Linde, Barbara M

Readers will find out the effects of urban sprawl on habitats all over the world.

Readers will find out what strip mines are and how they are used, and discover some of the pros and cons about the operation of these mines.

Simple text and photographs describe the life cycle of opossums from birth to adult and discuss their physical characteristics, habits, and dangers they face.

Explains what pollution is and the damage it does to the environment.

Simple text and photographs describe the life cycle of crocodiles from egg to adult and discuss their physical characteristics, habits, and dangers they face.

Introduces snakes, describing their physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, discussing why these animals can be unsuitable as pets, and facts about snake ownership.

Introduces coyotes and wolves, describing their physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, discussing why these animals are unsuitable as pets, and also explains how to coexist safely and prevent attacks.

Teaches children how to add dollars and cents up to ten dollars without regrouping through a story about a trip to the grocery store.

Describes the sun, the inner and outer areas of the solar system, small space objects, and man-made space objects, and presents related addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems.