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Tender and heartrending, Jane Yolen's clear-eyed tale of a child's effort to rescue a beached whale evokes a fierce love of wildlife and a universal sense of loss.Sally and her brothers are walking home from school along the dunes in their Maine town when they come upon an enormous whale. He's stranded on the beach. Her brother runs for help, and many people rally to respond, but the tide is going out quickly and the whale is just so big. Still, Sally is able to sit near the whale's massive eye and tell him he's beautiful and strong, and that she will miss him no matter what happens. Master storyteller Jane Yolen and illustrator Melanie Cataldo have created an authentic portrait of vulnerability that is at once spare, moving, and honest.

A guide on how to use DNA to find one's long-lost family.

Over 1500 topics coverd in this reference encyclopdia. Lavishily illustrated with full-color artwork, charts and diagrams.

Inlcudes chapters on the following: Why aren't girls' bodies the same as boys'? - Why do babies cry all the time? - What is a bellybutton? - Why does our head have so much hair? - Whey does our hair turn gray? - Why do we get a lump when we bump our head? - Did you know that our eyes always have tears in them? - How do glasses help us see? - Whey are our eyes set aprt? - Whey do we have two ears? - Why do we get carsick or seasick? - How do our ears work? - Why do our ears pop when we go into a tunnel? - Why does our nose run? - What happens when we lose a tooth? - Why do we get cavities? - Where does our voice come from? - What is a uvula? - Why do we cough and sneeze when we catch cold? - How many bones are there in our body? - Why do we get hungry? - Why do foods taste different? - Why does our stomach ache if we play right after eating? - Why do we gain weight? - Why do we make fingerprints? - Why do our nails grow? - Why does our skin wrinkle when we take a bath? - Why do we sweat when we get hot? - Why do we shiver when we are cold? - Why do we get sunburned or tanned? - Why do we have moles? - Why do we pant when we run? - Why do we get hiccups? - Why do our legs go to sleep if we sit on them? - Why are we ticklish? - Why do we yawn? - Why do we get sleepy at night? - Why do we have dreams? - What is it?.

Includes: the body, the body's surface, the body's framework, the moving body, the oxygen supply, fueling the body, transport and maintenance, the control network, sensing the surroundings, the body's life cycle. skin, hair, nails, fingerprints, skeleton, bones, joints, muscles, lungs, breathing, respiratory system, eating and digestion, teeth, digestion, cirulation, heart, blood, brain, nerves, senses, eyes, sight, ears, hearing, nose, smell, taste, touch.

Examines the structure and function of various parts of the human body, including skin, hair, muscles, bones, teeth, nerves, brain, eyes, hearing, nose, senses, what you eat and drink, heart, and describes how the various parts of the brain sense our environment and coordinate our actions.