Ritchie, Rita

Discusses mountain gorillas in the rain forests of the Virunga Mountains of central Africa, an endangered species due to poachers, farmers, and collectors.

Discusses mountain gorillas in the rain forests of the Virunga Mountains of central Africa, an endangered species due to poachers, farmers, and collectors.

Provides information about the physical characteristics, habits, and behavior of raccoons.

Text and photographs introduce a huge animal of the north woods.

Text and photographs introduce some of the thirty-nine different kinds of dolphins.

Text and photographs introduce an animal of the Great Plains that gave the early Indians food, clothes, shelter, and tools.

Text and photographs introduce members of the hawk family, with emphasis on the Cooper's Hawk.

Text and illustrations provide an introduction to the wild horses that still run free in the American West and on islands off the Atlantic coast.