Seymour Simon

What animal can run so fast its feet don't always touch the ground, weighs more than 2,000 pounds, senses people's emotions by their smell, and wears shoes? Why its'a horse, of course! Horses are some of the most fascinating and important creatures on earth. In fact, our world would not be what it is today if not for horses. Horses have carried medieval knights into battle, transported settlers to the American west, and hauled fire engines and...

Takes readers on an interplanetary tour from the sun to the ever-mysterious Mars, and then, thanks to the Voyager missions, to the planets beyond.

Photographs and brief text present different kinds of trains and their cars: passenger trains, mountain trains, freight trains, diesel locomotives, gondolas, hopper cars, tank cars, and more.

With winds that can reach speeds of three hundred miles an hour and funnel clouds that can measure a mile in diameter, tornadoes leave enormous damage in their wake. Now Seymour Simon examines these twisting columns of air and destruction. Simon explains how tornadoes are formed, why and when they are most likely to occur, how scientists classify and track them -- and what to do if one touches down. Full-color photographs show this powerful phenomenon...

Photographs and text explore the natural phenomenon of lightning.

Earth's crust contains many different kinds of rocks and minerals, such as granite, sandstone, basalt, quartz, and crystal. No matter where you walk, you can find rocks and minerals. They give us clues to what happened millions and millions of years ago in earth's history.

"Imagine yourself exploring the most extreme parts of our amazing oceans-riding the tallest waves, diving to the darkest depths, and encountering the largest and most dangerous sea creatures on Earth. Join award-winning author Seymour Simon as he introduces you to the most extreme environments, animals, plants, and weather in the ocean! These mind-bending facts and stunning photographs invite you on an exciting, and sometimes unbelievable, underwater...

Details the life cycles of frogs and toads while introducing different species that can be found around the world.

Discusses the formation, movement, and different types of glaciers and icebergs and describes their effect on the world around them.