Full Moon at the Napping Houseby Audrey & Don Wood
Remember
The Napping House? The cumulative text, the detailed illustrations, the gentle humor, the wonderful vocabulary? This new picture book by the same husband and wife team as has all these and more! The granny is back, looking just the same despite the passage of 30 years, and so are the child, the dog and the cat ... but this time, everyone is restless, in the light of the full moon.
Enjoy this wonderful follow-up to the beloved classic with your entire family and read them both again and again!
Fire Birds: Valuing Natural Wildfires and Burned Forests by Sneed B. Collard III
Annually, U.S. wildfires on average burn an area larger than the state of Massachusetts.This year, California wildfires were devastating! What happens to the burned areas after the fire? Can anything live in that vast wasteland?
The Award winning science author reveals the complex relationships between wildfire areas and the thriving plant and animal communities that move in soon after the burn.
Using the research by various scientists who study burned habitats, Sneed introduces us to bird species that nest in dead trees and that prefer the absence of predators and feast on the surge of beetles that arrive to devour the dead wood. He encourages us to think about a new ecological approach to understand the role of fires in a forest.
Large color photographs, an engaging text and a variety of viewpoints make this an interesting and balanced non-fiction read for 4th to 7th grade scientists.
The Thing About Jellyfish by Ali Benjamin
The summer before 7th grade, Suzy Swanson finds out that Franny, her best friend since kindergarten, has drowned. Franny couldn't drown - she was the best swimmer ever!
Suzy, unique and intense, traveling a journey of grief and self-imposed silence, refuses to accept the idea of "sometimes, things just happen." Desperate for answers, she uses her interest in science to research obsessively jellyfish, convinced that a brush with the highly venomous Irukandji jellyfish is responsible for her best friend's death.
As friendships blossom and wilt in middle school, and as her science teacher opens up astonishing wonders of the universe to her class, how far will Suzy go to process her sorrow, and how will it affect everyone around her?
This is a deep, touching look at friendship and family, grief and healing, recommended for middle school readers.
