Goor, Ron

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Insect defense

Introduces you to the ways insects defend themselves from predation. Provides basic biological concepts such as camouflage, warning colors, mimicry, eyespots, osmeterium, predation, posture reversal and more.

How birds eat

Explores the ways in which birds have adapted to find, catch, and eat food in the unique environments where they live.

Insect metamorphosis

Insect metamorphosis

from egg to adult
1998
Explains how insects grow, describing the various stages of incomplete and complete metamorphosis.

Signs

1983
Text and photographs present familiar signs met in daily life.

All kinds of feet

1984
Text and photographs present the different types of feet found in the animal kingdom and describe how each type is specifically suited to the needs of the particular animal to which it belongs.

In the driver's seat

1982
Photographs and text present a driver's-eye-view of operating an eighteen-wheeler, combine, train, blimp, front-end loader, Concorde jet, crane, race car, tank and other vehicles.

Heads

1988
Compares and contrasts the characteristics of the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth of a variety of animals.

Williamsburg

cradle of the revolution
1994
Gives an account of life in Williamsburg, Virginia, and how its inhabitants were affected by the events leading up to the American Revolution.

Shadows

here, there, and everywhere
1981
Presents information about shadows, including how they are formed, why they can be of various lengths, and how they reveal the shape and texture of things.

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