Pearce, Q. L

Describes the life and work of young environmentalist James Quadrino, a boy who decided to build nesting boxes to shelter birds after a fire destroyed a nature preserve in Staten Island, New York.

Presents visual and textual information about various animals and their tracks or footprints, arranged alphabetically from antelope to zebra.

Briefly describes the behavior of such domestic animals as the rooster, pig, sheep, and duck. Illustrations include footprints for each animal.

Describes the earth's polar regions and the animals that live there, including the seal, penguin, musk ox, and polar bear.

Describes a variety of animals that lived long ago and their evolution into today's species.

Gives complete star maps for each season and specific constellations to find. 'Includes information on telescopes, the moon, planets, asteroids, comets, the sun, stars, and more.

With simple instructions and very little preparation, sixty hands-on activities that help answer such questions as what gives soda its fizz, why do some things float and other sink, and how to find out whether an egg is hard-boiled without breaking its shell.

More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.

Surveys the exotic species of plants and animals that live in the world's rain forests.

Explores the history and origins of Pegasus legends and myths and discusses the creature's depiction in popular culture.