Lyons Regional Library

Learn about the 50 states in this book filled with facts, maps and colorful pictures.

Photographs and text introduce young readers to snakes and provide information on behavior, physical characteristics, habitat, and other related topics.

Looks at all the big storms created by Mother Nature, from lightning and thunder to monsoons, hurricanes, and tornadoes.

Toot takes skydiving classes. In the plane, Toot is afraid. But he remembers his friend Puddles' words that you never know what you can do until you try.

Toot meets Rohini the elephant while vacationing in India and is introduced to the rest of the friendly animal's family members.

When the animals begin to compare tails, Max the elephant is not happy with his. But Mama Elephant explains that animals use tails in different ways and that Max's tail carries out its purpose by swishing away flies.

Explores the physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, and habits of bats, with photographs and a learning activity.

Follows the story of the longest, most torturous elephant migration on the planet. Living on the edge of the hot and dry Sahara Desert, the very margins of where elephants can survive, hundreds of elephants make a dangerous but necessary journey as their main source of food and water dries up and they must go in search of more. Battling 120-degree heat, sandstorms, and fierce thunderstorms, these amazing animals travel 35 miles a day in a race against...