Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw

Relates the colorful history of the native North American turkey and compares that proud bird with its domesticated cousin.

Shows how all food--grains, vegetables, fruits, and dairy and meat products--begins on the farm as sun, earth, air, and water combine to grow plants.

An overview of growing apples, from planting and harvesting to the grocery shelves.

Illustrates how animals use a variety of signals to communicate with each other.

Describes the massive forest fires that burned almost one million acres of Yellowstone National Park in 1988 and the effects, both positive and negative, on the ecology of the forest there.

Describes the life cycle of an apple tree and how different varieties of apples are grown and harvested.

Describes different species of snakes, and looks at their habitats, physiology, methods for hunting prey, and reproduction.

Describes the physical characteristics, diet, natural habitat, and life cycle of polar bears.

Presents information about polar bears which inhabit the Arctic regions of Russia, Norway, Canada, the United States, Denmark, and Greenland; and discusses their relationships with humans.

Relates, in text and photographs, the experiences of twelve-year-old Leif as he goes on his first hunting trip with his family in Montana.