Roza, Greg

Simple text and photographs introduce the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of flies.

Provides an introduction to the Olympics, and offers an opportunity to work with percents and decimals through problems based on situations and events related to the history of the Olympic Games.

Discusses the history of the Coast Guard's Search and Rescue units, requirements of becoming a member of one of these units, and the role Guardsmen played after the events of September 11, 2001.

Presents the galaxy's most active, far traveling, and smallest inhabitants, comets and asteroids.

Explores factors that influence listening and comprehension, and provides tips for being a better listener.

Step-by-step illustrations and instructions explain how to draw the movie monster Frankenstein.

Walking sticks are well-named insects whose stick-like appearance helps them blend into their surroundings. And leaf bugs, fittingly, look just like leaves. Readers will discover many fascinating facts about these sneaky bugs. Photographs show where walking sticks and leaf bugs live, what they eat, and even what their eggs look like.

Presents a brief study of the December 2004 tsunami that struck Southeast Asia, and describes how tsunamis are formed, their destructive forces, and the aftermath.

Simple text and photographs introduce the physical characteristics and behaviors of six insects, including walking sticks, spiders, roaches, mantiese, flies, and beetles.

Presents a short study of the Hubble Space Telescope and how it works as well as an understanding the concept of numbers in the billions.