Author
Patricia Lauber
3 books here
Volcano: The Eruption and Healing of Mount St. Helens
Nonfiction · ages 6–10 · 760L · 1993
Stunning photographic documentation of a real natural disaster and its aftermath—kids grasp cause-and-effect at landscape scale, and the healing narrative is genuinely hopeful without being saccharine.
Journey to the Planets
Nonfiction · ages 8–12 · 720L · 1982
A genuinely authoritative 1980s survey of the solar system—dated spacecraft info but solid observational framework; kids who ask 'what are the planets like?' will get real answers, not speculation.
Seeds: Pop, Stick and Glide
Nonfiction · ages 6–9 · 620L
Lauber's gift for close observation makes seed dispersal genuinely gripping; kids become *hunters* for popping pods and sticky burrs after reading this.