Jacqueline Langille

This book describes the construction and operation of NASA's space shuttles, covering such topics as preparation for liftoff, living in space, landing, and mission control.

This book describes the main types of rodents and their physiology, habitats, behavior, diet, and offspring.

A simple introduction to food chains and webs, featuring both herbivores and carnivores and discussing energy, food production, and decomposition in various ecosystems.

Introduces birds that do strange things, including the eating habits, bills, and homes of such species as the jacana, flamingo, dipper, and hoatzin.

Whales, manatees, seals, dolphins, and sea otters are just some of the many mammals that have evolved over time in order to survive in the water. From Arctic waters to tropical seas, vivid photographs and surprising facts about these salt water mammals reveal: • how these air breathing creatures have adapted to the water • their underwater senses • what they eat and how they raise their young • cetaceans, pinnipeds, sea otters, sirenians,...