Morgan, Sally

Discusses the cloning process, cloning experiments done with plants and animals, and the advantages and moral issues surrounding cloning. Includes a timeline, glossary, and sources of additional information.

Discover the life cycle of a cat, including how kittens learn and grow, why a mother cat licks her kittens, and how they learn to hunt.

Provides information about climate, discussing global warming and its effects, looking at how natural events such as volcano eruptions impact it, and including tips on what can be done to limit the changes people make to it.

Discover... Whate makes a healthy diet, why the members of your family look alike, where you have a ball and socket and learn how to ...make a muscle model...test your relexes... measure the air in your lungs... check your fitness level... and much more in the human body.

Photographs, illustrations, and easy-to-follow text introduce children to the different types of animals, birds, fish, and insects found around the world.

Full-color, illustrated photographs introduce readers to the water cycle, discussing issues such as evaporation and condensation, water for drinking and for farming, polluted water, and rivers.

Describes the physical characteristics, senses, habitat, diet, hunting skills, life cycle, and conservation of the lion.

Text and photographs examine weather elements including temperature, humidity, clouds, thunder, lightning, rain, and snow, as well as forecasting and climate.

Discusses how natural habitats and wilderness areas are impacted by the needs of a growing population of humans for land on which to farm and build towns and cities, and examines how urbanization leads to an increase in carbon emissions and related environmental problems.