Ridgway Public Library

"The making of Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises, the outsize personalities who inspired it, and the vast changes it wrought on the literary world. In the summer of 1925, Earnest Hemingway and a clique of raucous companions traveled to Pamplona, Spain, for the town's infamous running of the bulls. Then, over the next six weeks, he channeled that trip's maelstrom of drunken brawls, sexual rivalry, midnight betrayals, and midday hangovers into his...

As a child talks to the sun, the reader can see some of the sun's happy effects.

A middle grade graphic novel adventure based on a true story, in which a young conservationist overcomes the odds to save and return a sun bear to its natural habitat. When endlessly curious and tenacious Chang discovers a bear bile farm near her home in Vietnam, she decides to do everything she can to save wild animals--by becoming a conservationist! After teaching herself survival skills, documenting each rainforest plant and animal she sees in...

Introduction to the Sun, explaining what it is, where it is located in space, its temperature, and its importance in providing heat and light to Earth.

Examines the structure and characteristics of the sun and describes such solar phenomena as sun spots, solar winds, eclipses, and the sun's influence on Earth. Includes an activity on the colors of light.

Introduces the sun as a star, its physical make-up, Earth's revolution of it, its temperature, estimated age, and its critical support to life on our planet.

Presents side-by-side narration of the earth's making of a mountain, shaping it with sun, wind, and rain, and a child's efforts at the beach to make a tall sand mountain which is also affected by the elements.

This book describes the sun and how it provides the light and energy which allow plant and animal life to exist on the earth.

Two children and their cat learn all about the properties of the sun.

Describes the appearance, activities, and life cycle of the Earth's source of light and heat.