Most Popular Books by Anne Schreiber

A searching memoir that bears witness to the shock of death, but even more to a vital and questing inner life, a rare triumph of understanding, and the discovery of vast open horizons. In this searching memoir, Le Anne Schreiber explores the shifts of perspective that accompany a growing intimacy with death. Deeply moving, graced with subtle intelligence and humor, Light Years looks mortality in the eye and stares it down. In the background are three deaths occurring over five years—those of the author''s mother, father, and brother. In the foreground are stories of certain simple elements of her life during this period—of a barn cat, impaled by a hunter''s arrow, that she patiently nurses back to health; of a trout stream, whose raging waters thwart her attempt to release her father''s ashes; of an overgrown acre that stubbornly refuses to be tamed. Gradually, she traces the impact of these deaths on her understanding of such basic concepts as home, time, and territory, and her own textured past. Searching throughout this remarkable book for this-worldly sources of consolation, she finds them in unexpected places: long swims, a dream, an ancient oak, a book on Einstein, the view from a nearby hilltop.

They waddled into stardom in National Geographic’s March of the Penguins film. These guys are now nature’s ROCK STARS! If you’re age 5, you’re probably as tall as an Emperor. But why do they throw up so much? March this way, and find out all! National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.

In her late thirties, Le Anne Schreiber left her position as Deputy Editor of the New York Times Book Review for a new and vastly different life in rural upstate New York. She wanted peace, the time to write and fish, and a chance to build into her life a different pace, different values. And then she learned that her mother had pancreatic cancer. This brilliant memoir bears witness, unflinchingly, to the wrenching details of her mother''s illness and death and her own new beginnings. She brings to her observations of nature and her mother''s death, precision, wonder, tenderness, speculation, and occasional outrage. Midstream is a compelling autobiography - deeply felt and unforgettable. (51/2 X 81/4, 320 pages, b & w photos)

They waddled into stardom in National Geographic’s March of the Penguins film. These guys are now nature’s ROCK STARS! If you’re age 5, you’re probably as tall as an Emperor. But why do they throw up so much? March this way, and find out all! National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources. Visit www.natgeoed.org/commoncore for more information.

Shoes, shoes, shoes, shoes. So many kinds at the shoe store - how can you choose?

Describes the life cycle and behavior of sharks.

Learn all about volcanoes, how they form, where they are in the world, and how dangerous they can be.

Lue ja tutki maailmaa! Helppolukuinen tietopaketti tulivuorista lukemaan oppineille! National Geographicin Luen itse -sarja tarjoaa tutkittua ja kiinnostavaa tietoa helposti lähestyttävässä muodossa. Taso 2 on sopiva itsenäisesti lukemaan oppineille. Napakat tietotekstit kertovat tulivuorista ja havainnolliset kuvat tukevat luettua ja opittua. Vieraammat sanat selitetään tekstin ohessa. Kirja on lukemaan oppineiden tietofanien lemppari!

Lue ja tutki maailmaa! Helppolukuinen tietopaketti pandoista lukemaan oppineille! National Geographicin Luen itse -sarja tarjoaa tutkittua ja kiinnostavaa tietoa helposti lähestyttävässä muodossa. Taso 2 on sopiva itsenäisesti lukemaan oppineille. Napakat tietotekstit kertovat pandoista ja havainnolliset kuvat tukevat luettua ja opittua. Vieraammat sanat selitetään tekstin ohessa. Kirja on lukemaan oppineiden tietofanien lemppari!

Learn about monkeys including details regarding their behavior, families, and environment.

Describes pandas and their behavior.

He’s quick. He’s silent. He has five rows of deadly teeth. Chomp! Meet the shark—the fish who ruled the deep before dinosaurs roamed the Earth! This fish has soft cartilage so he can glide, twist, and turn before his prey can say "gulp!" He can smell a single drop of blood in 25 million drops of ocean. He can feel electricity given off by his prey. He will lose and replace more than 10,000 teeth in his lifetime. Cool photos bring kids into the shark’s world. Fun facts go deep into the shark’s scary science.

The kids in Ms. Frizzle''s class are getting ready for the Wild Weather Show. To prepare, they take a field trip to the Weatherama Amusement Park. The class finds out just how wild weather can be when they accidentally fly right into a powerful tornado.

The cool story of volcanoes will intrigue kids and adults alike. Hot melted rock from the middle of our planet forces its way up through cracks in the Earth’s crusts, exploding violently and sometimes unexpectedly in volcanic fury that can terrorize populations for months, even years. Anne Schreiber’s narrative gives readers a little of the science, a little of the history, and a lot of the action. National Geographic photography fires the imagination on dramatic spreads alive with vivid images of lava, ash, molten rock, weird rocks, and steaming seawater.

Provides history and instructions on decorating fabrics by painting on them.

Do you know why bees need flowers? Or what plants eat? Or how a plane stays in the air? Well, Ms. Frizzle''s class has all these answers and more! So hop aboard the Magic School Bus with Ms. Frizzle and the gang, and have all your questions answered! From an episode of the animated TV series produced by Scholastic Productions, Inc.. Based on THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS books written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen.

A book about heat.

On the day that third-grader Brent gets braces, his new best friend Trey mistakenly thinks it is his birthday and gives him a surprise birthday party.

Abu is always getting into all kinds of mischief! Children will love this tale about the charming troublemaker''s antics, and the rhyming text is just right for newly independent readers.

In this nonfiction book, an oak tree falls and becomes a log. Animals and plants move in until the log decays and a new tree starts to grow.

Discusses the characteristics and behavior of terns, small birds with powerful wings.

Features words starting with the letter "h."

Experiments with readily available materials that result in explosions, fizzes, and foam.

Collects four books about planet Earth, covering storms, weather, rocks and minerals, and volcanoes.

A poem to the joys of eating a mango.

Theatre program.

Activity book for children published to accompany an exhibition by Xu Bing

Nature interferes when Lee attempts to throw away her empty popcorn bag.

A BOOK OF QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT MANY THINGS.

Discusses the characteristics and behavior of this symbol of life at sea and describes some of the more common species found in the northern hemisphere.

Features words containing the letter "n."