Bourgeois, Paulette

Traces the discovery, history, and manufacture of paper. Includes papermaking activities and puzzles.

Explains the work of garbage collectors, discussing the types of trash that people generate and ways in which refuse can be recycled.

Examines the wonders of dirt, where it appears, what life it contains, and how it can be used. Includes activities such as making a sand sculpture, a mud cake, and a hydroponic garden.

Provides information about the Sun through a collection of facts, experiments, projects, illustrations, and stories and legends.

Examines the history, cultivation, uses, and other aspects of the amazing potato.

Franklin and his friends love to play games, but one day when he becomes too bossy he learns it is more fun to be a good sport.

Describes, in simple text and illustrations, the history, cultivation, and many uses of apples.

Provides information about the Moon through a collection of facts, experiments, projects, illustrations, and stories and legends.

Sarah loves her shiny yellow boots, until the day she finds she has grown and cannot fit into them any more.

When Franklin tells his friends that he can swallow seventy-six flies in the blink of an eye, he learns it is better to be honest about his abilities.