Books with author Tea Benduhn

Introduces methods of obtaining power from water, places water power in context with other power resources, explains how it works, and considers the advantages and disadvantages of its possible future use.

Describes desert conditions, how people can live in deserts, the lives of traditional desert peoples, and the effects of the modern world on deserts.

Describes conditions in the Arctic and Antarctic, how people can live in polar regions, the lives of the traditional peoples of the Far North, and the effects of the modern world on the Poles.

Introduces fossil fuels--oil, natural gas, and coal--as sources of energy, places them in context with other power resources, explains how they work, and considers the advantages and disadvantages of their possible future use.

Presents information about milk and cheese, and how eating them every day can keep bones and teeth strong and healthy.

Explores the culture of ancient Rome, including how people lived, what they ate, how they traveled, the work they did, and what they did for entertainment.

Presents information about vegetables, and how eating a variety of them every day can keep children strong and healthy.

Presents information about fruit, and how eating a wide variety of it every day provides energy and keeps children healthy.

Presents information about bread and cereal, and how eating them every day keeps children healthy.

Presents information about milk and cheese, and how eating them every day can keep bones and teeth strong and healthy.

Presents information about meat and beans, and how eating them every day provides the protein and other nutrients necessary to keep children healthy and keep their muscles strong.

In this bilingual series, ELLs learn that eating many different types of foods every day helps them to be healthy and strong. Featuring the government’s new, updated food pyramid, each book explains how one of the six different types of foods fits into the pyramid and describes the ways that certain foods contribute to health and fitness.