Groundhog decides not to hibernate one winter, even though his friends tell him that he will become cold, hungry, and lonely.

Simple rhyming text describes the many different ways beetles can look and how they behave, from sparkling to hairy, from hiking to flying.

Provides facts about bears, from the grizzly and polar bear to more exotic species like the sloth bear and the spectacled bear.

Tells about many different kinds of ants, the characteristics of ants, how they live and how they benefit man.

True stories of cats who have exhibited heroic or unusual behavior.

Briefly describes the life cycle of the butterfly and moth.

""Dear Madam - You are surely informed about the situation of all Jews in Central Europe and this letter will not astonish you." In August 1939, just days before World War II broke out in Europe, a Jewish man in Vienna named Alfred Berger mailed a desperate letter to a stranger in America who shared his last name. "By pure chance I got your address . . . I beg you instantly to send for me and my wife..." Decades later, journalist Faris Cassell stumbled...

Stefan and Marion Hess's happy childhood was shattered in 1944. Torn from their home in Amsterdam, the six-year-old twins and their parents were deported to a place their mother called "a dying hell"-the infamous concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen. Inseparable is the vivid account of one family's struggle to survive the Holocaust. When caught in childish mischief, Stefan and Marion ran from SS soldiers, making a game of seeing who could get closest...

Uses step-by-step photographic sequences to provide instructions for everything from quick-fix repair jobs to major construction projects, accompanied by coverage of essential tools and techniques to repair and maintain one's home.