Mary Boone

Simple text and photograph illustrations explains how some materials are recycled and reused.

"Spend a day and night in the tundra! Learn about this cold habitat through the intriguing animals that call it home. Catch breakfast mid-flight with a peregrine falcon. Spend the afternoon snoozing with an Arctic fox. Take an evening trek with a herd of caribou. After dark, sit still with an Arctic hare as hides from hungry wolves. What will tomorrow bring in the tundra?"--

George Washington Carver wasn't just an inventor. He was also a botanist, a farmer, and a professor. Young readers will discover how this teacher not only improved the way people farmed, but introduced the world to more than 300 uses for the peanut.

Recounts the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, provides an overview of Osama bin Laden's life and the history of al-Qaeda, and discusses the reactions to his death on May 2, 2011.

"How have termite mounds inspired building designs? Learn about some of the best building designs and inventions that have been borrowed from the outside world"--

Exploring the labyrinth of the contemporary art world, THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING examines the role of art and artistic passion in today's money-driven, consumer-based society. Featuring collectors, dealers, auctioneers and a rich range of artists, from current market darlings Jeff Koons, Gerhard Richter and Njideka Akunyili Crosby, to one-time art star Larry Poons, the film exposes deep contradictions as it holds a mirror up to contemporary values and...