Grasslands (First Reports) - Softcover

Susan H. Gray holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in zoology from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville. She has taught classes in general biology, human anatomy, and physiology. She has also worked as a freshwater biologist and scientific illustrator. In her twenty years as a writer, Susan H. Gray has covered many topics and written a variety of science books for children.

This entry in the ""First Reports"" series describes the climate, landscape features, plants and animals, and human activity that are found on grasslands. The discussion begins with what happens on grasslands and a map showing the Tropic of Cancer and the T --Children's Literature

Whether they are called steppes, pampas, savannas, or just plain grasses, an estimated 9,000 kinds of grass cover approximately one-fourth of the land surface of the earth. Most of the plants grow in the areas north of the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of C --Science Books and Films