Through a true-or-false format, presents statements about the history, uses, and behavior of horses and discusses them.

Describes life at a school for cats, where the students learn to be "purrfect."

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

You make your bed in the morning. At times in the past, people really made their beds -- and at night they stuffed straw into a sack, making a bed to lie on. Nightclothes were first worn in the 1500s. Before that, people slept in their day clothes, their underwear, or nothing at all. In Ancient Rome, bedrooms were small. A servant guarded the doorway by sleeping across it. Learn these facts and more in this true but funny account as Newbery Honor...

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

Discusses the truth behind such beliefs as "Cats can see in total darkness," "Cats have nine lives," and "A cat signals its feelings with its tail."

Describes the 1994 discovery made in Chauvet, France, of a cave with Stone Age rock paintings, and discusses the significance of cave art to people living in prehistoric as well as modern times.

Describes the physical characteristics of a variety of snakes and how they hunt, catch, and eat their prey.

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