Star, Fleur

Contains optical illusions involving color.

An illustrated presentation of the physical characteristics, habitat, behaviors, and life cycle of sharks. Includes activities.

Explores what life was like inside castles and describes the education, armor, and weapons of knights.

Photographs and text describe the animals of the rain forest on a typical daily cycle.

Describes many of the animals that inhabit the mountain regions of the Andes in South America including the puma, Andean condor, spectacled bear, and various birds.

An introduction to religion and philosophy, examining global religions such as Christianity, Judaism, and Buddhism, along with other more obscure faiths, and discussing the ideas of philosophers such as Aristotle, Socrates, and Plato, as well as more modern thinkers such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, and Kant.

An illustrated presentation of the physical characteristics, habitat, behaviors, and life cycle of sharks.

Numerous photographs depict various types of cranes from those used in constructing skyscrapers to ones to unload ships.

Describes the environments of people and animals that live in deserts around the world, including Africa, Asia, Australia, and North and South America.

Describes the parts of a crane; different kinds of cranes, such as tower cranes, jib cranes, mobile cranes, and floating cranes; and the jobs they do at construction sites, in factories, on water, and even in space.