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.

Explains the phases of the moon--the changes that seem to happen to it as it goes around Earth.

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.

Explores how mountains are made, including how Mount Everest grew from a flat plain under an ocean to become 29,028 feet tall!