Books with author Valerie J. Weber

- Glossary- Index- Maps help readers learn where the immigrant children come from and where they live now.- Further reading and internet resources help children increase their research skills and allow them to further explore topics raised in the text.

Presents basic information about whales, including how big they can get, how they breathe, and how different types of whales eat.

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Explains why burrows make a good home for some kinds of animals, and describes how meercats, badgers, and other creatures live in burrows.

Presents basic information about manatees, including how they move around, how they find food, and how they communicate with one another.

Explains why nests make a good home for birds and other animals, and describes different kinds of bird's nests, and how fish, reptiles, and mammals also live in nests.

Explains why webs make a good home for spiders, and describes how they spin webs and use them to catch their prey and for other purposes.

Presents basic information about octopuses and squids, including how they move about, how they catch their prey, and some of the special adaptations that they use to avoid danger.

Presents basic information about sea horses, including how they move about, how they feed themselves, how they hide from enemies, and how they reproduce.

Presents basic information about walruses, including how they get around, what their bodies are like, and how they interact with other walruses.

Explains why hives make a good home for honeybees, and describes how bees build and protect the hive, the different functions that the bees perform, the parts of the hive, and swarming.

Explains why caves make a good home for some kinds of animals, and describes the different zones found in caves and how bats and other land and marine creatures live in caves.