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Rectangular photo of Marie Zhuikov’s office bookshelf showing works of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction on nature themes. These include Leaves of Grass, the Overstory, and The Human Experiment. Photo credit: Marie Zhuikov.

Marie Zhuikov —The Path of Totality: Stories & A Novella

A lonely teenaged girl leading a birding tour in a northern Minnesota peat-moss bog finds a mummified Viking boy. A college biology student loses his way on a biosphere tour, finds he is locked in, and faces a creepy night. In The Path of Totality: Stories & A Novella, Marie Zhuikov draws on her experience as a science writer to craft stories that slip from real-world settings to science fiction.

Rectangular photo of Jessica Fries-Gaither’s office bookshelf showing works on evolution, fossils, insects, weather, and other sciences, along with education and writing. Photo credit: Jessica Fries-Gaither.

Jessica Fries-Gaither—Wild Wonderings: Scientists and Their Questions

“Questions aren’t just for scientists,” Jessica Fries-Gaither tells readers aged 3-5 in Wild Wonderings: Scientists and Their Questions She describes in short verses the studies Mary Leakey, Stephen Hawking, Adriana Ocampo, and six other scientists conducted. She also gives children advice on how to turn observations into questions, decide how to pursue answers, and conduct simple research.

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Ellen Prager and Dave Jones—Megalodons, Mermaids, and Climate Change: Answers to Your Ocean and Atmosphere Questions

Do huge sharks, bigger than a school bus, still exist? Thanks (No thanks!) to fake news, some people think so. Ditto for mermaids, NASW Member Ellen Prager & Dave Jones note in Megalodons, Mermaids, and Climate Change: Answers to Your Ocean and Atmosphere Questions. The authors use cartoons, a conversational tone, & 16 photos to answer often-asked & zany questions on marine life and weather.

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