Millicent E Selsam

Don't throw out your kitchen scraps - grow them! Discover how you can transform leftover pomegranate seeds, mango pits, and dried bits of gingerroot into thriving plants. From the common carrot to the exotic cherimoya, you'll be amazed at the gardening possibilities hidden in the foods you eat.  With clear illustrations and step-by-step instructions, this innovative guide shows you how to cultivate 68 common shoots, seeds, pits, roots, and tubers...

"Keeping a sharp eye out for clues like animal tracks and odors can help people identify the animals that have passed through an area."--

Introduces some animals that lived long ago, such as the giant sloth, camelus, huge roaches, and uintatherium.

Lists various kinds of horses and explains how to tell them apart.

Easy-to-read science text traces the fertilization of the egg and the growth and hatching out of the chick.

Describes the growth cycle of the type of corn used to make popcorn.

Text and illustrations introduce aquatic reptiles that swam in the oceans more than 70 million years ago.

Photographs and brief text explain how a tomato plant sprouts, is fertilized, and produces fruit. Compares this cycle to that of all other fruit vegetables including the eggplant and cucumber.

"A young girl finds some caterpillars, keeps them in jars and feeds them, and then she sees the caterpillars make cocoons and moths emerge from the cocoons." --

Explains how spiders differ from other creatures and from each other.