Kalman, Bobbie

Provides an introduction to the Australian outback, explains what food chains are, follows the food chain in the outback from the sun, to plants, to herbivores, carnivores, omnivores, and scavengers, examines an outback food web, and looks at threats to the region.

A visual dictionary of the Old West that focuses on the life of cowboys, western settlers, boomtowns, and the gold rush.

An illustrated visual dictionary of a Plains native community that introduces the daily lives of the early Native peoples, including their homes, food, clothing, transportation, and hunting techniques.

A colorful, illustrated dictionary of a pioneer community that shows different kinds of homes, early transportation, craftspeople and their tools, clothing styles, and farm life.

A colorful, illustrated dictionary of colonial life that covers colonial houses, a plantation and its outbuildings, wood and metalworkers, shops and shopkeepers, and transportation.

An introduction to biomes that discusses living and nonliving things, forests, grasslands, savannas, deserts, tundra, and marine and freshwater biomes; and includes a glossary.

Teaches children about scavenger animals and insects, explaining the place on the food chain, the role they play in energy production, and their impact on the environment.

Introduces senses and sensation through simple text and photographs that describe children using their five senses. Includes notes for adults and related activities.

Describes the sizes of various pets through simple text and photographs of children with their animals. Includes notes for adults and related activities.

Presents an introduction, with photographs and illustrations, to the physical characteristics, behaviors, habitat, and life cycle of birds, from eggs to adulthood.