Margery Facklam

Mother and daughter co-authors, Margery Facklam and Peggy Thomas, explore their home state region by region, offering historical accounts, natural history facts, and sightseeing suggestions. Detailed illustrations capture the diversity and beauty of this grand state.

Contrasts a child, preparing to go to bed after a story and a hug, with a mole, bat, horse, and other animals who sleep in quite different places.

Describes the work of paleontologists, beginning with Roy Chapman Andrews in the 1920s, who have searched in the Gobi Desert for evidence of dinosaurs.

Traces the history of pharmacology, from the early days of leeches and simple plants to modern research into drugs to work against cancer.

Examines partnerships between two different species of animals that provide one or both of the partners with food, protection, transportation, or a way to keep clean.