Let's-read-and-find-out science book

A simple description of how corn was discovered and used by the Indians and how it came to be an important food throughout the world.

Explains how the various orders and suborders of dinosaurs were similar and different in structure and appearance.

Discusses the size, distance from the earth, and physical characteristics of the moon. Explains the reasons for the phases of the moon.

Describes the physical characteristics of a variety of snakes and how they hunt, catch, and eat their prey.

Explains various changes in humanity's beliefs about the shape of the earth, from the flat earth theories of the ancients to the round earth theories which were proven true by the voyages of Columbus and Magellan.

Describes how fireflies make their light, tells how to catch and handle them, and notes several interesting uses for firefly light.

Brief text and illustrations describe the various parts of the foot and all the things feet help us to do.

Describes the life cycle of an apple from its initial appearance as a spring bud to that point in time when it becomes a fully ripe fruit.

Explains the basic characteristics of weather--temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, air pressure--and how meteorologists gather data for their forecasts.

29,028 feet tall and still growing?! Even though Mount Everest measures 29,028 feet high, it may be growing about two inches a year. A mountain might be thousands of feet high, but it can still grow taller or shorter each year. Mountains are created when the huge plates that make up the earth's outer shell very slowly pull and push against one another. Read and find out about all the different kinds of mountains.