Beautiful photos of real-life families showcase all types of movement, while poetic text builds both vocabulary and family connection. On-the-go helps families and educators celebrate mobility and ability at home and in the classroom.

"Birds don't just fly... they move in many other and often surprising ways. Meet ducks that dabble, mallee fowl that dig, red-crowned cranes that dance, and lbue-footed boobies that dive! Birds have adapted ingenious ways to attract a mate, avoid a predator, find food, or just get around. Plunge into this up-close look at twenty amazing birds from around the world and the fascinating ways they move to survive and thrive." -- Back cover. "An up-close...

Polly Puppy is not happy about her big feet because they make her trip and fall, but her father assures her that someday she will grow into them, in a book designed to stand upright when the flap on the last page is folded down.

During the Persian Gulf War, 36 U.S. soldiers were wounded by depleted uranium (DU) munitions. Based on medical guidelines for conventional shrapnel injuries (nonradioactive), many DU fragments were left in soldiers. Unfortunately, health risks associated with embedded DU were unknown, and an animal model to investigate this did not exist. The purpose of this study was to develop an animal model to examine the health risks associated with DU shrapnel...