Earth-Friendly Buildings, Bridges, and More by Etta Kaner

Don't miss the companion book, Do Lizards Eat Ice Cream?, about adaptations to hot weather. Playful phrasing and comic illustrations make the content engaging for readers, who will gain newfound STEM knowledge of adaptations in nature. Written in a question-and-answer format, this interactive nonfiction book encourages kids to predict the answers and shout them out. Whether it's whales layering up with plenty of blubber, turtles burrowing into the mud to snooze and wait for spring, or emperor penguins coming together in a giant huddle, this book is full of fascinating tidbits about animal behavior in winter. Instead, these animals and many more have adapted in amazing ways to survive chilly weather. Do polar bears build homes? Do penguins snuggle with a friend? Yes! But their homes aren't made of wood, and they don't cuddle on a couch. When winter arrives, animals living in cold environments need to cope to survive. A best-selling and fun, factual, interactive exploration of how animals keep warm in cold weather, for ages 4 to 8. Serious budding green engineers and designers inspired by this offering will likely want to seek other resources.An upbeat exploration of how animals stay warm in cold weather. However, while she covers many topics, the author is able to touch briefly on each.

Kaner’s latest book is an informative primer on environmentally aware design and architecture. Introducing Corry Lapont: 12-year-old and. Stephen MacEachern’s engaging cartoon-style illustrations and diagrams balance the array of illustrative photographs, and add visual appeal. Earth-Friendly Buildings, Bridges and More: The Eco-Journal of Corry Lapont. She uses an assortment of methods to present the information, including Corry’s explanations, commentary, and journal entries projects Corry has completed for school letters from family members who also work in eco-design answers to Riley’s questions and experiments that encourage further exploration. Through Corry’s journal, Kaner introduces the science behind the architecture of green buildings and structures, exploring the physics involved in their design and construction. Supplemented by informative sidebars and hands-on activities, they create an expansive yet accessible overview of eco-design. During her travels, Corry has amassed brochures and postcards and organized them into categories ranging from skyscrapers to bridges to subway tunnels.

Corry’s parents, both of whom are engineers, have taken her and her younger brother, Riley, on trips to various sites around the world, exploring feats of environmentally aware architecture and engineering. Toronto elementary school teacher and author Etta Kaner’s new work of non-fiction for young readers delves into the areas of environmentally conscious architecture and building design.Įarth-Friendly Buildings, Bridges and More takes the form of a scrapbook assembled by fictional 12-year-old aspiring green engineer Corry Lapont.

Earth-Friendly Buildings, Bridges, and More by Etta Kaner