Books with author Suzette Toms

The decline of elephant populations worldwide is happening very quickly and soon there may be no elephants left in the wild at all. Not only are these animals wonderful to see in their natural environments, but they also play an important role in the ecologies of Africa and Asia. Loss of the elephants would affect these environments very seriously. What is causing the decline in elephant populations? Can they be saved? How?

Have you ever moved from your home to a new home? Animals and people move around all the time. Sometimes they move short distances and at other times they move far away. This long distance movement is often described as migration. Why do animals and people migrate? Where do they go and why? How do they get there? What can migration tell us about our history and the world around us?

After Henry Ford invented the assembly line, the car manufacturing process remained unchanged for most of the 20th century. However, in the 1980s, with the introduction of computers the process went through another dramatic change: robots were introduced to do jobs once done by humans. Robot-assisted manufacturing allows a car to be made with much more exact welds and more accurate engineering than could be achieved with human workers. Cars today are made to a very high standard.