Seymour Simon

In 26 giant photographs—of a roaring grizzly, a piranhas razor-sharp teeth, a rattlesnakes poisonous fangs—Seymour Simon reveals the truth about natures most misunderstood animals and lets the reader decide what to really think about natures grossest, fiercest, and most fascinating survivors.

Provides an easy-to-read overview of the history of aircraft.

Describes the various parts of the brain and the nervous system and how they function to enable us to think, feel, move, and remember.

Describes the movements and physical features of the planet Venus and recent findings about its climate and surface.

Provides a guide to the workings of the digestive system through a review of the organs, the digestive process, and detailed photos of the surface of the stomach.

Presents wildfires as neither good nor bad but as part of the endless cycle of change in forests and grasslands.

Brings together old myths and new discoveries in a comprehensive, examination of the "red planet", along with a review of recent missions and an examination of modern findings.

Examines superstorms and their potential destructiveness, including thunderstorms, hailstone showers, tornadoes, hurricanes, and typhoons.

Award-winning children's science writer Seymour Simon is best known for his body of work introducing elementary and middle school-aged kids to nature, animals, Earth science and space. Here, he turns his focus to pre-readers, delivering a lovely alphabet book that is full of thought-provoking bits of information about each animal. Illustrated with eye-popping photographs, as we've come to expect from Simon. A StarWalk Kids Digital Original eBook.

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Presents a variety of large machines that cut, carry, and move things, including combines, tub grinders, tower cranes, and offshore oil rigs.