Your Skin and Mine

by Paul Showers

Published 1 January 1965
Explains the basic properties of skin, how it protects the body, and how it can vary in color.

What Happens to a Hamburger?

by Paul Showers

Published 1 September 1970
What happens to a hamburger and all the other foods we eat? Digestion! In your mouth, your stomach, and your intestines, food is turned into bones and muscles and energy for your body to use. Carrots and peaches, eggs and pickles, all make you strong and healthy and help you grow.

Where Does the Garbage Go?

by Paul Showers

Published 1 January 1974

Follow that garbage truck!

...to the landfill to see how trash keeps piling up...to the incinerator to see how trash can be turned into energy ... to the recycling center to see how a soda bottle can be turned into a flowerpot. Filled with graphs, charts, and diagrams, Where Does the Garbage Go? explains how we deal with the problem of too much trash and provides ideas for easy ways to be a part of the solution.


Drop of Blood

by Paul Showers

Published 1 January 1967
An illustrated, nonfictional tale explores the circulatory system through a review of blood, its function and make-up, and the manner in which it flows throughout the body. Simultaneous.