New Releases by Trudi Strain Trueit

Offers information on snakes, including physical charcteristics, habitat, diet, and reproduction.

Describes the traits and classification of the aquatic mammals called coleoids, a subgroup of the cephalopods, with an emphasis on different kinds of octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish.

Discusses the formation and characteristics of volcanoes, the causes and effects of their eruption, and describes specific volcanic eruptions such as that of Mount St. Helen''s in 1980.

Ideal for today''s young investigative reader, each A True Book includes lively sidebars, a glossary and index, plus a comprehensive "To Find Out More" section listing books, organizations, and Internet sites. A staple of library collections since the 1950s, the new A True Book series is the definitive nonfiction series for elementary school readers.

Explains what clouds are, what causes them, their various forms, and the different weather conditions they accompany.

Explains the unique path a water molecule takes from the ground into the atmosphere via evaporation or other means, and back to the ground.