Most Popular Books by Shelley Tanaka

Revised and updated edition Scientists have been warning the world about global warming for almost three decades. But the rest of us are only now starting to get the message. The planet is warming at an unusually rapid rate, and this warming is largely being caused by human activity. Shrinking glaciers, thawing permafrost, erratic weather and threatened freshwater supplies are already affecting the lives of people around the globe, and the worst is yet to come. The crisis is real, but there is little consensus about how to confront the problem, not only because the science is complex, but because the economic, political and social implications of taking action are vast, far-reaching and unsettling. And despite the urgency, climate change deniers seem to be more vocal than ever. This revised and updated edition includes the most recent scientific findings while addressing the main issues. What is happening, and how did we get here? What is the basic science behind climate change? What is going to happen in the future? And, most important, why is it so hard for us to accept what is going on, and what can we do about it? Charts, maps, a glossary, an index and suggestions for further reading accompany the text.

Seven-year-old Kai-ming Wong is wide-eyed over the big North American city where he and his parents have gone to live. It is a far cry from the hills and countryside of South China, the only home Kai-ming has ever known. The glass towers and shiny cars are as foreign to the boy as the English spoken by the children playing in the streets. So Kai-ming stays inside his house while his parents search for work.

Seventeen-year-old Jack Thayer explores the Titanic and forms a brief friendship with another passenger before experiencing the wreck of the giant ocean liner.

Describes the years of training and hard work involved in becoming a ballet dancer and the dedication and expertise needed to dance the lead roles in famous ballets such as Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake.

Eleven-year-old Anne Shirley has never known a real home. Since her parents died when she was three months old, she has grown up in foster homes and in an orphanage. So when she is sent to live with Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert at Green Gables farm on Prince Edward Island, she thinks she''s finally found a home. Green Gables is the most beautiful place she''s ever seen, and best of all, this time she''s going to be adopted. But a spirited redheaded chatterbox with a vivid imagination and a quick temper is the last thing the Cuthberts were expecting, and now Anne isn''t sure they''re going to keep her. All she''s ever wanted is to belong somewhere, and she dreams of calling herself Anne of Green Gables. But will her dreams come true?

Describes some of the newly discovered dinosaurs and what paleontologists have learned about these prehistoric creatures in recent years.

Describes the day Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, using eyewitness accounts to tell the true story.

Adapted scenes from the earliest episodes of Mickey Mouse films, presented in a comic book format.

Provides a short history of the siege of the Alamo.

Uses the discovery of the temple in Mexico City, what was once the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, to introduce the story of the Spanish conquest of Moctezuma and his empire in the sixteenth century.

Stunning, full-color illustrations, detailed diagrams of the ship''s interior, and rare photographs convey a wealth of information to complement this breathtaking true story.

The story of Bill Lishman, who raised a flock of Canada geese and taught them to migrate south for the winter. Grades 2-4.

Describes pollution and environmental issues, with particular regard to the life and habitat of birds.

Describes the Allied landing on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944, from the point of view of four soldiers who were there.

Discusses the work of paleontologists who have found dinosaur bones and fossils in Canada, Argentina, and the Gobi Desert.

By "reading" the bones of people killed in the town of Herculaneum by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, an anthropologist reconstructs their lives.

Uses a fictionalized account of the life of the steward of an important estate to describe the ancient Italian city of Pompeii and what happened to it during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

These seasonal Make-and-Do Activities require little preparation, simple and easily available materials, and minimal adult guidance.

Twelve-year-old Akira must take care of his younger siblings after they''re abandoned by their mother and left to fend for themselves in a Tokyo apartment.

Provides a short history of the Battle of Gettysburg and the commemorative address President Lincoln made there during the Civil War.

A new nonfiction series that contains dramatic narrative, informative sidebars, and vivid paintings begins with the story of the 1836 battle of the Alamo in Texas. Full color.

Probes the tragic and mysterious fate of Sir John Franklin''s failed expedition to find the Northwest Passage in 1845.

Nach einer Einführung zum Thema beschäftigt sich der reich bebilderte und gut erschlossene Band mit Mumien Amerikas, Ägyptens, Europas, Asiens und mit den Mumien der Moderne. Ab 10.

A new nonfiction series that contains dramatic narrative, informative sidebars, and vivid paintings begins with the story of the 1836 battle of the Alamo in Texas. Full color.