Illustrations, excerpts from historical documents, and easy-to-follow text teach children about the colony of Connecticut and its role in the formation of the United States.
This book describes the anatomy, web-making, food, reproduction, enemies, and usefulness to humans of the Daddy longleg spider, which is often confused with other longlegged insects, and mistakenly feared as poisonous.
Describes the anatomy, web-making, food, reproduction, enemies, and usefulness to humans of cobweb weavers, a family of spiders that includes the harmless house spider and the poisonous black widow and Australian redback spiders.
Describes the anatomy, web-making, food, reproduction, enemies, and defenses of brown recluse spiders, a member of the Loxosceles genus of brown spiders found in North America, Mexico, Central America, South America, Africa, and southern Europe.
Text and color photos introduce the people one might find in a neighborhood, such as children, elderly persons, community center volunteers, mail carriers, and snowplow drivers, and explain how they work together as a community.
Text and color photos introduce the people who play important roles in urban communities, including the mayor, city council members, judges, gardeners, museum curators, and urban planners.
Presents a children's book for early readers that describes living in a rural community, and describes taking care of animals, working on a farm, going to town, and more.
