An account of a year in the life of a farm watchdog, followed by text and illustrations presenting the physical characteristics, behavior, and history of dogs.

Simple text and photographs depict crabs feeding, breeding, and defending themselves in their natural habitats.

Text and illustrations describe the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the jellyfish.

Simple text and photographs depict mice feeding, breeding, and defending themselves in their natural habitats.

"Adapted from Doug Allan's The penguin in the snow." Text and photographs describe the lives of penguins, including their feeding, breeding, and defense behavior.

Discusses a variety of animals which live in or near water, including the marine iguana, white pelican, blue whale, manatee, and sea otter.

Describes the physical characteristics, hunting, feeding, nesting, mating, and moulting of the barn owl, as well as the nine different species.

Describes the life cycle of frogs, discussing how they are born, develop, feed, play, and breed.

Examines the various species of bears around the world including the brown bear, American and Asian black bears, Panda bears of Asia, and Polar bears of the Arctic and discusses how they live and hunt, what they eat, why they hibernate, their relation to humans, and bears that are endangered.