Koscielniak, Bruce

Players on their way to London to perform for the Queen stop in Stratford-on-Avon to visit William Shakespeare. Includes related quotations from Shakespeare's plays.

A history of the origins of the printing industry, including how paper and ink are made, looking particularly at the printing press invented by Gutenberg around 1450 but also at its precursors.

Describes the concept of time and how it has been measured throughout history, using water clocks, sundials, calendars, and atomic vibrations.

Hector and Prudence, a pig couple, settle into a life of domestic bliss--and a bundle of surprises--when they find a house and start a family.

When Geoffrey Groundhog pops out of his hole to predict the weather, he is blinded by television cameras and lights and is unable to see if he has a shadow. No one in town knows how to proceed, so Geoffrey needs help fast.

Describes the orchestra, the families of instruments of which it is made, and the individual instruments in each family.