Johnson, Sylvia A

Explores the physical characteristics and habits of ten animals living in the temperate forest--the raccoon, otter, beaver, moose, porcupine, flying squirrel, red fox, koala, European brown bear, and white-tailed deer.

Discusses how mushrooms and other fungi get their food, grow, and produce more of their own kind.

Examines the lives of morning glories and the stages of development leading to the production of their delicate flowers.

Describes many foods native to the Americas, including corn, peppers, peanuts, and chocolate, which were taken to Europe and used in new ways around the world.

Follows a beekeeper through the four seasons, showing how bees and humans work together to make honey. Includes three honey recipes.

Follows the story of a bald eagle that was found in a roadside ditch with a bullet wound through surgery, recovery, and release from the Gabbert Raptor Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Photographs and text describe the characteristics of crows.

Describes the social interaction of wolves in a pack as they share the work of hunting, maintaining territory, and raising young.

Discusses the habits of ten animals that live in the polar regions with introductory material describing these two areas.

Describes ten animals living on the savanna and in other grassland environments: the lion, red kangaroo, pronghorn, ostrich, mara, African elephant, blackbuck, zebra, bison, and giraffe.