adapted by Richard R. George ; introduction by Roald Dahl.
Nancy Elizabeth Wallace continues to explore difficult topics while making them more accessible to young readers with her signature cut-paper illustrations and, in this book, photographs from NASA. Minna is a stargazer. She looks at the nighttime sky and wonders, What are stars? Minna's friends wonder about stars too. How far away are they? Are they really shaped like stars? Is the sun a star? …
Presents some of the characteristics of inventors by describing the inventions of people such as Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and Eli Whitney.'
This book allows children to increase their awareness of weather and shows them how changing weather conditions can be represented with graphic symbols.
Meet Invisible Inc. Chip is invisible, Justin reads lips and Charlene is very good at figuring things out. Together they solve mysteries and have fun.'
Tod's ears are so clogged up he can't hear, but he doesn't want to miss school. His teacher, the ex-spy Mr. Merlin, is sure to have secret codes for the class to figure out and a new mystery for them to solve. but the mystery turns out to be in Todd's own backyard. Someone's been in his tree house and left a pretty yucky clue. It's another case for Mr. Merlin's police scientist friend, Dr. Smil…