Books with title People

-- Stimulating question and answer format to help children learn all about exciting and important topics.-- Can be read straight through question by question or by following the special 'Connect' boxes, which lead kids from one area of interest to another related area.-- Learners find out something new each time they read the books.-- Non-traditional approach to reference works well for classroom research and gifted programs.-- Dazzling graphics make information gathering enjoyable.

This is a tribute to all the useless catsCats have excellent night vision and can see at only one sixth the light level required for human vision. This is partly the result of cat eyes having a tapetum lucidum, which reflects any light that passes through the retina back into the eye, thereby increasing the eye's sensitivity to dim light. Another adaptation to dim light is the large pupils of cats' eyes. Unlike some big cats, such as tigers, domestic cats have slit pupils.These slit pupils can focus bright light without chromatic aberration, and are needed since the domestic cat's pupils are much larger, relative to their eyes, than the pupils of the big cats. Indeed, at low light levels a cat's pupils will expand to cover most of the exposed surface of its eyes. However, domestic cats have rather poor color vision and (like most non-primate mammals) have only two types of cones, optimized for sensitivity to blue and yellowish green; they have limited ability to distinguish between red and green. A 1993 paper found a response to mid-wavelengths from a system other than the rods which might be due to a third type of cone. However, this appears to be an adaptation to low light levels rather than representing true trichromatic vision. Cats have excellent hearing and can detect an extremely broad range of frequencies. They can hear higher-pitched sounds than either dogs or humans, detecting frequencies from 55 Hz up to 79 kHz, a range of 10.5 octaves; while humans can only hear from 31 Hz up to 18 kHz, and dogs hear from 67 Hz to 44 kHz, which are both ranges of about 9 octaves. Cats do not use this ability to hear ultrasound for communication but it is probably important in hunting, since many species of rodents make ultrasonic calls. Cat hearing is also extremely sensitive and is among the best of any mammal, being most acute in the range of 500 Hz to 32 kHz. This sensitivity is further enhanced by the cat's large movable outer ears (their pinnae), which both amplify sounds and help a cat sense the direction from which a noise is coming.[Cats have an acute sense of smell, which is due in part to their well-developed olfactory bulb and also to a large surface of olfactory mucosa, about 5.8 square centimetres (0.90 sq in) in area, which is about twice that of humans and only 1.7-fold less than the average dog. Cats are very sensitive to pheromones such as 3-mercapto-3-methylbutan-1-ol, which they use to communicate through urine spraying and marking with scent glands. Cats also respond strongly to plants that contain nepetalactone, especially catnip, as they can detect that substance at less than one part per billion. This response is also produced by other plants, such as silver vine (Actinidia polygama) and the herb valerian; it may be caused by the smell of these plants mimicking a pheromone and stimulating cats' social or sexual behaviors.Cats have relatively few taste buds compared to humans. Domestic and wild cats share a gene mutation that keeps their sweet taste buds from binding to sugary molecules like carbohydrates, leaving them with no ability to taste sweetness. Their taste buds instead respond to amino acids, bitter tastes and acids.To aid with navigation and sensation, cats have dozens of movable vibrissae (whiskers) over their body, especially their face. These provide information on the width of gaps and on the location of objects in the dark, both by touching objects directly and by sensing air currents; they also trigger protective blink reflexes to protect the eyes from damage.Free-ranging cats are active both day and night, although they tend to be slightly more active at night. Cats conserve energy by sleeping more than most animals, especially as they grow older. Some cats can sleep as much as 20 hours in a 24-hour period. While asleep, cats experience short periods of rapid eye movement sleep often accompanied by muscle twitches, which suggests that they are dreaming.

Based on the compelling true story of the famous Elm Creek Raid of 1864. During the Civil War, Comanche and Kiowa Indians staged a massive attack on the scattered settlement near abandoned Ft. Belknap. Hundreds of warriors killed a score of settlers, took women and children captive, burned the entire settlement, and fled westward with a thousand stolen horses to the forbidding Llano Estacado, a huge blank spot on the map where no one but Comanches dared to enter. This is the story of the captives and their long ordeal, and how some were miraculously returned through the determination and courage of a black slave, Britt Johnson, whose wife was among the captives. The aftermath of the deadly raid, and the captives who vanished into the wilderness, echo all the way down to the present day.

Soon after arriving at Wicker House, orphan Margaret Brown is unwittingly transported to a frightful kingdom ruled by a mad queen. Although her Majesty considers tea a great delicacy, most simply cannot quench her ghastly thirst… for what she prizes most is people tea. Margaret must escape if she is ever to have a real home again, but is it enough to save only herself?

My book is intended to deliver a very simple message that I believe willteach children and adults all over the world to look at each other withlove, respect and equality. People are People delivers a messageabout the cultural traits and beliefs that make people different and themost important human traits that make people the same.The main character in the story is a young boy in a gray suit. He isincluded with the characters and landscapes that are paintedthroughout the book. The boy represents humanity and equality. Welearn that People come in all different sizes, shapes, colors, culturesand nationalities. The moral of this book is that we are all human. Weall smile, cry, hug, sing, play…and most importantly, WE ALL LOVE!