Lois Ehlert uses watercolor collage and pieces of actual seeds, fabric, wire, and roots in this innovative and rich introduction to the life of a tree. A special glossary explains how roots absorb nutrients, what photosynthesis is, how sap circulates, and other facts about trees.

Relates the experiences of a little girl as she learns to tell the difference between make-believe and real life.

The many different animals that live in a great Kapok tree in the Brazilian rainforest try to convince a man with an ax of the importance of not cutting down their home.

Using scraps cut from the family's old clothing, Tanya helps her grandmother and mother make a beautiful quilt that tells the story of her family's life.

When the thing from outer space visits earth, it is taken first for a trick-or-treater and then for a robot.

A boy and his father come from far away to visit the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington and find the name of the boy's grandfather, who was killed in the conflict.

While her third-grade classmates are sprouting seeds in paper cups, Holly has a more ambitious, innovative science project in mind.

His friends tease Arthur when he gets glasses, but he soon learns to wear them with pride. Arthur's gentle humor teaches kids about their own feelings and how their behavior affects others.

After she falls headfirst into a bird's nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.

On a special field trip in the magic school bus, Ms Frizzle's class learn at first hand about different kinds of rocks and the formation of the earth.