Introduces the different skills and often difficult lives of women on the farm, in business, and on the plantation as the owner's wife or as a slave in colonial America.

"Describes how wind can be used to produce useful engergy."--From source other than the Library of Congress

Introduces basic types of artificial satellites, the mechanics of launching into space, and the history and accomplishments of specific spacecraft including the Hubble, Galileo, and Cassini.

Introduces bees and beekeeping, covering such aspects as pollination, the making of honey, and beekeeping equipment and practices.

Battles, protests, standoffs, strikes. We hear about them all the time. On the surface, a battle and a protest don't seem to have much in common, but they're really just two ways of handling a dispute. One uses violence, the other uses signs and picket lines. But both start as a disagreement between two groups of people. Both are conflicts. Using real world examples, Why Do We Fight? teaches kids to recognize the structures, factors, and complex histories...

Identifies what is and is not a dinosaur, discusses the physiology and behavior of various types, including stegosaurs, ankylosaurs, and ceratopsians, and introduces theories about their extinction.

Describes how hydrogen can be used to produce useful engergy.

Describes the work of the milliner in colonial America, which included gown making, laundering, and lace making, as well as selling sewing supplies and other goods.

Introduces birds that do strange things, including the eating habits, bills, and homes of such species as the jacana, flamingo, dipper, and hoatzin.