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|  | January by Ellen B. Jackson, Pat DeWitt, Robin DeWitt
Did you ever wonder how April Fool's Day came about? Or what the January flower is? Or why the Anglo-Saxons referred to May as Thrimilce As the year unfolds, each month brings its own changes and beginnings. Over time, special attributes have been given to each month based on changing seasons, habits and lifecycles of animals and plants, historical events, legends and myths, and much more. Perfect for readers of all ages, these gift books look at the diversity of life across North America. For instance, in January, people are playing beach volleyball in Hawaii, while the northeast is covered with snow, and animals there have burrowed in for the winter. Other fascinating subjects such as birthstones, the zodiac, weather, and more are explored in each book to give a complete look at every month. Delightfully rendered illustrations enrich the experience of discovering the varied histories and the diversity of each month of the year. AUTHOR: Ellen B. Jackson, Pat DeWitt, Robin DeWitt
PUBLISHER: Charlesbridge Publishing, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature 
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 | Exploring the Sun by Jay M. Pasachoff, L. Golub
Golub and Rasachoff discuss every aspect of the sun--from its origin and structure to the science of studying it and its effect on the Earth--in an accessible but not un-challenging book. AUTHOR: Jay M. Pasachoff, L. Golub
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Apollo 13 by James Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger, Jim Lovell
In April 1970, during the glory days of the Apollo space program, NASA sent Navy Captain Jim Lovell and two other astronauts on America's fifth mission to the moon. Only fifty-five hours into the flight of Apollo 13, disaster struck: a mysterious explosion rocked the ship, and soon its oxygen and power began draining away. Written with all the color and drama of the best fiction, APOLLO 13 (previously published as Lost Moon) tells the full story of the moon shot that almost ended in catastrophe. Minutes after the explosion, the three astronauts are forced to abandon the main ship for the lunar module, a tiny craft designed to keep two men alive for just two days. As the hours tick away, the narrative shifts from the crippled spacecraft to Mission Control, from engineers searching desperately for a way to fix the ship to Lovell's wife and children praying for his safe return. The entire nation watches as one crisis after another is met and overcome. By the time the ship splashes down in the Pacific, we understand why the heroic effort to rescue Lovell and his crew is considered by many to be NASA's finest hour. Now, thirty years after the launch of the mission, Jim Lovell and coauthor Jeffrey Kluger add a new preface and never-before-seen photographs to Apollo 13. In their preface, they offer an incisive look at America's waxing and waning love affair with space exploration during the past three decades, culminating only recently when the Apollo 13 spacecraft itself, long consigned to an aviation museum outside Paris, was at last returned to its rightful home in the United States. As inspiring today as it was thirty years ago, the story of Apollo 13 is a timeless tribute to the enduring American spirit and sparkling individual heroism. AUTHOR: James Lovell, Jeffrey Kluger, Jim Lovell
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | From Seed to Pumpkin by Jan Kottke
Description not available.Illustrations and simple text describe how a pumpkin seed grows into a plant that produces pumpkins for making pies and jack-o-lanterns. AUTHOR: Jan Kottke
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | All about Turkeys by Jim Arnosky
The wild turkey is a uniquely American animal. With his clear, informative text and detailed watercolors, Arnosky explores the turkey's life cycle, habitat, and behavior with an immediacy kids love. Full color. AUTHOR: Jim Arnosky
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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 | Robot Building for Beginners by D. Cook
Description not available.A beginner's guide to robotics features step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow, hands-on experiments and projects, including a line-following robot constructed from a sandwich container, that assist readers in understanding the fundamental principles, techniques, tools, and applications of amateur robotics. (Intermediate) AUTHOR: D. Cook
PUBLISHER: APress L. P.
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Science & Nature
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