Tagliaferro, Linda

Presents a brief, illustrated, history of the palace at Versailles, in Paris, France, a royal residence built by King Louis XIV, and includes historical context of France in the Eighteenth century and biographical information about Kings Louis XIV-XVI. Includes time line.

A biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of the electric lighting system and the phonograph.

Text, photographs, and diagrams describe the scientific processes that turn plants into oil, and discuss the dangers of using fossil fuels.

Provides a description of oceans, including waves and currents, animals, plants, and the ocean floor.

Photographs and simple text describe the life cycle of a carrot plant from seed to adult.

Photographs and simple text trace the lives of baboons and their young from birth to early maturity.

Simple text and photographs describe bees and the hives in which they live.

A biography of the well-known actor and martial arts master, Bruce Lee, from his childhood in Hong Kong to his untimely death at the age of thirty-two.

Simple text and photographs describe ants and the nests in which they live.

Photographs and simple text trace the lives of robins and their chicks from birth to early maturity.