Greenaway, Theresa

Photo essay of the rain forests of the world.

Contains detailed photographs and information on toads, frogs, slugs, snails, worms, caterpillars, snakes, newts, and salamanders.

Discusses the plants and animals that live in swamps. Includes caiman, snapping turtles, and water lettuce.

Explains how energy is transferred from plants to animals via the food chain.

Introduces some of the more unusual members of the animal kingdom, including the babirusa, cassowary, and echidna.

Contains detailed photographs and information on a variety of creatures with strange eating habits, including bats, cockroaches, flies, mosquitoes, crickets, moths, grubs, and snakes.

Contains detailed photographs and information on a wide assortment of spiders, centipedes, ants, beetles, and other leggy bugs.

An introduction to life in the jungle, using captioned photographs and descriptive paragraphs to provide information about the plant and animal species that make their homes in the tropical environment.

Explains the growth and reproduction of plants, how dead plant matter is recycled, and how human actions affect plant life.