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For younger readers

Johnson, Rebecca L. The Greenhouse Effect: Life on a Warmer Planet. Lerner, 1990, 1994. A balanced approach; for readers in grades 4 to 6.

Maslin, Mark Global Warming: Causes, Effects, and the Future. Voyageur, 2002. Beautifully illustrated, for readers in junior high and up.

Silverstein, Alvin, and others. Global Warming. 21st Century, 2003. For readers in grades 5 to 8.

Global Warming

Christianson, Gale E. Greenhouse: The 200-Year Story of Global Warming. Walker, 1999. A historical look at global warming. For general readers.

Harvey, Danny. Climate and Global Environmental Change. Prentice Hall, 2000. A textbook explanation of climate and of natural and human-induced climate changes.

Houghton, John. Global Warming: The Complete Briefing. 3rd ed. Cambridge University Press, 2004. A comprehensive guide to the science and politics of global warming.

McKibben, Bill. The End of Nature. 10th anniv. ed. Anchor/Doubleday, 1999. A popular classic that outlines the greenhouse effect and the actions we can take to combat it.

Moore, Thomas Gale. Climate of Fear: Why We Shouldn't Worry about Global Warming. Cato Institute, 1998. Interprets global warming as a myth and hysteria rather than a legitimate environmental concern. For young adult and adult readers who wish to examine both sides of the global warming issue.

Philander, S. George Is the Temperature Rising? The Uncertain Science of Global Warming. Princeton University Press, 1998. Takes the middle ground between the extremes of the global warming controversy.

Schneider, Stephen H. Laboratory Earth: The Planetary Gamble We Can't Afford to Lose. Basic Books, 1997, 1998. A leading authority on climate change discusses the history of global warming.

Speth, James Gustave. Red Sky at Morning: America and the Crisis of the Global Environment. Yale University Press, 2004. A call for action to stop the global warming trend.

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