Gibbons, Gail

Presents information about a variety of fruits, including their health benefits, how they grow and are harvested, their different parts, and how they are transported to grocery stores.

Describes the behavior and habitat of the polar bear.

An explanation of how the position of Earth, in relation to the sun, causes seasons and the wonders that come with each one of them.

Presents information on horses, including their physical characteristics, behavior, and how to ride a horse.

Describes how the surveyor, heavy machinery operators, carpenter crew, plumbers, and other workers build a house.

As the seasons pass, Arnold enjoys a variety of activities as a result of his apple tree. Includes a recipe for apple pie and a description of how an apple cider press works.

Provides general information about the physical characteristics, hunting and eating, nesting, and parenting behaviors of owls, and includes introductions to the twenty-one types of owls believed to be living in North America.

While preparing an order of her famous bread for the general store, Missy Tilly has a terrible dream about baking bread. Includes Missy Tilly's recipe for bread.

Describes the specialized equipment and vehicles used by emergency personnel such as police, firefighters, coast guards, and others.

Describes the many-years-long search for the treasure that went down with the Atocha, a Spanish galleon sunk off Florida in a hurricane in 1622. Includes facts about four other famous shipwrecks.