Cold winters, hot summers--year after year the seasons repeat themselves. But what causes them? Why is there winter in the Southern Hemisphere at the same time there is summer in the...
Everything you ever wanted to know about ladybugs-- and why they're crucial to our environment. When you think of a ladybug, you might picture a little red beetle with seven black...
Gibbons examines the physical characteristics, behavior, habitats, and different kinds of spiders...
There are about 3,000 kinds of snakes. This volume contains information about the different functions of these cold-blooded animals' physical characteristics, how they live, how...
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Passenger and freight trains are useful, and fun to watch...
Explore the natural world with Gail Gibbons in this introduction to farming and the work done on a farm throughout the seasons. Farms are busy places throughout the year. Animals are...
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What in the world is a tornado? In this age of extreme weather, this newly updated edition of Gail Gibbons' informative introduction to tornadoes, with safety tips included, answers...
In a fun book that teaches about the changing seasons, Arnold enjoys the pleasures of his apple tree: its buds and blossoms in the spring, its sheltering boughs in summer, the tasty...
What if we could open up our planet and look inside? From its red-hot core to the highest mountain peak, see Earth as you've never seen it before, in a colorful introduction to...
Do you ever mail a letter and wonder what happens to its after you drop it in the box? Read all about the post office and learn how letters are weighed, sorted, transported, culled,...
Their tadpole beginnings, noises they make, body parts and how they live...
All about apples, from pollination to picking and eating...
Text and labeled illustrations describe the formation and physical features of various kinds of caves, with a brief section on spelunking...
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A nonfiction favorite for more than twenty years, The Planets has been updated to include some of the latest discoveries in space exploration. From the burning surface of Venus to the...
Presenting fascinating information on all kinds of bats, from how they use echoes to hear, to the legends that surround them and how to protect the species Though people often think...
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From the architect's plans to the landscaping...
Gibbons describes the big business of searching for sunken treasure, from thefind to preserving and cataloguing the treasure, as well as relating fabuloustales of many famous treasure...
An up-to-date, clear and interesting introduction to our magnificent moon from the the award-winning author of science books for children. Shining light on all kinds of fascinating...
How sweet it is. Thousands of bees visited more than one million flowers to gather the nectar that went into that one-pound jar of honey. Here's the buzz on how these remarkable...
From the smallest (the elf owl) to the largest (the great gray owl), here is information about the 21 types of owls believed to be living in North America. From egg to owlet to fierce...
Basic information about stars and constellations...
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This addition to Gibbons extensive shelf of topic books draws young readers into the world of alligators and crocodiles by first asking readers to distinguish between them. She describes...
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Discover what life is like season by season when you're surrounded by the sea. See the ferry that brings people and supplies to the island and the fisherman preparing their nets...
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Explains the process of recycling from start to finish and discusses what happens to paper, glass, aluminum cans, and plastic when they are recycled into new products...
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"Young naturalists will be captivated by this succinctly written, well-organized, brightly illustrated introduction to monarch butterflies. "--"School Library Journal. " Includes instructions...
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