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\"On May 26, 2009, President Barack Obama announced that he had chosen Sonia Sotomayor to serve on the Supreme Court. Justices on the Supreme Court have the final say in what becomes law in the United States. Their decisions can and often do affect every American citizen...As the first Hispanic woman proposed for the Court, Sotomayor attracted more attention than most nominees...The Senate approved Sotomayor by a vote of 68-31 on August 6, 2009. Two days later, she became the Supreme Court’s newest associate justice.\" (Sonia Sotamayor: First Latina to Serve on the Supreme Court) Read more about Sonia Sotomayor.

\"Joy Foster was born on May 9, 1951, in Tulsa, Oklahoma...Joy’s grandmother and aunt were painters. Joy too first began expressing herself through painting. Her own self-expression began as a means of dealing with the difficulties of her childhood...In 1975, Joy published her first book of poems.\" (Joy Harjo: First Native American Poet Laureate) Read more about poet laureate Joy Harjo.

\"John Bennett Herrington was born in Wetumka, Oklahoma on September 14, 1958...He received his master’s degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1995. The boy who dreamed of traveling to space had grown into a man with the skills and education needed to get there. All that was left was applying to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).\" (John Herrington: First Native American in Space) Read more about astronaut John Herrington.

\"Planet Earth provides us with the air, food, materials, and warmth that we need to thrive. But it also generates catastrophes, from tsunamis to tornadoes, that damage the environment and property, and take and disrupt lives. Such disasters may be sudden and violent, like an earthquake, or gradual, like a drought. There are more than 700 natural disasters every year, affecting about one person in 30.\" (Natural Disasters) This book provides information about natural disasters.

\"The Amazon is the site of the world's largest rainforest and its biggest river system. The Amazon Rainforest contains some large cities, and ancient settlements also exist deeper in the jungle. The amazing wildlife and geography and a wealth of culture--ancient and modern--make the region one of Earth's greatest treasures.\" (The Amazon) This book provides information about the Amazon rainforest.

\"Spanning more than 200,000 years, from the emergence of the first humans to the rise of megacities, Africa explores the history and cultures of the world’s second-largest continent in vivid detail. It brings to life the stories that shaped Africa and the world around it, from powerful and influential empires and kingdoms such as Mali and Benin, through the struggle against colonization and the fight for independence to Africa’s place on the global stage today.\" (Africa: The Definitive Visual History of a Continent)

\"From hurricanes and tornadoes, to droughts and floods, to freezing and high temperatures, extreme weather can be dangerous. Weather can be described by wind speed, temperature, atmospheric pressure, and precipitation (rain, hail, or snow). The average world temperature is 59°F (15°C), but some places are colder or warmer. The average rainfall is 39 in (100 cm) per year, but some places have no rain, while others have too much and all at once. Extreme weather can happen where weather is usually calm.\" (Hurricane and Tornado) This book provides information about extreme weather such as hurricanes and tornadoes.

\"Dinosaurs began to evolve 240 million years ago (mya) and ranged in size from gigantic, now extinct, reptiles to tiny modern hummingbirds. Only one dinosaur group survived the mass extinction 66 million years ago to live in the modern world--birds.\" (Dinosaur) This book provides information about dinosaurs.

\"Juan Felipe Herrera was born on December 27, 1948 in Fowler, California to Felipe and Lucha Herrera. His parents traveled throughout southern California when Juan was a little boy. They worked hard as migrant farm workers, picking fruits and vegetables. They moved from place to place in a 1940s army truck. Juan and his family spent time on many different farms in the San Joaquin Valley during this time. Sometimes they slept in tents. Other times they stayed in trailers on the side of the road. The experience gave Herrera a unique outlook on the world. He said it was like living in literature every day.\" (Juan Felipe Herrera: From Migrant to Poet Laureate) Read about the life of poet Juan Felipe Herrera.

\"Currents in Earth's atmosphere and oceans carry heat and moisture around the globe, sustaining life. These currents also create the weather. The long-term pattern of weather in a particular place is its climate. Climates vary slowly over time, forcing life to adapt to new conditions, but recently the rate of climate change has speeded up.\" (Climate Change) This book provides information about climate change.