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Brief text and pictures present the life of the man, born a slave, who became a scientist and devoted his entire life to helping the South improve its agriculture.

During his visit to an aquarium, a boy finds out about the characteristics and environments of many different marine and freshwater creatures.

A visit to a museum of natural history provides a little boy with an introduction to the habits, characteristics, and habitats of fourteen kinds of dinosaurs.

Family members admire the ornaments on their Christmas tree and share their memories of previous holidays as evoked by the ornaments.

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

Describes in words and pictures how William Penn came to found Philadelphia.

Discusses how scientists, studying fossil remains, provide information on how dinosaurs lived millions of years ago.

Poor Charles! He's going to be late for school again. Charles just can't keep his mind on what he's supposed to be doing. When he is having breakfast, he is thinking about Niagara Falls. When he is in math class, he is thinking about aeronautics. When he walks down a breezy street collecting seed pods, he is thinking about a new nose. Charles is always thinking about something else.When his teacher, Miss Crocky, sends him to the principal's office...