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|  | Rockhounding Nevada by William A. Kappele
Rockhounds from novice to expert seeking agate, opal, jasper, and malachite, or searching for petrified wood and fossils, are likely to unearth these treasures in Nevada. Sparsely populated with millions of acres of accessible public lands, Nevada holds many geologic wonders. The state's 94 best rockhounding sites are featured in this well-researched guidebook. Includes a list of museums of special geologic interest. AUTHOR: William A. Kappele
PUBLISHER: Globe Pequot Press, The
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature 
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 | Yum-Yum! by Brita Granstrom, Mick Manning
A simple description of the food chain begins with a plant which is eaten by a caterpillar which is eaten by a cricket which is eaten by a spider which is eaten by a lizard ... AUTHOR: Brita Granstrom, Mick Manning
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Do Monkeys Tweet? by Melanie Walsh
Description not available.A read-aloud primer on animal sounds contains simple, bold pictures and a series of questions inviting little ones to wonder if a rabbit can oink, a horse can bark, and a monkey can tweet. AUTHOR: Melanie Walsh
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Travels with the Fossil Hunters by Peter Whybrow, Peter J. Whybrow
Description not available.Essays by British paleontologists capture the adventure and excitement of field work in Sierra Leone, Pakistan, Gibralter, Yemen, China, India, and Antarctica. AUTHOR: Peter Whybrow, Peter J. Whybrow
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Return of the Osprey by David Gessner
Gessner writes of a year getting to know the Osprey, a bird whose presence on Cape Cod has bounded back from near extinction in the 1950s. His book includes biology and behavior, but is mostly about bird watching and the comforts of place. AUTHOR: David Gessner
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | They All Laughed at Christopher Columbus by Elizabeth Weil
This study chronicles the (at times outrageous) attempts of Gary Hudson to build a space craft called Roton that could launch the average Joe into orbit and return him safely home in the course of a single day. Setting up shop in the Mojave Desert, Hudson assembled a disparate team of engineers and test pilots to help him realize his dream. AUTHOR: Elizabeth Weil
PUBLISHER: Bantam Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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