Best, B. J.

Text and color illustrations explore the process of how peanut butter is made.

Text and color illustrations explore how pasta is made from flour, and the process of ground wheat being mixed with water to form a dough.

Text and color illustrations explore how soap is made from fat, and how, when heated, the mixture is poured into molds to make recognizable shapes.

Explores the process of how chocolate is made, beginning with the cacao tree where the beans are dried, shipped and ground, to sugar and liquification in a large factory vat.

Simple text and illustrations introduce young readers to the Monarch butterfly and how it migrates.

It is well-known that adult sea turtles can return to their approximate place of hatching. What kids might not know is that turtles will literally cross oceans in order to feed and mate before returning. This book looks at different turtles and the astounding distances they cross in order to survive.

Simple text and color photographs introduce young readers to fireboats.

Introduces young readers to helicopters used in search and rescue operations.

Simple text and color photographs introduce young readers to police cars.

Simple text and color photographs introduce young readers to fire trucks.