Seeds to mouse to weasel to owl. That's a simple food chain in a deciduous forest. Food chains are fascinating! Every environment has factors that affect the flow of energy in its food chains--all the way up to you! This beautifully illustrated series explores the plants and animals that live in each ecosystem, the adaptations its plant and animal have, and how the flow of energy creates the food chain links. Discover what's for dinner in the food chains and webs in each environment with easy-to-read text, sidebars, and back matter. Looking Glass Library is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades P-4.

Describes the food chain of a deciduous forest, from the plants that live in the forest to the herbivores, carnivores, and top carnivores, and explains how the chain is affected by seasons, decomposers, and human interference.

A temperate deciduous forest teems with life. From a tall oak tree to a turkey vulture, the living things in this books are linked together in a food chain. Each one of them needs the others in order to live. Find out what eats what in a forest!

Explains how animals living together in certain areas are connected by what they eat, and describes how plants sustain all animals and humans despite plants' ability to hide and protect themselves.

A forest is an ecosystem with a variety of plant and animal life—from trees to deer. These plants and animals are connected through food chains, or the passing of energy from one living thing to another. In this volume, readers explore a forest for themselves, learning about the living things that can be found there. Informative text and fun fact boxes explain the connections between forest creatures, and vibrant photographs of forest wildlife fill each page. Readers can even visualize the way food chains come together as they study a detailed forest food web.

Contents include: What makes land a temperate deciduous forest? Why are temperate deciduous forests important? What's green and growing in the forest? Where do animals live in the forest? When are forest animals active? What's for dinner in the forest? How do forest animals get food? How do forests affect people? How do people affect forests?

Welcome to a North American temperate forest! As you walk along a shady trail, the forest seems cool and quiet. But it is full of life, from a butterfly flitting over a flower to a gray wolf prowling through the underbrush. Day and night in the forest, the hunt is on to find foodand to avoid becoming someone elses next meal. All the living things are connected to one another in a food chain, from animal to animal, animals to plants, plants to insects, and insects to animals. What path will you take to follow the food chain through the forest? Will you Trail a black bear and her cubs? Dive down into a dark river with a beaver? Hunt from a high perch with a great horned owl? Follow all three chains and many more on this who-eats-what adventure!