Patricia Lauber

Describes changes in eating customs throughout the centuries and the origins of table manners.

Explains the concept of a food chain and how plants, animals, and humans are ecologically linked.

Explains how the study of mummies, both natural and man-made, including a frozen baby mammoth found in Siberia and the human mummies of Egypt, Peru, and Denmark, can reveal information about ancient civilizations and prehistoric life.

An introduction to one of the curiosities of the sea--the multi- tentacled, highly intelligent octopus.

Discusses the importance of trees as sources of food, oxygen, and other essential things.

Recreates life among the dinosaurs living in North America 75 million years ago.

Discusses how fossilized remains of plants and animals reveal the characteristics of the prehistoric world.

Examines kinds of beds and bedding used around the world as well as beds of the past, sleeping customs, and clothes people wear in bed.