"The Great Lakes -- Erie, Huron, Michigan, Ontario and Superior -- hold 20 percent of the world's supply of surface fresh water and provide sustenance, work and recreation for tens of millions of Americans. But they are under threat as never before, and their problems are spreading across the continent. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes is prize-winning reporter Dan Egan's compulsively readable portrait of an ecological catastrophe happening right...

Explores how the waters, mountains, and forests of the Pacific Northwest have provided food and shelter for groups such as the Tlingit, the Haida, and the Kwakiutl for thousands of years.

This book features fun and unique Native American crafts that have been adapted in an easy, step-by-step activity format with pictures for a young crafter.

"These fascinating tales of the Native American peoples are filled with outlandish characters, heroic feats and astonishing accounts of the world's creation. Extraordinarily diverse and meaningful, they are a cultural landmark in North American literature. Featuring more than 50 legends and illustrated by the striking photography of Edward Curtis, Native American Myths and Legends showcases the imagination, insight and oral traditions of North America's...

"Animals are amazing--you might even say they're super! They have special abilities that you've only seen in comic books and on your favorite cartoons. Super speed, laser eyes, invisibility and more, the powers that our North American animals possess are truly incredible."--