Horton, Casey

Descriptive text and eyewitness accounts describe how Jews from around the world fled persecution in their homelands and came to North America.

Examines the history, traditions, and contributions of the French settlers who came to the New World.

An introduction to the parrot family, including physical descriptions and habits of macaws, New Zealand parrots, and thick-billed parrots.

A history of Greece from 2000 B.C. to 300 B.C. including the customs, philosophy, science, military, trade, and government.

Discusses various types of eagles and what is being done to save them from extinction.

Discusses the habits and characteristics of wolves, once feared as vicious killers, but now understood to be gentle and peaceful wild animals, themselves in need of protection from hunters and encroaching civilization.

Presents powerful jumping insects that live on dogs, the hooks that make a cat's tongue rough, and other microscopic marvels of the animal world.

Describes how animals and humans depend on and shape the grasslands of the world.

Presents a human hair that resembles a tree trunk, bones filled with as many holes as a sponge, tunnels in the skin for sweat to pass through, and other microscopic marvels of the human body.

Pictures and text describe some of Earth's most interesting animals, including the frilled lizard, aardvark, and moloch.