Most Popular Books by Patricia Lauber

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

Explains how the study of mummies, both natural and man-made, including a frozen baby mammoth found in Siberia and the human mummies of Egypt, Peru, and Denmark, can reveal information about ancient civilizations and prehistoric life.

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.

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

Discusses the uses of heat and energy from volcanoes, geysers, fumaroles, and hot springs.

"[Here is] a charming introduction to the truly amazing octopus [from its intelligence to its ability to change colors to the camouflaging black ink it squirts to escape predators]. Lauber's chatty, fact-filled text makes the book a good read-aloud, and Keller's amusing and colorful drawings enhance it—a perfect match of text and illustration." —SLJ. Children's Books of 1990 (Library of Congress)

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

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

Presents the events in earth's history that led up to the age of dinosaurs.

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

The earth is like a spaceship in orbit—it has everything on board that we need to survive: water, food, and air with oxygen. Unlike a space shuttle, Earth is able to renew its resources. Read and find out why Earth is the greatest spaceship to be aboard!

Photographs enliven this question-and-answer approach to the birth of various animals.

Examines the significance of food chains and food webs, and explains why each link in a chain is important because of the interdependence of living things for survival

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.

Describes the physiology of the earthworm and the useful services it performs for man.