Books with author Patricia Lantier

An introduction to the power, majesty, and destruction of hurricanes contains eyewitness accounts of the storms, scientific facts about all types of hurricanes, and full-color photographs.

Discusses how fossilized remains of plants and animals reveal the characteristics of the prehistoric world

Explains how the study of mummies, both natural and man-made, including a frozen baby mammoth found in Siberia and the human mummies of Egypt, Peru, and Denmark, can reveal information about ancient civilizations and prehistoric life.

Rachel Carson was a marine writer, biologist, and ecologist whose work inspired millions to take seriously the danger that human activity poses to the environment. She both revealed the wonders of the natural world and exposed the sinister threat to that world posed by DDT and other pesticides.

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Presents an informative and entertaining collection of feline lore, offering true facts while revealing common wives' tales, in a treasury complemented by researched illustrations. Reprint.

Excellent Book

classic kids

Presents recent archaeological findings about the first people to settle the Americas, how they got here, and from what continent they came, which includes analyses by linguists, geneticists, climatologists, and other scientists. Teacher's Guide available.

Traces the life of the pilot who became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean and mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world

Describes the physical characteristics of a variety of snakes and how they hunt, catch, and eat their prey

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Tells how hurricanes form, how scientists study them, and how they have affected the United States throughout this century.