Frank Carlson Library

Describes the various forms which money can take, including coins, paper money, and personal checks, and how it can be used to make purchases, pay off loans, or build interest in the bank.

Explains the meaning of mathematical terms which begin with the different letters of the alphabet from abacus, binary, and cubit to zillion.

Introduces, in simple text and photographs, the characteristics of some of the animals and plants that can be found at the seashore. Includes a sea urchin, seagull, barnacle, crab, sea star, seaweed, and driftwood.

Explores counting by powers of ten all the way up to the largest numbers that exist.

Introduces, in simple text and photographs, the characteristics of various animals that live in the desert. Includes a coyote, gecko, rattlesnake, mouse, scorpion, and tarantula.

"Explores the concepts of ratio and proportion by growing or shrinking various objects by the same amounts"--Provided by publisher. If your dog were the size of a dinosaur, his dinner would fill your bedroom! If the moon were the size of a marble, earth would fit in your hands! If your submarine sandwich was as big as its name, the pickle would be as big as a life raft! Mighty math-man David Schwartz's amazing examples of relative size, and James...

Explores the world of pigeons, rabbits, squirrels, swans, and other animals living among the grass and burdocks of a park.

Marvelosissimo the Magician explains the development of standard units of measure, and shows the simplicity of calculating length, height, weight, and volume using the metric system. 2 folded pages open out to form a meter-wide page complete with an illustration of a meter-long ruler, and a three-page appendix offers more in-depth information about the metric system.

Examines the life in and around a pond, including bullfrogs, crayfish, and snapping turtles.

Introduces, in simple text and photographs, the eyes of crabs, fish, frogs, horseflies, starfish, cats, and geckos.