Ellen Lawrence

When you take a bite of an apple, you taste sweet fruitiness. When you lick an ice cream cone, your mouth is filled with icy-cold creamy flavors. All day, every day, your sense of taste is hard at work. Explore how your tongue, nose, nerve cells, and brain work as a team to help you enjoy the food and drinks that you love.

When someone strums a guitar, you hear music. When you chat with your friends, you hear their voices and your own. All day, every day, your sense of hearing is hard at work. Explore how your ears, nerve cells, and brain work as a team to help you hear the thousands of different sounds in the world around you.

When you stroke a kitten, you feel its soft fur. When you put a forkful of scorching-hot food into your mouth, you feel a burning pain. All day, every day, your sense of touch is hard at work. Explore how your skin, nerve cells, and brain work as a team to help you feel the world around you.

High in the trees of a rainforest, there lives a baby animal. She holds on tight to her mom as they swing through the treetops. She has tiny fingers and fuzzy orange hair. Explore the world of a baby orangutan!

In the leafy trees of a tropical forest, there lives a tiny baby reptile. She scampers along branches and is hard to spot among the bright green leaves. Explore the world of a baby iguana!

On a sunny spring morning in a forest, a little baby has just been born. His mother gently licks him clean. Soon, he is trying to stand up on his thin, wobbly legs. Explore the world of a baby moose!

Animal, plant, fungus--just what kind of living thing is a slime mold? How do these slimy blobs move from place to place? And how do slime molds help clean up rotting leaves and other dead stuff in backyards and forests? In this brand-new title, learn the answers to these questions and more--and prepare to get slimed! This new Science Slam! title will introduce readers to the secret, oozy world of slime molds. The book is expertly crafted to meet...

"Young readers will learn all about space."--

Whack! Smack! Thump! On a hot sandy beach, two hermit crabs are wrestling. The crabs are fighting over a large empty snail shell. First one crab grabs the shell, then the other pulls it away. The fighters roll over and over in the sand. What's so special about the shell? Each of the crabs wants the shell as its new home! Filled with information perfectly suited to the abilities and interests of its primary-grade audience, this colorful, fact-filled...

We see and use it every day, but what exactly is water, and what are its properties? In this title, students will get the opportunity to conduct experiments that show how water can be a liquid, a gas, or a solid. Kids will also get the chance to investigate questions such as "What floats in water?" and "What dissolves in water?" Using everyday items that kids can easily find around the house, students will turn into scientists as they carry out step-by-step...