The Elephant Scientist

7 best books like The Elephant Scientist (Caitlin O'Connell): Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past, The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, I Am Jazz, A Sick Day for Amos McGee, Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear, Sea Otter Heroes, Awesome Autumn

Bodies from the Ice: Melting Glaciers and the Recovery of the Past

Author

James M. Deem

In 1991, mountain climbers on the Niederjoch Glacier on the Italian-Austrian border came across something unexpected: a body. It had been a very warm summer, and five bodies had already turned up in the area. But something here was different. The materials found with the body suggested it might be very...

The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend

Author	Dan Santat
ISBN	0316199982

This magical story begins on an island far away where an imaginary friend is born. He patiently waits his turn to be chosen by a real child, but when he is overlooked time and again, he sets off on an incredible journey to the bustling city, where he finally meets his perfect match and-at long last-is given...

I Am Jazz

Author	Jessica Herthel
ISBN	0803741073

The story of a transgender child based on the real-life experience of Jazz Jennings, who has become a spokesperson for transkids everywhere.

From the time she was two years old, Jazz knew that she had a girl's brain in a boy's body. She loved pink and dressing up as a mermaid and didn't feel...

A Sick Day for Amos McGee

Author	Philip C. Stead
ISBN	1596434023

Amos McGee, a friendly zookeeper, always made time to visit his good friends: the elephant, the tortoise, the penguin, the rhinoceros, and the owl.

But one day—"Ah-choo!"—he woke up with the sniffles and the sneezes. Though he didn't make it into the zoo that day, he did receive some unexpected...

Finding Winnie: The True Story of the World's Most Famous Bear

Author	Lindsay Mattick
ISBN	0316324906

Before there was Winnie-the-Pooh, there was a real bear named Winnie. In 1914, during World War I, Captain Harry Colebourn, a Canadian veterinarian on his way to serve with cavalry units in Europe, rescued a bear cub in White River, Ontario. He named the bear Winnie, after his hometown of Winnipeg,...

Sea Otter Heroes

Author	Patricia Newman
ISBN	1512426318

A Robert F. Sibert Informational Honor Book
A Green Earth Book Award Winner
This up-close look at a fascinating scientific discovery highlights the critical role predators such as sea otters play in keeping ecosystems healthy.
In Elkhorn Slough, an inlet on the California coast, seagrass...

Awesome Autumn

Author	Bruce Goldstone
ISBN	0805092102

Autumn is awesome! Leaves change color. Animals fly south or get ready to hibernate. People harvest crops and dress up as scary creatures for Halloween. And then there are pickup football games to play, Thanksgiving foods to eat, leaf piles to jump in—all the amazing things that happen as the air turns...