Polar Bear, Why Is Your World Melting?

by Robert E. Wells

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807565997
• ISBN13: 9780807565995
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.8" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4

Customer Reviews

Polar bears are in danger

This book explains climate change and our changing world. Wonderfully written.