Carol Greene

"Find out why water is important, and how people can protect it."--

Why is land so important? It is where our food grows, and what we live on. Readers find out how to keep our land clean and safe in Carol Greene's narrative.

buttons is a quiet novel that uses deceptively simple language to draw the reader into the heart and mind of its young protagonist. we experience only what she experiences through her five senses and vivid imagination and so live in her skin over the course of three seamless days as she strives to save her family by saving her parents' marriage. In the embrace of buttons, young readers will see themselves and mature readers will remember themselves....

Explores the history of Halloween from the holiday's Celtic origins over 2000 years ago to present-day celebrations, and provides spooky riddles and ideas for pumpkin art.

Relates how John Chapman's distribution of apple seeds and trees across America made him a legend.

Describes the peregrine falcon and its behavior, explains its status as an endangered species, and suggests what can be done to help save it.

A biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, who actually lived in the little houses about which she wrote.

Briefly discusses the history and uses of automatically operating devices from mechanical toys through dishwashers and clock radios to cyborgs and manipulators.

Describes the different kinds of work which dentists do such as checking teeth and filling cavities. Questions and answers at the end offer further information about this profession.