Pascoe, Elaine

Describes some of the various places where birds build nests and lay their eggs.

Explores how and why some animals of the land and sea are able to grow new body parts.

Discusses the characteristics of fungi and describes specific members of this class, including mushrooms, molds, and lichens.

Uses close-up photography and text to provide information about meat-eating, or carnivorous plants, explaining where these plants live, why they need to eat insects, and how they trap their prey, and including tips on growing and investigating carnivorous plants.

Discusses some of the plant and animal life that inhabit ponds such as lily pads and water lilies, algae, dragonflies, water bugs, snails and turtles, and frogs, and includes color photographs and fun projects to do.

Provides information about the physical characteristics of pill bugs, sow bugs, and other crustaceans, looking at how they develop and where they live; and features instructions for activities based on the care and observation of wood lice and brine shrimp.

Describes the plants and animals of the forest floor, explaining how they work together as an ecosystem, and includes three activities.

Briefly explains how spiders make silk and use it in various ways.

Television personality Jeff Corwin takes the reader on an expedition around the world to investigate different varieties of snakes, including vipers, constrictors, the venomous, and the harmless.

Television personality Jeff Corwin takes the reader on an expedition through the harsh environment of Arizona, and introduces some of the diverse wildlife found there.