O'Connor, Karen

Introduces zoo and aquarium careers through interviews with administrators, curators and keepers, trainers and performers, veterinarians, animal dentists, and support personnel including groundskeepers, photographers, and tour guides.

Examines the issue of animal rights discussing the use of animals in laboratory experiments, factory farms, and in entertainment.

Describes the appearance, function, types, coloring, formation and structure of a feather, and includes information about the origins of feathers.

Describes the experiences of one Kurdish family that fled their home in northern Iraq and moved to a new life in California.

Text and photographs explain the steps involved in shoeing a horse.

Examines the physical characteristics, life cycle, and migration patterns of this adaptable bird, commonly known as the sea gull.

Examines the dumping of garbage in oceans, on land, in the air, and in space and suggests possible solutions to the problem of waste pollution.

Profiles of Emily Dickinson, Willa Cather, Pearl Buck, May Sarton, and Maya Angelou, five women known for their outstanding contributions to American literature. Includes biographical sketches of other notable women authors.

An introduction to how invasive species threaten local wildlife populations, the causes of the invasion, and what efforts are being made to reduce their impact.

Discusses the causes and consequences of extinction, profiles a number of endangered animals, and discusses the efforts to protect them.