"Many different organisms live in forest environments, including mushrooms and other kinds of fungi. This elementary science curriculum topic is explained through accessible text to provide a better understanding of these complex life forms. Readers discover how other organisms, such as plants, benefit from certain fungi, while other organisms can be harmed by them"--Provided by publisher.
"Hoping to restore her father's good name and job, Maggie teams up with friend Nate to win a junior naturalist contest, but the rare bioluminescent fungus they find is big trouble. Includes facts about fungi"--OCLC.
Rhyming text and color illustrations describe the fungi all around us: in the air we breathe, the food we eat, and on our bodies; and discusses whether or not we should be afraid of it and how it is helpful.
How can an ant, butterfly, mouse, sparrow, and rabbit all take shelter from the rain under the same mushroom when, at first, there was only room for the ant?.
When a giant glowing fungus encroaches upon thirteen-year-old Eric's small town, he, his little brother Brian, and a runaway girl try to stop it--and figure out what happened to the Puritan town that had mysteriously disappeared from the same spot.
"How does a tiny spore become an umbrella-shaped mushroom? Follow each step in nature's cycle--from spores drifting in the wind to fully grown mushrooms--in this...book!"--Back cover.
When a giant glowing fungus encroaches upon thirteen-year-old Eric's small town, he, his little brother Brian, and a runaway girl try to stop it--and figure out what happened to the Puritan town that had mysteriously disappeared from the same spot.
