The Amazon: River in a Rain Forest. (Rivers Around the World)/The Ganges: India's Sacred River. (Rivers Around the World)/The Mississippi: America's Mighty River. (Rivers Around the World)/The Nile: River in the Sand. (Rivers Around the World)/The Rhine: Europe's River Highway. (Rivers Around the World)/The St. Lawrence: River Route to the Great Lakes. (Rivers Around the World)/The Tigris and Euphrates: Rivers of the Fertile Crescent. (Rivers Around the World)/The Yangtze: China's Majestic River. (Rivers Around the World)

Molly Aloian. St. Catharines, ON: Crabtree, 2010. 32 pp., pbk. & hc., $9.95 (pbk.), $20.76 (RLB.). ISBN 978-0-7787-7465-5 (pbk.), ISBN 978-0-7787-7442-6 (RLB.).

Subject Headings:

Amazon River-Juvenile literature.

Amazon River Valley-Juvenile literature.

Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.

Molly Aloian. St. Catharines, ON: Crabtree, 2010. 32 pp., pbk. & hc., $9.95 (pbk.), $20.76 (RLB.). ISBN 978-0-7787-7466-2 (pbk.), ISBN 978-0-7787-7443-3 (RLB.).

Subject Headings:

Ganges River (India and Bangladesh)-Juvenile literature.

Ganges River Valley (India and Bangladesh)-Juvenile literature.

Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.

Robin Johnson. St. Catharines, ON: Crabtree, 2010. 32 pp., pbk. & hc., $9.95 (pbk.), $20.76 (RLB.). ISBN 978-0-7787-7467-9 (pbk.), ISBN 978-0-7787-7444-0 (RLB.).

Subject Headings:

Mississippi River-Juvenile literature.

Mississippi River Valley-Juvenile literature.

Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.

Molly Aloian. St. Catharines, ON: Crabtree, 2010. 32 pp., pbk. & hc., $9.95 (pbk.), $20.76 (RLB.). ISBN 978-0-7787-7468-6 (pbk.), ISBN 978-0-7787-7445-7 (RLB.).

Subject Headings:

Nile River-Juvenile literature.

Nile River Valley-Juvenile literature.

Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.

Gary Miller. St. Catharines, ON: Crabtree, 2010. 32 pp., pbk. & hc., $9.95 (pbk.), $20.76 (RLB.). ISBN 978-0-7787-7469-3 (pbk.), ISBN 978-0-7787-7446-4 (RLB.).

Subject Headings:

Rhine River-Juvenile literature.

Rhine River Valley-Juvenile literature.

Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.

Lynn Peppas. St. Catharines, ON: Crabtree, 2010. 32 pp., pbk. & hc., $9.95 (pbk.), $20.76 (RLB.). ISBN 978-0-7787-7470-9 (pbk.), ISBN 978-0-7787-7447-1 (RLB.).

Subject Headings:

Saint Lawrence River-Juvenile literature.

Saint Lawrence River Valley-Juvenile literature.

Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.

Gary Miller. St. Catharines, ON: Crabtree, 2010. 32 pp., pbk. & hc., $9.95 (pbk.), $20.76 (RLB.). ISBN 978-0-7787-7471-6 (pbk.), ISBN 978-0-7787-7448-8 (RLB.).

Subject Headings:

Tigris River-Juvenile literature.

Tigris River Valley-Juvenile literature.

Euphrates River-Juvenile literature.

Euphrates River Valley-Juvenile literature.

Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.

Molly Aloian. St. Catharines, ON: Crabtree, 2010. 32 pp., pbk. & hc., $9.95 (pbk.), $20.76 (RLB.). ISBN 978-0-7787-7472-3 (pbk.), ISBN 978-0-7787-7449-5 (RLB.).

Subject Headings:

Yangtze River (China)-Juvenile literature.

Yangtze River Valley (China)-Juvenile literature.

Grades 5-8 / Ages 10-13.

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Fish from Asia are threatening the survival of indigenous fish species in the Mississippi River. Asian carp were brought to catfish farms on the Mississippi River in the early 1970s to help control algae in ponds. Floods in the 1980s and 1990s carried the carp into the Mississippi River. Because of their large size and huge appetites, the carp are crowding out native fish species, which cannot compete...