Carson, Mary Kay

Examines five different types of jobs performed by scientists, including a programmer of robot dogs that play soccer and one who tracks dangerous waves in the ocean.

An introduction to Neptune that provides information on its atmosphere and climate, place in the solar system, discovery, and exploration.

A collection of twenty-two activities that describes the solar system and how it has been explored by using telescopes, satellites, landers, and human missions.

Looks at the history of astronomy from pre-history through the twenty-first century.

Uses a question-and-answer format to teach children about the planets, explaining what makes a planet, how they rotate around the sun, why they are round, and more, and describing the characteristics of each planet in the solar system.

A brief biography of inventor Alexander Graham Bell that profiles his life and works which included the invention of the telephone.

Photographs and text provide information on the rare Sumatran rhino, the world's smallest and most endangered animal on the planet.

Discusses little known facts about the American Revolutionary War.

An exploration of weather that includes fold-out and flip-up photographs of weather, and discusses climate versus weather, weather scientists in action, and why weather happens.

An exploration of tornadoes that includes fold-out and flip-up photographs of twisters, information on where and how they form, stories from survivors and storm chasers, and an examination of how they may be affected by climate change.