Books in Living Habitats series

Explores desert habitats, including hot and cold deserts, special plants and animals, and current threats to the world's deserts.

Describes these arid lands through which some of the world's largest rivers flow and explains how such areas are formed, how they spread, and how life survives there.

This title focuses on lake and river habitats and gives information related to science, technology, art, and math concepts. The title is complete with beautiful and colorful photographs, simple text, and a database for added activities. Launch is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.

Using the Mississippi River as an example, describes what a river is and the habitat rivers provide for plants and animals, and explains the importance of keeping rivers clean and protecting them from further damage caused by humans.

Describes the different types of mountain habitats, where they are found, the plants and animals that live there, what a timberline is, and why people need mountains.

Describes the plants and animals that are found in oceans and explains why oceans are important to people and the ecosystem.

Describes the characteristics of the tundra and the plants and animals that live there

Describes what grasslands are and introduces the plants and animals that live there.

Describes the layers in a forest and introduces the plants and animals that live in boreal, temperate, and tropical forests.

Describes the characteristics of the Okefenokee Swamp and the animals and plants that live there.

Describes the growth of a Douglas fir sapling in an old growth forest in the northwestern United States and the other plants and animals that are part of its habitat

Book by Snedden, Robert