Polar Bear, Why Is Your World Melting? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780807565995)

Recommended Book to Teach Children about Climate Change, Time Magazine

In the Arctic, the summer ice is melting, making it hard for polar bears and their cubs to survive. Why is the world getting warmer? The heat of the sun is trapped by the "greenhouse" gases that surround Earth--carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and water vapor. If there is just the right amount of these trapped gases, the air is warm enough for plants, animals, and people to thrive. But now there is too much greenhouse gas, especially carbon dioxide. Polar bears, and all of us, are in trouble. Robert E. Wells shows why so much carbon dioxide is going into the air and what we can do to help keep Earth cool.

Author: Robert E. Wells
ISBN-10: 0807565997
ISBN-13: 9780807565995
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Language: English
Published: 09/01/2008
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.25lbs
Size: 10.10h x 6.80w x 0.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 130212 / Polar Bear, Why Is Your World Melting?


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 09/01/2008 pg. 961
School Library Journal 11/01/2008 pg. 112
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2008 pg. 176
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2009 pg. 125 - Recommended, Satisfactory