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...

As the reader turns the page, a new animal is added to an illustration of a country home in the winter.

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

A youngster investigates the procedures involved in getting the potato from the farmer's field to the dinner table.

Anyone can learn to be a nature detective and tell what animals have been around, if he learns to recognize clues, especially different footprints.