Dayton, Connor

Simple text and illustrations provide an introduction to the sense of hearing.

Simple text and photographs introduce the Labor Day holiday.

Accessible text encourages vocabulary building while explaining how cranes work and the different jobs they perform.

Explores the American holiday Martin Luther King Jr. Day including the honoring of the civil rights activist and how the holiday is celebrated today.

Simple text and photos explore the look, parts, and riders of the motorcycles known as choppers.

Discusses rock formations and explains the three types of rocks: sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous. Also defines the terms weathering and erosion. Describes different rock formations including peaks, canyons, mesas and buttes, stacks, monadnocks, and cliffs. Includes a glossary of terms used in the book.

Explores gemstones, explaining what they are, how they are classified, where they are found, what makes them shine, and their uses; and describing precious, semiprecious, organic, and synthetic varieties. Includes a glossary and a list of related Internet sites.

Describes fossils, how they are formed, and what they tell scientists about the animals and plants of the past.

Simple text and photos present several kinds of motorcycle tricks riders perform in the air and on the ground.

While the name may have changed from Decoration Day, the sentiment behind this national holiday is still the same-to decorate the graves of all fallen soldiers.