New Releases by Patricia Lauber

" ... Take a look inside and discover the truth about our canine companions!"--Cover back.

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Describes changes in eating customs throughout the centuries and the origins of table manners.

An award-winning author and artist explain how every link in a food chain is important because each living thing depends on others for survival. Informative and intriguing, this basic science book leads children to think about the complex and interdependent web of life on Earth.

Through a true-or-false format, presents statements about the history, uses, and behavior of horses and discusses them.

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An account of how and why Mount St. Helens erupted in May 1980 and the destruction it caused, and a discussion of the return of life to that area.

Discusses the truth behind such beliefs as "Cats can see in total darkness," "Cats have nine lives," and "A cat signals its feelings with its tail."

Why should you be a friend to trees? Trees are a valuable natural resource. People depend on trees for food, and animals depend on trees for food and shelter. But most important, we depend on trees because they add oxygen, a gas we all need, to the air. While trees give us many wonderful products, we must also protect them because we can''t live without them.

Describes the eruption, aftermath, and gradual return of life to the Mount St. Helens slopes devastated by the 1980 eruption.

Discusses how fossilized remains of plants and animals reveal the characteristics of the prehistoric world.

Describes the characteristics and behavior of different kinds of whales and discusses why they are threatened by extinction.

Explores the planets of our solar system, highlighting the prominent features of each. Includes new photos and information gathered by the Voyager explorations.

An introduction to one of the curiosities of the sea--the multi-tentacled, highly intelligent octopus.

Traces the life of the pilot who became the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean and mysteriously disappeared in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.

Text and illustrations describe the many ways that flowers are pollinated with emphasis on the role of bees in this important process.

Sand in their bread caused serious tooth problems for the ancient Egyptians, peasants and pharaohs alike.Skull surgery was commonly performed by the Inca Indians of Peru. A thick soup made of grain and seeds was a typical winter meal in Denmark during the Iron Age. How can we be so sure of what ancient life was like? Largely because, in recent years, mummies have begun to "talk" to scientists who study them for clues to the distant past. X-rays reveal mumm ies that have never been unwrapped. The shape of the face appears, and resemblances may establish family relationships. In the bones of a mummy, medical scientists can read age at death, signs of disease, fractures that healed. Teeth yield information about diet and health. Sometimes a mummy offers a surprise: an Egyptian mummy is found to have two skulls; another, long thought to be the child of a high priestess, turns out to be a baboon. Sometimes a mummy tells a moving story: examination of a girl''s mummy shows she lived her short life in considerable pain; a man''s mummy, with broken bones and slit throat, proves he met a violent death.Generously illustrated with photographs ranging from the gruesome to the starkly beautiful, Tales Mummies Tell is a remarkable account of mummies -- intriguing talebearers from the pastand of the ways scientists unlock their secrets.

Explains what earth scientists know about volcanoes and earthquakes.

Text and photographs describe the many different ways that seeds travel and disperse.

Describes the physical characteristics, life cycle, environment, and ecological role of the alligator.

Through accounts of some famous earthquakes, explains new scientific theories about the causes of earthquakes and how we can learn to live with them.

While Mrs. Logan takes over a dress shop, Brian, Sis, and Clarence take over New York. Who else but Clarence the TV dog could bring fame to an unknown restaurant, capture a wild beast, or trap a ring of thieves?

Studies the life processes and functions of the human body.