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Books in Our Amazing World - Living Book series

  • Tundra

    Barbara A. Somervill

    Library Binding (Tradition Pub Co, July 1, 2004)
    Describes arctic and alpine tundra environments and the plant and animal life found there.
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  • Grasslands

    Barbara A. Somervill

    Library Binding (Tradition Pub Co, July 1, 2004)
    Learn about the various flora, fauna, and characteristics of the world's grasslands.
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  • How Fish Swim

    Jill Bailey

    Hardcover (Franklin Watts Ltd, Aug. 28, 2003)
    A series that helps to answer some of the most fascinating questions about the natural world, showing how nature works in all its amazing aspects. Full-colour photographs, artwork and diagrams provide clear information about life processes that can often seem bewildering. How Fish Swim looks at how fish of all sizes and shapes manage to swim, under water and sometimes out of the water!
  • Our Living World - Amphibians

    Edward R. Ricciuti

    Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Sept. 1, 1993)
    This award-winning series emphasizes the fascinating patterns in the natural world, enabling readers to discover their own place in the network of life. Each book includes chapters on: unique characteristics of the organism senses metabolism reproduction and growth food webs and food chains fitting into the web of life A classification chart for the particular plant kingdom, microbe group, or animal class of organism. A classification chart of the kingdoms of plants, microbes, fungi, or animals. A glossary, further reading list, and index.
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  • Microorganisms: The Unseen World

    Edward R. Ricciuti

    Library Binding (Blackbirch Pr Inc, Sept. 1, 1994)
    Examines the physical structure, metabolism, and life cycle of microorganisms and discusses how they fit into the food chain
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  • I'm Sorry You Can't Hatch an Egg

    Ray Butram, Jim Chapman

    Hardcover (Multnomah Books, March 23, 1998)
    Rhyming text and illustrations examine the stages of development in a chicken's egg, from the time that it is laid to its hatching twenty-one days later
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  • Green Plants

    Jenny E. Tesar, Wendy Smith-Griswold

    Library Binding (Blackbirch Pr Inc, Sept. 1, 1994)
    Covers the metabolism, reproduction, and growth of green plants
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  • Fish

    Edward R. Ricciuti, William Simpson

    Library Binding (Blackbirch Pr Inc, March 1, 1993)
    Examines the physical structure, metabolism, and life cycle of fishes and discusses how they fit into the food chain.
  • Mammals

    Jenny E. Tesar, Robert Clement Kray

    Library Binding (Blackbirch Pr Inc, March 1, 1993)
    Examines the physical structure, metabolism, and life cycle of mammals and discusses how they fit into the food chain
  • How Plants Grow

    Malcolm Penny

    Hardcover (Franklin Watts Ltd, Aug. 14, 2003)
    A series that helps to answer some of the most fascinating questions about the natural world, showing how nature works in all its amazing aspects. Full-colour photographs, artwork and diagrams provide clear information about life processes that can often seem bewildering. How Plants Grow covers different aspects of a plant's life and shows how plants adapt to the world around them.
  • Patterns in Nature: An Overview of the Living World

    Jenny E. Tesar

    Library Binding (Blackbirch Pr Inc, March 1, 1994)
    Compares the physical structure, metabolism, and life cycle of the various types of organism, and discusses how they fit into nature and the environment
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  • Humans

    Jenny E. Tesar, Pedro Julio Gonzalez

    Library Binding (Blackbirch Pr Inc, May 1, 1994)
    Examines the physical structure, metabolism, and life cycle of humans and discusses how we fit into nature and the environment
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