Introduces Great Smoky Mountains National Park, describing its birds and other animals, its forest of 130 tree species, its waterfalls, and extensive hiking trails.
It takes a special person to work in the extreme environment of Antarctica, but many scientists, engineers, doctors, and technicians do. A vivid picture of life in the freezing conditions of the South
Describes how living things adapt and change in order to survive, discussing adaptation to different habitats, how the organisms in a habitat adapt to interact with each other, and adapting to changin
Describes the life cycle of various plants and animals, providing anecdotes about survival mechanisms by such animals as salmon, the Monarch butterfly, and the sea turtle.
In January 1994, an earthquake shook a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, so hard that highway overpasses immediately collapsed. Gas pipes burst and buildings caught on fire. Sixteen people died
Discusses everyday life in the American colonies, including why people came to the colonies, the kinds of food they ate, and what colonial governments were like.
A series that will reveal many surprising facts to middle readers about the United States government and its workings includes fascinating sidebars and age-appropriate informational fact boxes; histor
Chronicles and presents facts about life during the middle Jurassic period, depicting the daily activities of dinosaurs from that time, including Cetiosaurus, Ozraptor, and Megalosaurus.
Chronicles and presents facts about life during the upper Triassic period, depicting the daily activities of dinosaurs from that time, including Coelophysis, Eoraptor, and Isanosaurus.
Presents information about the brutal, incompetent, corrupt, bigoted, and otherwise unpleasant reigns of ten terrible historic rulers, from the ancient world to the nineteenth century.
