New Releases by Michael Elsohn Ross

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and life of ladybugs and provides instructions for finding, collecting, and keeping these beetles as pets.

Chronicles the life and career of ornithologist Margaret Morse Nice who devoted more than eighty years to studying and writing about birds. Also includes tips and activities for readers to become bird watchers in their own right.

The author, with the help of his own family and friends, has sampled and written about approximately thirty adventures, ranging from the very active -- biking in the Marin Headlands -- to perfect rainy-day excursions -- a visit to the San Francisco Maritime Museum,

Make a worm park and learn to move like a worm. Photos., diags. 6-10 yrs.

Provides instructions for finding, collecting, and keeping crickets and suggests how to delve into the secret lives of these chirping neighbors.

Provides instructions for finding, collecting, and keeping snails and suggests how to delve into the secret lives of these shell dwellers.

Activities for exploring the miniature world of nature using a hand lens.

Using his imagination, Nicky changes into a bird and takes flight.