Facklam, Margery

A poem describing the star that was present at the first Christmas.

Describes the development of the brain and the history of brain research, with discussions of biofeedback, memory, dreams, hypnosis, brainwashing, and current research topics.

Traces the history of pharmacology, from the early days of leeches and simple plants to modern research into drugs to work against cancer.

Rhyming text introduces bug-eating animals such as geckos, trout, or even people. Includes additional facts about each creature.

Illustrations and text provide a close-up look at the physical characteristics and habits of twelve different spiders and daddy-longlegs.

Examines the history of attempts to boost the immune system using plants, patent cures, and other treatments; discusses the discovery and development of modern medicines, as well as the marketing of common drugs; and looks at alternative treatments and the advent of drug-resistant germs.

Describes the work of paleontologists, beginning with Roy Chapman Andrews in the 1920s, who have searched in the Gobi Desert for evidence of dinosaurs.

What is a boy to do when his teacher-mother's historical novel is given as an example of the kind of "pornography" that should be banned from schools and libraries?.

Identifies thirteen different caterpillars and what steps they go through to become butterflies or moths.

Illustrates the ways in which humans and animals have worked together throughout history, from the dogs that helped Stone Age people hunt to bacteria that gobble up oil spills.