Children's Concise Nature Encyclopedia

Összefoglaló

Children's Concise Nature Encyclopedia- a new introduction to the world of nature

From the origins of life on Earth to today's concerns about our enviroment, this up-to-date one-volume encyclopedia is arranged in the following sections:
Simple life: cells and simple organisms
Animals without backbones: insects, spiders and other animals that have no spines
Animals with backbones: mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes and amphibians
The plant kingdom: algae, flowering plants, fruits, seeds and pollination
Prehistoric life: evolution, fossils, dinosaurs and the prehistoric world
Survival: movement, senses, attack, defense, migration and food supply
Ecology and the enviroment: regions of the world and their differing enviroments
Wildlife in the future: conservation and how man affects nature