miscellanea

Color photos accompany more than one hundred facts about iguanas, covering different types, their physical traits, and daily care for them as pets. Also includes a glossary and a list of related books and Web sites.

Provides unusual facts about various mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, and arachnids and includes information about both endangered and extinct species.

Provides information on such topics as the tallest animals that ever lived, the largest insects, and the fastest animals.

Explains the vast distances in space and describes different types of stars in the universe using a question-and-answer format.

Provides information about winds and storms, mountains, earthquakes, and other features on Earth, and similar phenomena throughout the solar system.

A collection of entertainments geared toward boys, containing accounts of famous battles, William Shakespeare quotations, games, and instructions for activities such as building a go-cart, cutting flint heads, making an electromagnet, and folding the "greatest paper airplane in the world.".

Questions and answers provide information about a variety of bugs, including the stink bug, harlequin bug, and giant water bug.

Questions and answers provide information about a variety of echinoderms, including the sea star, sea urchin, and sea cucumber.

Questions and answers explore various aspects of stars and our solar system, including the sun, planets, moons, comets, and asteroids.

Questions and answers explore the world of social insects, with an emphasis on ants.