Bobbie Kalman

This book describes the main types of bats and discusses their physiology, feeding, roosting, reproduction, echolocation abilities, and other behavior.

Summary: This book looks at life on a dairy farm, describing how the cows are housed, fed, cared for, and milked.

Describes the geography, natural resources, trade and industry, cities, people, transportation, agriculture, and environment of Canada.

Summary: This book introduces aspects of orchards, including pollination, trees, fruit development, grafting, fruit processing, pests, pesticides, and harvesting. Includes simple recipes using fruit.

Describes how pioneers set out across the United States and Canada in the nineteenth century looking for a better life in the West--the routes they took, the covered wagons they used, what they ate, the dangers they faced, and more.

Discusses the foods, methods, equipment, and places used by cooks in colonial America.

Describes the work of the milliner in colonial America, which included gown making, laundering, and lace making, as well as selling sewing supplies and other goods.

Discusses the importance of wood in colonial times, describing how trees were cut down and made into lumber and the training of apprentice carpenters, cabinetmakers, coopers, and wheelwrights.