north america

"Details the early exploration of North America in chronological order"--.

A guide to American Indian tribes, providing essays on each of the ten North American culture areas, including Arctic, California, Great Basin, Northeast, Northwest Coast, Plains, Plateau, Southeast, Southwest, and Subarctic; and featuring 307 alphabetically arranged articles on individual tribes and prehistoric culture traditions.

Text and color photos present information on the raising and mating of butterflies; provide instructions for twelve projects, including making a butterfly house and learning to hand-feed them; and profile nearly forty types of butterflies, listing their breeding areas, host plants, and nectar plants, and describing their chrysalises and their physical traits as caterpillars and as butterflies.

"The . . . story of North America's native bees--an endangered species essential to our ecosystems and food supplies . . . Through interviews with farmers, gardeners, scientists, and bee experts . . . explores the importance of native bees and focuses on why they play a key role in gardening and agriculture"--Publisher.

Text and photographs provide identification to different insect orders and their families.

". . . [Examines] the push by European settlers and the federal government . . . westward, and its effects on indigenous peoples. Through primary source historical images and the . . . narrative of broken treaties, relocations, and armed conflict, it brings the inspiring resistance and fight for self-determination of Native Americans into the hands of your readers. . . . Also contextualizes these struggles with modern ones, including the American Indian Movement and ongoing tribal anti-pipeline protests"--Amazon.

An account of the Plains Indians-their history, tribal life, customs, warfare, ceremonies, and relations with white men.

Text and illustrations introduce young readers to the triceratops.

Simple text and illustrations introduce young readers to the ankylosaurus dinosaur.