Discusses the four food groups, the nutrients our body needs, and the importance of healthy eating.

This book describes tarantulas, part of a family of spiders named "hairy mygalomorphs," including their physical characteristics, their behavior, and their habitats.

Explores the nature and work of sled dogs, what kinds of breeds make sled dogs, and the history of dogsled racing.

A color-illustrated look at the group of spiders known as orb weavers, covering their body parts, webs, enemies, and hunting and mating habits.

A picture book biography which reveals the assembling of Darwin's most profound idea: the survival of the fittest.

Defines exercise, describes its benefits, and gives a few examples of how to exercise.

Small Bear's mother promises stories before their winter slumber if Small Bear will help prepare with no dilly dallying, but the playful cub finds it hard to stick to her tasks.

An empowering, inspiring--and accessible!--nonfiction picture book about the eleven-year-old girl who actually named the newly discovered Pluto in 1930. When Venetia Burney's grandfather reads aloud from the newspaper about a new discovery--a "ninth major planet" that has yet to be named--her eleven-year-old mind starts whirring. She is studying the planets in school and loves Roman mythology. "It might be called Pluto," she says, thinking of the...

This book describes black widow spiders, including the physical characteristics of both male and female black widows, their behavior, and their habitats.

Describes the raising and training of Freedom, a seeing eye dog, beginning with its selection as a candidate to be a guide dog up to its placement with an appropriate master.