Schwartz, David M

Photographs and text trace the life cycle of the monarch butterfly, from egg, to caterpillar, to chrysalis, to full-grown butterfly.

Introduces, in simple text and photographs, the characteristics of some of the animals and plants that can be found in a meadow. Includes a black-eyed Susan, spider, fawn, snake, dandelion, grasshopper, and fox.

Introduces, in simple text and photographs, the characteristics of some of the animals that can be found on a farm. Includes a sheep, rooster, mouse, goat, pig, horse, and duckling.

Introduces, in simple text and photographs, the characteristics of some of the animals that can be found at the zoo. Includes a tiger, peacock, lion, elephant, camel, parrot, and zebra.

Introduces, in simple text and photographs, the characteristics of some of the animals and plants that can be found in the forest. Includes a chipmunk, box turtle, fern, bull moose, moth, ermine, and white birch.

Introduces, in simple text and photographs, the characteristics of various animals that live in the desert. Includes a coyote, gecko, rattlesnake, mouse, scorpion, and tarantula.

Introduces, in simple text and photographs, the characteristics of some of the animals and plants that can be found at the seashore. Includes a sea urchin, seagull, barnacle, crab, sea star, seaweed, and driftwood.

Marvelosissimo the Magician explains the development of standard units of measure, and shows the simplicity of calculating length, height, weight, and volume using the metric system.

Introduces the concept of ratio by comparing what humans would be able to do if they had bodies like different animals.