William Sabin: 11 books

The rainforest canopy sits near the top of the rainforest. It is filled with thousands and thousands of insects, animals and plants. Yet mankind has learned very little about this important part of our ecosystem.Without rainforests to replenish the oxygen in the atmosphere, the world would become...

Frogs seem like cute little creatures. But did you know they can also be downright strange? Not everything about these creatures is what it seems. Here are some interesting and strange things you may not know about our amphibious friends. Do you know the answers to these questions? How do frogs drink? How...

Hummingbirds are amazing animals. They can fly in different directions and even hover. Many scientists have studied these tiny wonders, and discovered amazing things How many of these facts do you know? How far can a hummingbird walk? How fast is a hummingbird? How many eyelids do hummingbirds have? Do...

James Root was a train engineer. He drove engine 69. He thought of her as "his girl". Jim loved that train.One day in September 1894 he almost lost her.He was working for the St. Paul and Duluth railroad. It was his job to run the train through the big woods of Minnesota.That September day he stopped...

People sweat to stay cool. The water comes out of our skin. As it dries, it takes the heat from our body with it. This helps us to stay cool. If the water is not drying fast enough, we can sit in front of a fan. This takes the water off our bodies faster. If that is not enough, we can add more water...

Frogs seem like cute little creatures. But did you know they can also be downright strange? Not everything about these creatures is what it seems. Here are some interesting and strange things you may not know about our amphibious friends. Do you know the answers to these questions? How do frogs drink? How...

I was the great auk, a bird. Here is my story.We were a bit like the penguin. Like penguins, we were black and white. The blackness covered our heads and stretched down our backs. The white covered our chests.Many of us had a white patch on our face above our eye. White stripes raced across our strong...

People sweat to stay cool. The water comes out of our skin. As it dries, it takes the heat from our body with it. This helps us to stay cool.If the water is not drying fast enough, we can sit in front of a fan. This takes the water off our bodies faster.If that is not enough, we can add more water...

Mary Fields got up early. It was a big day.Today Mary would enter a race. It was a race to see how fast you could hitch up horses to a wagon. If Mary won the race, she would get a job.Mary needed a job. She had no money. It was hard for a woman to get a job. It was even harder for a black woman.Mary...

Henry Ford had a problem. Many people would think it was a good problem, but it was still a problem.What was his problem? Henry Ford was selling too many cars.Henry had made the first Model T in 1909. He made sure that it was cheap. He wanted anyone to be able to buy a car.He got a lot of people to...

Examinations of wargaming for entertainment, education, and military planning, in terms of design, critical analysis, and historical contexts. Games with military themes date back to antiquity, and yet they are curiously neglected in much of the academic and trade literature on games and game...