The trees of eastern North America have been having it tough in the last century or so. First the American chestnut was wiped out by the chestnut blight fungus. Then the American elms were killed by Dutch elm disease, which is carried by a tiny beetle. Many forests were ravaged by an outbreak of gypsy […]
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We have a lot of news today: The good news this week is that the weather in many areas has begun to warm up. With the arrival of spring, you may be thinking of gardening with children. The better news is Quarry Books has published Gardening Lab for Kids: 52 Fun Experiments to Learn, Grow, Harvest, […]
We are celebrating science poetry books this week. For our usual Wednesday feature Bug of the Week let’s take a look at poetry books that explore insects and spiders. Poems about insects? It turns out that there are quite a few by some extraordinary children’s poets. Why science poetry? What a fantastic opportunity to introduce […]
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