A child learns about the life cycle of a giant pumpkin and the rewards of letting it grow. Includes "Pumpkin Fun Facts" and information on growing and racing giant pumpkins.

A baby scorpion rides on its mother′s back. A baby alligator hides in its mother′s mouth! What about a baby leopard? A baby elephant? Read and find out how animal babies stay safe.

Well before Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, Aleck (as his family called him) was a curious boy, interested in how and why he was able to hear the world all around him. His father was a speech therapist who invented the Visible Alphabet and his mother was hearing impaired, which only made Aleck even more fascinated by sound vibration and modes of communication. Naturally inquisitive and inclined to test his knowledge, young Aleck was...

After going to the library with Mrs. Furber's class every day of the Library Week, I.Q., the class pet, hopes to take out a funny book with his own library card.

Describes various nocturnal animals and their nighttime activities, including the opossum, brown bat, and tree frog.

A moment-by-moment recreation of the first space flight to the moon, culminating in Neil Armstrong's step onto its surface.

Though her classmates call her Morticia and Ghoul Girl, Lily actually likes her work - the dead are good listeners, and they don't judge. Lily learns their stories, shares her worries with them as she makes up their faces, and embroiders pillows for their final rest. 'The way I figure it,' says Lily, 'a person's arrival into this world is about as unglamorous as it gets. The least I can do is dignify their departure.' Then, after a mysterious explosion...

Describes the forest life cycle and the destructive and renewing aspects of forest fire.

No one is coming into the pet shop, so the animals, from the smallest hamster to the biggest dog, put on a show to attract customers.

A brief study of the first creatures on earth to develop voices and an aversion to dry skin.