Maynard, Christopher

Presents information about various kinds of foods by answering such questions as: "Why does ice cream melt," "Why is fruit good for me," and "Why do onions make me cry?".

Presents information on the behavior, reproduction, and conservation of sharks, as well as other facts about these fierce hunters.

Explores the hidden world of very small creatures that live around us and even inside us, including fleas, bedbugs, itch mites, and more.

Presents a concise study of how dinosaurs lived, how they raised their young, what they ate and how they hunted, and how and why they disappeared from the earth.

Answers questions about various aspects of family life, including divorce, aging, and death.

Explores the subject of water through questions and answers, such as "Why do we need water?" and "Why does water turn to ice?".

Presents information about various aspects of our planet in answer to such questions as "Why do stars twinkle, " "Why are there mountains, " and "Why do earthquakes happen?".

Explores the subject of time through questions and answers, such as "Why is a year so long?" and "Why does the time change when we travel?".

Describes the world's high speed passenger trains, from steam engines of the 1930s, through modern supertrains powered by electricity, to magnetic levitation trains now being tested.

Explains how the airplanes and major pieces of equipment in an airport work and interact.