Journey into the Deep:
Discovering New Ocean Creatures
Millbrook Press, 2011
2011 Orbis Pictus Award
Ben Franklin Award
VOYA Award
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Investigating Climate Change: Scientists Search for Answers in a Warming World
Society of School Librarians International Honor Book, 2009
"In a mere five chapters, this book conveys all the basic information one needs to begin understanding climate change..." --National Science Teachers Association
Microquests! Millbrook Press, 2008
A five-book series that introduces the basics of animal and plant cells, cell division, heredity, DNA, and the immune system using stunning micrographs and humorous illustrations.
Understanding Global Warming Lerner, 2009
Part of Lerner's Saving Our Living Earth series, Global Warming presents the basics about global warming and climate change. A special "Going Green" section showcases what kids and adults can do to help the environment.
Plate Tectonics Twenty-First Century Books, 2008
Aimed at readers in grades 8-12, this book in the Great Ideas of Science series examines the theory of plate tectonics, from early beginnings to current understanding.
Other series titles by Rebecca L. Johnson: Atomic Structure, Genetics
Lerner, 2007
Stunning photographs bring "meat-eating" plants to life. Part of Lerner's Nature Watch series.
Biomes of North
America
Lerner, 2001, 2004
A highly descriptive 11-book series that takes readers on a virtual tour of a terrestrial and aquatic North American biomes, and shows how living things form communities that depend on each other for survival.
Nanotechnology
Lerner, 2006
A title in the Cool Science series that introduces readers to the field of nanotechnology and the latest developments in this world of the incredibly small.
Other series titles by Rebecca L. Johnson: Satellites
Ernest Shackleton:
Gripped by the Antarctic
Lerner, 2003
National Geographic
Reading Expeditions, 2003-2006
Rebecca L. Johnson has written more than thirty titles for National Geographic's classroom series, Reading Expeditions.
The Muscular System
The Digestive System
Lerner, 2005
These two titles in Lerner's Early Bird Body Systems series let younger readers discover the workings of key body systems. (English and Spanish editions)
Braving the Frozen Frontier: Women Working in AntarcticaLerner, 1996
A book about women who do science, and support science, on the world's harshest continent. Based on the author's firsthand experiences in Antarctica as a National Science Foundation Antarctic Artists and Writers Program grantee.
Science on the Ice: An Antarctic Journal
Lerner, 1995
An exciting, personal account of science and scientists on the frozen continent of Antarctica.
Investigating the Ozone Hole
Lerner, 1993
This book explores the history and science behind Antarctica's ozone hole, based on experiences and interviews with atmospheric scientists working in Antarctica.
The Great Barrier Reef: A Living Laboratory
Lerner, 1991
Explore the world's largest coral reef ecosystem -- with marine biologists as your guide. Based on the author's personal experiences working and diving with researchers on the GBR.
The Greenhouse Effect: Life on a Warmer Planet
Lerner, 1990, 1993
An award-winning book about global warming -- one of the first to clearly explain this important environmental issue to young adult readers.
SSLI Best Book
Diving into Darkness: A Submersible
Explores the Sea
Lerner, 1989
Dive a half mile down in the Johnson-Sea-Link submersible, alongside scientists exploring life in the deep sea. Based on the author's firsthand experiences.
