Jason Cooper

Presents a description of and background information about the flowering plants that have been chosen to represent the fifty states and the District of Columbia.

Explains how spiders turn from eggs to adults and how they spin their webs, which ones are poisonous, and which ones are harmless.

Describes such marine animals as shrimp, horseshoe crabs, starfish, mollusks, and sponges.

Provides a simple discussion of the causes of air movement, uses of wind power, and such phenomena as hurricanes and tornadoes.

Briefly describes what goes on at various kinds of farms: horse farms, dairy farms, crop farms, and others.

Provides a simple discussion of the different forms water takes, its importance to life on Earth, and some of its uses.

Describes the physical characteristics, habitat, and behavior of this powerful, swift predator.