encyclopedias, juvenile

Features over 450 alphabetically arranged entries of animals as well as special features on habitats and behaviors.

A dictionary format describes a variety of pets and includes advice on pet care.

Presents the names, physical characteristics, and places of origin of a variety of extinct animals, arranged chronologically into eras, periods, and epochs, and discusses times of mass extinction.

Text and illustrations describe each of the modern Olympics including their setting, notable performances, and related events.

Brief illustrated articles profile significant women in American history, including Abigail Adams, Molly Pitcher, and Nellie Bly.

Provides general and specific knowledge of the major branches of modern science. Includes science projects and leisure activities.

Provides facts about some of the grossest, messiest, and strangest moments in history, relating information about the disgusting habits of Attila and the Huns, the Aztecs, cavemen, circus performers, cowboys, gladiators, the Vikings, and many others.