Arnold, Caroline

Explains the workings of the skeletal system and how its various sections work in unison to support the body's structure. Includes full-color photographs, a glossary, and further reading sources.

"Highlights the activities of animals in a North American deciduous forest during one average 24-hour period"--Provided by publisher.

"Highlights the activities of animals in the Sonoran Desert during one average 24-hour period"--Provided by publisher.

Explains how the different types of bones of the body work harmoniously together.

Briefly discusses types of schools, the variety of jobs performed by people who work in them, and what people do at school.

Describes direct speech, telephone, radio, records, and tapes as means of communication by the spoken word; letters, newspapers, magazines, books, and signs as written forms of communication; and photographs, movies, television, and illustrations as pictorial means of communication.

Describes the characteristics and habitats of giraffes and discusses life for these animals at a large open-air wildlife park in New Jersey.

Describes the efforts of scientists who are trying to save the peregrine falcon from extinction by taking the fragile eggs that would not survive in the wild, hatching them, raising the chicks, and then releasing the birds back into the wild.