Taylor, Barbara

Photographs and simple text provide an introduction to the different animals, birds, and insects that live in the world's rainforests.

Simple experiments and activities introduce the concepts of how plants grow and what affects their growth.

Explains the properties of light which make variations in color possible and suggests projects and experiments to demonstrate such principles.

Cartoon illustrations and text provide information about environmental concerns, discussing the depletion of the ozone layer, global warming, and air and water pollution, and examining the positive results of recycling, and wildlife conservation. Includes experiments.

Examines the variety of life found in a pond, including great diving beetles, frogs, and newts.

Examines some of the animals and plants found in meadows, including the crab spider, partridge chicks, and cocksfoot grass.

Focusing on inventions, this volume reveals answers to puzzling questions about a variety of topics, from some of mankind's earliest inventions to the ones most commonly used today. Includes facts, statistics, Internet links, images, photographs, and diagrams.

A simple presentation of the habitats, life cycles, eating habits, and major groupings of dinosaurs.