Fire Shapes the World
Fire Shapes the World

Author: Joanna Cooke

Publisher: Yosemite Conservancy

Published: 2023-06-13

Total Pages: 18

ISBN-13: 1951179218

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“A nuanced portrayal of fire as a force to be respected.”—Publishers Weekly Life as we know it evolved with fire; there is no us without it. With lyrical text grounded in the latest research, this picture book shares the primal connection between all living things and fire. Children will understand that fire has the capability to both destroy and create, and that everything they know in the world has evolved with fire. There is comfort in understanding the natural processes taking place all around. By learning the story of fire and how it has changed this planet, this book also addresses the question: Can people adapt to an increasingly fire-prone environment? This answer is: Yes. Because we always have. With proper care and thoughtful planning, fire can be a benefit to Earth. We can learn from the past to help create our future. Through understanding, we will thrive. FIRE SHAPES THE WORLD is an encouraging springboard for conversation illuminated by breathtaking paintings, and it will allow children to explore their connection to this most elemental agent of change.

The Art of Fire
The Art of Fire

Author: Daniel Hume

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2017-11-02

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1473543940

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Fire can fascinate, inspire, capture the imagination and bring families and communities together. It has the ability to amaze, energise and touch something deep inside all of us. For thousands of years, at every corner of the globe, humans have been huddling around fires: from the basic and primitive essentials of light, heat, energy and cooking, through to modern living, fire plays a central role in all of our lives. The ability to accurately and quickly light a fire is one of the most important skills anyone setting off on a wilderness adventure could possess, yet very little has been written about it. Through his narrative Hume also meditates on the wider topics surrounding fire and how it shapes the world around us.

The Sequoia Lives on
The Sequoia Lives on

Author: Joanna Cooke

Publisher:

Published: 2018-08

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781930238855

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Nonfiction picture book explains how giant sequoias grow, shares general characteristics and trivia about the trees, and discusses their conservation.

Call Me Floy
Call Me Floy

Author: Joanna Cooke

Publisher: Yosemite Conservancy

Published: 2020-05-12

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 195117903X

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In this coming-of-age novel, a headstrong girl persists against expectations, following her dream in nineteenth century Yosemite. Florence "Floy" Hutchings is the daughter of a famous father, and while the extra attention that brings is not unwelcome, all she really wants is to be herself. However, in 1876 being clever, confident, and bold are not expected of girls on the cusp of turning twelve. Stuck in a stuffy classroom in crowded San Francisco, Floy longs to return to the majestic mountain valley where she was born and where she has always felt free: Yosemite! Upon returning to her beloved valley, Floy finds that it is changing in confusing ways: the intimate paradise she once knew is opening to more visitors and to troubling attitudes about her indigenous friends and about what girls should and should not do. Yet, against this backdrop of change, Floy pursues her dream of climbing the indomitable Half Dome. Steeped in the rich atmosphere of old Yosemite and based on real people and true events,Call Me Floy is about a girl who follows her dream up the steepest path imaginable.

A World From Dust
A World From Dust

Author: Ben McFarland

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2016-03-07

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0190275022

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A World From Dust describes how a set of chemical rules combined with the principles of evolution in order to create an environment in which life as we know it could unfold. Beginning with simple mathematics, these predictable rules led to the advent of the planet itself, as well as cells, organs and organelles, ecosystems, and increasingly complex life forms. McFarland provides an accessible discussion of a geological history as well, describing how the inorganic matter on Earth underwent chemical reactions with air and water, allowing for life to emerge from the world's first rocks. He traces the history of life all the way to modern neuroscience, and shows how the bioelectric signals that make up the human brain were formed. Most popular science books on the topic present either the physics of how the universe formed, or the biology of how complex life came about; this book's approach would be novel in that it condenses in an engaging way the chemistry that links the two fields. This book is an accessible and multidisciplinary look at how life on our planet came to be, and how it continues to develop and change even today. This book includes 40 illustrations by Gala Bent, print artist and studio faculty member at Cornish College of the Arts, and Mary Anderson, medical illustrator.

Earth On Fire
Earth On Fire

Author: Bernhard Edmaier

Publisher: Phaidon Press

Published: 2009-11-16

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780714857008

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This stunning collection of photographs from Bernhard Edmaier showcases the world?s most dramatic and beautiful volcanic landscapes. Divided into five chapters by tectonic plate region, this book includes geothermal regions in Europe, the Americas, Africa, New Zealand, the Indian Ocean and the Caribbean; famous volcanoes such as Mount St. Helens in the USA, Etna in Italy, Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and Krakatoa in Indonesia are just a few of the sites highlighted. Earth on Fire features images of a wide variety of phenomena ? from hot flowing lava and towering columns of smoke and ash to lakes, islands and mountain ranges ? that are the result of volcanic activity, accompanied by clear, accessible texts explaining key details and events.

Shapes in Our World
Shapes in Our World

Author: Moira Anderson

Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

Published: 2008-10-10

Total Pages: 18

ISBN-13: 1433391481

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Three-dimensional (3-D) shapes have three dimensions--length, width, and height. These shapes are solids that are found in buildings and structures as well as in nature. Some 3-D shapes are prisms, cylinders, cones, pyramids, and spheres.

1000 Events that Shaped the World
1000 Events that Shaped the World

Author:

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 9781426203145

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"In a sweep of history, this book brings you what National Geographic has introduced into households for more than a century: the world and all that is in it. Concise narratives, each focused on one event and numbered chronologically from 1 to 1,000, walk you through the story of civilization, from the first evidence of life 3.8 billion years ago to the discovery of the first known planet beyond the solar system that could harbor life as we know it. Accompanied by hundreds of illustrations, events famous, infamous and little known offer insight into how and why the world has grown and changed as it has."--BOOK JACKET.

The Book of Big Science Ideas
The Book of Big Science Ideas

Author: Freya Hardy

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 83

ISBN-13: 1782407383

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A fact packed celebration of science from the clever people who bring you AQUILA magazine. The Book of Big Science Ideas introduces young readers, aged 8 and up, to 15 brilliant science ideas and more than 50 ingenious thinkers who have helped shape our understanding of the world. What is everything made of? What is our place in space? Can machines think? And why does your hat come hurtling back down after you've chucked it into the air? This book has the answers! Readers will learn all about established ideas such as atoms, electricity and the solar system, as well as ideas that are still evolving such as gravity, energy and classification, right up to recent discoveries like AI and genetics. Each big idea is explored over two double-page spreads: the first explains the idea in rich detail and with plenty of bright and engaging illustrations and diagrams, while the second spread introduces readers to the key scientists and thinkers who helped shape the idea with fun portraits for each one. Thinkers include, Wang Zhenyi, Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie, James Joule, Rosalind Franklin, Charles Darwin, Aristotle, Edith Clarke, Isaac Newton, Grace Hopper, Alan Turing, Ada Lovelace and many, many more! Spreads on why ideas matter, the scientific method, future ideas and even more scientists to discover are also included, and a detailed timeline and glossary of scientific terms ensure that readers have the tools to really get to grips with the concepts. This is the perfect book for science-loving kids everywhere.

Set the World on Fire
Set the World on Fire

Author: Keisha N. Blain

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2018-03-15

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 0812249887

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"[This book] examine[s] how black nationalist women engaged in national and global politics from the early twentieth century to the 1960's"--Amazon.com.