Describes different kinds of snakes, and tells of the relations between snakes and people.
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Describes the characteristics and behavior of baby dinosaurs.
Describes some of the world's largest insects and spiders, including the Goliath beetle, praying mantis, tarantula, and giant atlas moth.
Describes how tornadoes and hurricanes form and the damage they do.
Includes easy recipes, instructions for making decorations and favors, and simple activities for all kinds of tea parties.
Relates myths about dragons from different countries, including where they live, what they eat, and how they look, as well as how the myths may have developed.
Describes the physical characteristics, eating habits, defense behavior, and other aspects of large flightless birds both living and extinct, including ostriches, emus, cassowaries, rheas, elephant birds, and moas.
Relates how twenty-seven men and sixty-nine sled dogs aboard the Endurance struggled to survive when the ship became stuck in the ice during an expedition to Antarctica in 1914.
Offers a guide to monsters of all shapes and sizes, including the minotaur and the kraken, with a review of their menacing homes, stories about them, and the damage they have wrought on humans both on land and by sea.
Long ago, a boy called Slow lived in the Old West. He grew up to be one of the greatest Indian chiefs ever- Sitting Bull. A brave hunter, a strong warrior, and a wise leader.
Hoping to be the last person awake, a young girl keeps count as one person after another turns out a light in the apartment building across from hers.
Relates myths about mermaids from different countries, including where they live, what they eat, and how they look, as well as how the myths may have developed.