Arnold, Caroline

Describes the geographic features of mountains, plants and animals that live there, and how to climb mountains.

Describes some of the plants and animals that live in the forest and how the forest changes with each new season.

A color-illustrated examination of the connections between birds and dinosaurs that describes prehistoric birds; similarities between bird skeletons and some fossilized dinosaur skeletons; Chinese fossils that suggest that some dinosaurs had feather-like coverings; and theories on why dinosaurs may have had feathers.

Describes animals of the African plains, forests, jungles, and deserts, and explains how each is able to adapt to its special environment.

Describes the characteristics and habitats of giraffes and discusses life for these animals at a large open-air wildlife park in New Jersey.

As oceans grow warmer, corals die and reefs cannot provide shelter for the many organisms that live there. From golden toads to polar bears, the effects of global warming on wildlife are examined.

Describes the various kinds of turtles that live in North America of which the loggerhead sea turtle is the most common. Explains how they live and breed, and why sea turtles are in danger, and what people are doing to protect them.

Follows a herd of reindeer from the forest where they spend the winter to their summer grazing place on the tundra of Lapland where their calves are born.

Describes the habitat, varieties, physical characteristics, feeding habits, and other behavior of this marsupial, focusing on one individual animal and her baby in an Australian sanctuary.

Texts and photographs describe how diverse jobs add to the vitality of a community.