Most Popular Books by Caroline Arnold

Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and life cycle of the house sparrow.

Describes some of the plants and animals that live in the forest and how the forest changes with each new season.

Explains how people and animals living in different parts of the world survive in hotter and colder climates using remarkable adaptive strategies and behaviors.

Text and photos present an animal shelter which cares for lost pets and also offers other community services.

In the middle of the Australian continent, a huge sandstone rock rises more than a thousand feet from the flat desert floor. Formerly known as Ayers Rock, this imposing landmark is now called Uluru, the name given to it by the Anangu, the Aboriginal people who live on the land around it. A site of ongoing geological processes and exceptional beauty, it is unlike any other place in the world.

An introduction to the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of ostriches and a variety of other birds that do not fly including the rhea, emu, cassowary, kiwi, and tinamou.

Describes the geographic features of mountains, plants and animals that live there, and how to climb mountains.

Discusses the results of the latest studies and theories on weight control emphasizing the role of heredity as well as habits in determinig individual weight. Includes a chart listing daily nutritional needs.

A look at the unique fossils of prehistoric Australian creatures. The story follows the journey of a museum exhibit, on loan from Australia, as it is is shipped, assembled, and displayed in a Los Angeles museum.

Introduces fishes and sea animals with "electric sense" and explains how they produce, detect, and use electricity to survive.

A discussion of pandas with an introduction to those at the Chapultepec Zoo in Mexico City, which features the largest giant panda exhibit outside of China.

Describes the characteristics and habitats of giraffes and discusses life for these animals at a large open-air wildlife park in New Jersey.

Get to Know the Earth''s Many Forms with Dozens of Fun and EasyProjects From finding directions by the stars, to mapping your neighborhood,to making an earthquake in a box, you''ll have a great time learningabout the world with The Geography Book. You''ll find out how todetermine location on the Earth, how maps can provide us with awide range of information, how different landforms were created,how water has helped shape the Earth, and much more. Using simple materials you''ll be able to find around the house orin your neighborhood, you''ll be able to create things like a giantcompass rose, a balloon globe, a contour potato, a map puzzle, anda tornado in a jar. So get ready for a fascinating trip around theglobe.

Llama offers youngsters a close-up view of these gentle, elegant-looking natives of the high Andean plateaus. They are used to transport goods in places where cars and trucks cannot go, and their wool is woven into beautiful, warm clothing.

Explains how the different types of bones of the body work harmoniously together.

Popular children s author Caroline Arnold details the fascinating world of these arctic animals. Delightful storytelling and intricate cut-paper illustrations bring these amazing creatures to life."

Offers a look at the scientific research on the relationship between birds and dinosaurs according to past and present findings, including the recent discovery of a dinosaur with feathers.

A brief history of the winter Olympic games, with descriptions of individual events and profiles of several past champions.