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Books in Biomes Discovery Library series

  • The Leopards

    Lynn M. Stone

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, Sept. 1, 1989)
    An introduction to the physical characteristics, habits, natural environment, relationship to humans, and future of the spotted leopard, the most adaptable of the big cats.
  • Gray Whales

    Sarah Palmer

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, Sept. 1, 1988)
    Describes gray whales, where they live, what they eat, and their family life.
    K
  • Penguins

    Lynn M. Stone

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, March 1, 1989)
    Describes the appearance, habits, habitat, daily life, infancy, and enemies of the bird that travels on land and in the water but not in the air.
    K
  • The Lives of Wolves

    Lynn M. Stone

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, July 1, 2000)
    Describes wolves, including their appearance, behavior, and habitat.
    M
  • Thresher Sharks

    Sarah Palmer, Ernest Nicol, Elizabeth Turner

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, Sept. 1, 1988)
    Describes the appearance, habitat, and behavior of thresher sharks
    Q
  • Vultures

    Lynn M. Stone

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, March 1, 1989)
    Describes the appearance, habitat, nesting, infancy, feeding, and importance to humans of this bird of prey.
    S
  • Crocodiles and Alligators

    Marie R. Farre, Diz Wallis

    Hardcover (Young Discovery Library, Dec. 1, 1988)
    Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and peculiar habits of crocodiles, including how to distinguish them from alligators
  • Joining the Rodeo

    Tex McLeese

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, Sept. 1, 2000)
    Describes the events at different levels of rodeo competition, from mutton busting for very young participants to high school and college rodeos and on to the professional level.
    L
  • Wolves and People

    Lynn M. Stone

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, June 1, 2000)
    Discusses the reasons that wolves were feared by some humans and how these feelings have changed.
    S
  • Nurse Sharks

    Sarah Palmer

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, Sept. 1, 1988)
    Describes the appearance, habitat, and behavior of nurse sharks.
  • Ostriches

    Lynn M. Stone

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, March 1, 1989)
    Describes the appearance, habits, nesting, feeding, infancy, and importance to humans of the world's largest bird.
  • Wolves: Family and Pack

    Lynn M. Stone

    Library Binding (Rourke Pub Group, July 1, 2000)
    Describes how wolves behave as social creatures living in groups called packs and how adult wolves raise their pups.
    N