Akron Public Library

Introduces spiders and their habits: where they live, what they eat, how they move and protect themselves, how they help and harm us, and why they are called engineers.

Introduces the parts of a tree and their functions, as well as the kinds of trees and their place in the environment.

A guide to caring for cats as pets, which includes descriptions of other members of the cat family.

Explains how the remains of an animal or plant fossilize over millions of years, where fossils may be found, and what we can learn from them.

Describes the habits, behavior and life cycle of a number of the seventeen species of penguins, which in nature are found only south of the equator.

Discusses the plant and animal life of prairies and grasslands throughout the world.

Briefly discusses the history and uses of automatically operating devices from mechanical toys through dishwashers and clock radios to cyborgs and manipulators.

Discusses what causes volcanoes, where they are likely to occur, and how scientists study them.

Discusses various endangered animal species in the world, why and how they become endangered, and what can be done to save them.

Discusses the reasons people had for going to live in newly-discovered or newly-settled lands, as the American West of the nineteenth century, the hardships they faced, and their influence on history.