fly through the air. "For Creative Minds" section includes animals sorting cards and activities.

24) What if there were no sea otters?: a book about the ocean ecosystem

Author

Slade, Suzanne

Series

Food Chain Reactions

Pub. Date

2011

Language

English

Description

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The ocean ecosystem is huge, covering most of our planet. Countless animals and plants live there. So what difference could the loss of one animal species make? Follow the chain reaction, and discover how important sea otters are.

25) What if there were no lemmings?: a book about the tundra ecosystem

Author

Slade, Suzanne

Series

Food Chain Reactions

Pub. Date

2011

Language

English

Description

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The tundra ecosystem is vast, covering a large part of the far north. Countless animals and plants live there. So what difference could the loss of one animal species make? Follow the chain reaction, and discover how important lemmings are.

26) Multiply on the fly

Author

Slade, Suzanne

Series

What's the difference?

Pub. Date

[2011]

Language

English

Description

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Rhyming verse presents buggy word problems that can all be solved using multiplication.

27) What if there were no gray wolves?: a book about the temperate forest ecosystem

Author

Slade, Suzanne

Series

Food Chain Reactions

Pub. Date

2011.

Language

English

Description

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Deciduous forest ecosystems can be found on nearly every continent. Countless animals and plants live in them. So what difference could the loss of one animal species make? Follow the chain reaction, and discover how important gray wolves are.

28) Out of school and into nature: the Anna Comstock story

Author

Slade, Suzanne

Pub. Date

[2017]

Language

English

Description

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"A picture book biography about naturalist and artist Anna Comstock (1854-1930), who defied social conventions and pursued the study of science. She pioneered a movement to encourage schools to conduct science and nature classes for children outdoors, thereby increasing students' interest in nature" --

29) A plastic bottle's journey

Author

Slade, Suzanne

Series

Follow It!

Pub. Date

[2011]

Language

English

Description

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Where did that plastic bottle in your hand come from? And where is it going next? A plastic bottle's journey is filled with bounces, bumps, and blasts. Pack your bags, and get ready to follow it!

30) With books and bricks: how Booker T. Washington built a school

Author

Slade, Suzanne

Pub. Date

2014.

Language

English

Description

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"Booker T. Washington had an incredible passion for learning. Born a slave, he taught himself to read. When the Civil War ended, Booker finally fulfilled his dream of attending school. After graduation, he was invited to teach in Tuskegee, Alabama. Finding many eager students, but no school, Booker set out to build his own school--brick by brick"--

31) A computer called Katherine: how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the moon

Author

Slade, Suzanne

Pub. Date

2019.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

Description

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Biography of NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson. Shares the story of the pioneering African American mathematician, Katherine Johnson, who helped calculate America's first manned flight into space, its first manned orbit of Earth, and the world's first trip to the moon.

32) What can we do about endangered animals?

Author

Slade, Suzanne

Series

Protecting our planet (PowerKids Press)

Pub. Date

[2010]

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

Description

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Animal species are disappearing at an alarming rate. This informative book introduces kids to some of the animals in danger and examines what can be done to preserve Earth's ecological diversity.

33) What eats what in a desert food chain?

Author

Slade, Suzanne

Series

Food Chains

Pub. Date

2013.

Language

English

Description

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The Sonoran desert teems with life. From an Octillo plant to a Crested Caracara, the living things in this book are linked together in a food chain. Each one of them needs the others in order to live. Find out what eats what in the Sonoran Desert!

34) What can we do about the energy crisis?

Author

Slade, Suzanne

Series

Protecting our planet (PowerKids Press)

Pub. Date

2010.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

Description

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Your young readers will learn about both the fossil fuels we depend upon today and the alternative energy sources we are likely to become reliant upon in the future.

35) What can we do about pollution?

Author

Slade, Suzanne

Series

Protecting our planet (PowerKids Press)

Pub. Date

2010.

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

Description

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Air, water, and soil pollution are major dangers, both for humans and for the other species with which we share this planet. Young readers will learn how pollution happens, what problems it causes, and how to stop it.

36) Countdown: 2979 days to the moon

Author

Slade, Suzanne

Pub. Date

[2018]

Edition

First edition.

Language

English

Description

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Told in free verse, the story of the American effort to land the first man on the moon comes to life. During the two thousand nine hundred and seventy-nine days following his speech, eighteen astronauts climbed into spaceships; three of them died before even leaving the ground. Eight rockets soared into space. And four hundred thousand people-- engineers, technicians, scientists, mathematicians, and machinists-- joined Project Apollo in hopes of making...

37) Mars is: stark slopes, silvery snow, and startling surprises

Author

Slade, Suzanne

Pub. Date

Language

English

Description

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Award-winning author and mechanical engineer Suzanne Slade (Countdown, A Computer Called Katherine) explores the remarkable beauty of Mars in this timely photo-packed space extravaganza. For young readers eagerly following NASA's Mars Exploration Program and awaiting continued discoveries on the Red Planet. For centuries, people have been intrigued by Mars, and over time, scientists have made exciting discoveries, such as the planet's Earth-like weather...