Melvin Berger

Gilda Berger

Offers a guide to the time of the Vikings through a review of their occupations, diverse skills, great expectations, and the accomplishments they made as the talented sailors they were that changed the world.

Craftsman, Traders, and Fiercesome Raiders

The Real Vikings

Discusses dinosaurs and different theories regarding their extinction, including climate changes, starvation, cosmic rays, and an asteroid collision with the earth.

The Great Dinosaur Mystery

Why Did the Dinosaurs Disappear?

A young science series in a fun question and answer format.

Planets

Cool charts, fascinating facts, an fantastic full-color photographs and illustrations.

Solar System

Think Factory

Describes the biological makeup and behavior of some twenty whale species, including killer whales, blue whales, dolphins, and porpoises, and discusses their relationship to man and their threat of extinction.

Whales

Outlines life in the ocean, grouping it roughly in ecological zones including alongshore; uses text boxes to provide statistical and behavioral facts on each page; and discusses the food chain and future of the oceans.

And Other Amazing Facts about Ocean Creatures

Fish Sleep But Don't Shut Their Eyes

Discover some of the most extraordinary creatures in nature! This book takes a close look at 101 of the coolest tricks and superpowers in the animal kingdom. Find out how these animals' superpowers work and what they use them for--both to hunt and to protect themselves! Organized from A to Z, meet insects, reptiles, mammals, birds, and fish, all that have amazing super-abilities!

101 Animal Super Powers

In titles that provide answers to hundreds of science-based questions about animals and the environment, this series includes easy-to-understand and ocassionally funny answers along with detailed full-page art.

Questions and Answers about Reptiles

Can Snakes Crawl Backward?

A compendium of amazing records from the animal kingdom describes such extreme examples as the colossal size and weight of the blue whale and the poisonous venom of a sea wasp.

101 Animal Records

Starting with the discovery of King Tutankhamun's tomb and its glorious treasures, the authors explore Egypt's entire Valley of the Kings, discussing the various tombs and their occupants.

Exploring the Valley of the Kings

Mummies of the Pharaohs

The 4th book in the popular 101 ANIMALS series! Did you know that sea turtle mothers leave their babies to hatch from their eggs completely on their own? Or that baby gorilla black-backs are carried around for as long as three years after they are born? In 101 Animal Babies, readers will learn about penguins and sea-horse fathers that guard and hatch their eggs, birds that teach their chicks to fly, kangaroos that keep their joeys safe in pouches, and wolves that teach their pups to hunt. Filled with fascinating facts and adorable full-color photos on every page, 101 Animal Babies is sure to be an instant favorite for kids, parents, and teachers alike!

101 Animal Babies

Through a question-and-answer format, provides information on the life and accomplishments of the physicist most famous for his theory of relativity.

Did It Take Creativity to Find Relativity, Albert Einstein?

Describes the physical characteristics of wolves, how they socialize with other wolves, and how they hunt for their food.

A Book about Wolves

Howl!

Questions and answers explore such topics as what the dinosaurs were, what they ate, what color they were, and how we know about them.

Questions and Answers about Dinosaurs

Did Dinosaurs Live in Your Backyard?

Asks readers a true or false question about the physical characteristics or behavior of dangerous animals that the reader can find the answer to by turning the page.

Dangerous Animals

With accessible text and brilliant, full-color photos, this title presents fascinating and fun facts about alligators and crocodiles.

Snap!: A Book about Alligators and Crocodiles

Profiles animals that may seem ugly, but whose appearances reveal how they are adapted to conditions in their environments, including the babirusa, the naked mole rat, the shovel-nosed frog, the shoebill bird, the aye-aye, and the anglerfish.

Ugly Animals

From whales and weasels to bears and bees, this informative book examines the survival strategies of a number of animals. Topics include hibernation, migration, and the changing of fur color. Full-color illustrations highlight this fascinating look at the natural world.

How Animals Survive the Cold

What Do Animals Do in Winter?

Introduces some animals that are so ugly they are cute, from bulldogs and sphynx cats to red-eyed tree frogs and axolotls.

Scholastic Reader Level 2: Ugly Cute Animals

Questions and answers present the habitats and behavior of a variety of polar animals, from penguins and arctic foxes to reindeer and baleen whales.

Gilda Berger

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