Describes the behavior of dogs and puppies and how to choose and care for pet dogs.

The Newbery Honor-winning author of Hatchet and Dogsong shares surprising true stories about his relationship with animals, highlighting their compassion, intellect, intuition, and sense of adventure. Gary Paulsen is an adventurer who competed in two Iditarods, survived the Minnesota wilderness, and climbed the Bighorns. None of this would have been possible without his truest companion: his animals. Sled dogs rescued him in Alaska, a sickened poodle...

Facing Global Issues - What's the Issue? Climate Change - Climate Change Issues Around the Globe - ISSUE 1: Melting Ice - ISSUE 2: Rising Sea Levels - ISSUE 3: Record Temperatures - ISSUE 4: More Hurricanes - ISSUE 5: Increase in Greenhouse Gases - What Can You Do? Cut Greenhouse Emissions - Toward a Sustainable Future - Web Sites - Glossary - Index

What is a Home? - Habitats and Homes - Hiding Places - Cave Shelters - Dens in Holes - High Up in Trees - All Kinds of Nests - Under the Ground - A Beaver Lodge - Insect Homes - Words to Know and Index

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Simple text describes where koalas live, how a joey (baby koala) travels in the mother koala's pouch until it is big enough to travel on its own, and how koalas sleep during the day and eat at night.

Describes the advent of the wig as a fashion necessity in France and England, illustrates popular styles of eighteenth-century wigs, and explains the colonial wigmaker's technique in construction and care of the wig.

Presents information on the physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and life cycle of zebras, striped horse-like animals that live only in Africa.

Surveys the history of printing in colonial America, describing the work of the early printers, the development of the free press, and the printer's craft and technique.