Here children travel inside the human body for facts about and a close-up
view of some of the 206 bones that comprise our skeletal system. What’s our biggest
bone? Our smallest? Read here and you’ll find out.
Lions, tigers, and snow leopards are a few of the cats Seymour Simon talks
with children about in this book that provides information about the animals’
behavior and habitats.
What makes weather on our planet? Seymour Simon reveals the complex factors
that influence our weather including the sun’s influence, earth’s rotation,
and pollution, among other things.
Looking at lemmings, elephants, caribou, and frogs, this book gives young
readers a glimpse into the fascinating habits and behaviors of species that
migrate, why they undertake these journeys, and some of the challenges that face
them along the way.
A look at many different kinds of animals--penguins, polar bears, elephants,
among others--and how particular kinds of animals rear their young from birth to
the moment they set out in the world on their own.
Seymour Simon shows children the importance of fire in nature, what can
happen when fire gets out of control, and the ways in which wildfires help to
restore and rejuvenate the planet.
Inspired by his grandchildren to write a book about trucks, this photographic
collection shows all kinds of trucks at work and play including a log truck,
cement mixer, sanitation truck, and "monster" truck.
This book gives children a scientist’s-eye-view of objects that are too small,
too fast, or too far away to see without mechanical assistance. Included are
spectacular photos through the lenses of microscopes and telescopes, as well as
X-rays and other "looking" devices.
Spectacular photos from the Mars Orbiter Camera, the Hubble Space Telescope,
and the Pathfinder lander richly illustrate this book on the "red"
planet which informs children about the environment and physical details of the
planet and de-bunks some popular notions like Martian canals and space
creatures.
