New Releases by Patricia Lauber

Details all the latest scientific information in a colorful picture-book about fascinating dinosaurs.

Discusses asteroids, comets, and meteorites, explaining where they come from, how they were formed, and what effect these voyagers from space have when they streak past the Earth or plummet to its surface.

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.

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

Explains how teeth are clues to what animals eat and how they get their food.

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.

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

Adapted from a chapter in Clarence the TV dog.

Discusses several theories about the identity and origin of the Loch Ness monster.

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

Describes the tremendous problem of disposing of America''s 250 million tons of waste every year. You can help!

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

Describes the geography of Everglades National Park and the interrelationship of its unique plant and animal life.

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

Traces man''s association with the house mouse from ancient times to current scientific research stressing the animal''s importance as a laboratory animal.

Describes the physical characteristics and unusual habits of twenty fantastic creatures such as the gumberoo, squonk, shagamaw, and hugag.

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?

For each state and the District of Columbia, gives a brief summary of its history, geography, industry and agriculture; and lists facts about its size, capital, motto, seal, flag and other items.