Bix, Cynthia Overbeck

Text and illustrations introduce the characteristics of 10 familiar butterflies and the 4 stages in the life cycle of the butterfly.

Text and photographs describe the growth of a sunflower from a seed to a full-grown plant.

Introduces dragonflies and damselflies, closely related winged insects which undergo a three-stage process of development called incomplete metamorphosis.

Photographs and text examine the fashion trends of the American people from the 1770s to the 1860s, describing the materials used to make men's and women's clothing and the styles that were commonly worn.

Describes how seeds are moved from place to place by wind, water, and animals, and how they function in plant reproduction.

Discusses the largest land animal on earth, which now lives only in Africa and Asia.

Describes the macaque monkeys of Japan and explains how they have learned to survive the cold, snowy winters on the northern island of Honshu.