Wendy Mass turns to another magical birthday: 13! When Tara, a self-proclaimed shrinking violet, steals the school mascot, a goat, in order to make some friends with the popular crowd and gets caught, she gets herself in a heap of trouble. In addition, her parents decide that instead of taking her on their summer trip to Madagascar to study the courtship rituals of the Bamboo Lemur, she must…
This is a collection of stories to read aloud, aimed specifically at seven-year-old children. It can be used at school, in storytelling groups or for bedtime reading.
Female frogs lay masses of jelly-coated eggs in the water, but what hatcches from each egg isn't a frog yet-it's a tadpole. tadpoles are like tiny fish that breathe underwater through gills. As the tadpole get older, it loses it's fishy tail and it's gil
Describes the metamorphosis from tadpole to frog'
Explore the fascinating careers of the dozens of people you will meet in this series.'
In the fall, pumpkins are everywhere: in the garden, in the supermarkets, and on doorsteps. But do you know how they grow from a tiny yellow seed to a big orange pumpkin?