juvenile literature

Presents various aspects of life in Israel through interviews with twenty-eight people representing different age groups, occupations, and regions. Also includes a section of brief facts about the country and a glossary.

Presents various aspects of life in Japan through interviews with twenty-six people representing different age groups, occupations, and regions. Also includes a section of brief facts about the country and a glossary.

Presents various aspects of life in China through interviews with twenty-eight people representing different age groups, occupations, and regions. Also includes a section of brief facts about the country and a glossary.

Compares day and night as they appear to us and presents the scientific reasons for their occurrence.

The earth celebrates the birth of a newborn baby.

Describes the development and use of many of the major trails established by Spanish soldiers, traders, and priests in Mexico, the Southwest, and Florida between the 1500s and the 1800s.

Uses experiments to illustrate the phases and patterns of the sun as well as the reasons for its importance as an energy source.

Photographs and text survey scientific work being done in the Antarctic and its local as well as global applications.

Text and photographs discuss the evolution of the earth from the "birth" of the planet to geological formation of the continents and the development of the atmosphere and climate.