To some people, bees might seem like pests, especially when they're using their stingers or buzzing around a picnic. However, they're incredibly important parts of nature. Without bees, much of the food supply for humans and animals could dwindle. With the help of this informative volume, young readers learn all about the importance of these interesting insects. Age-appropriate text helps reinforce key concepts from the elementary-science curriculum, such as what pollination is and how it works. Readers also learn about the dangers bees face and how they can help.
Explains basic book repair techniques useful to libraries with limited budgets, as well as alternative, more ambitious conservation treatments, covering paper cleaning and mending, water damage, mold and mildew, hinge and spine repair, and protective enclosures.
Jackson Brooks recounts his lifelong love of classic sports cars, describing how he found and restored his favorite cars and why he loves hunting for new vehicles.
"Casey Slater can't believe her bad luck. Instead of the perfect summer vacation she'd planned, Casey is in a remote country town, where her parents are restoring an old, creaky, creepy house. Worst of all, everyone in town thinks the house is haunted. Soon Casey thinks so, too--a vase explodes, a china cabinet falls over on its own--and it seems like the ghost doesn't want them there. Casey thought she'd be dying of boredom, but now she's scared to death!"--Back cover.
Stella the Mouse, Nico the Toad, Delilah the Spider, and Bo the Parakeet are upset by the construction going on at school, especially when Goldie goes missing.
Laura decides to purchase her beloved childhood orphanage with dreams of restoring and reopening the long abandoned facility as a place for disabled children. The new environment awakens the imagination of Laura's son. His ongoing fantasy games played with an invisible friend quickly turn into something more disturbing. Upon seeing her family increasingly threatened by the strange occurrences in the house, Laura looks to a group of parapsychologists for help in unraveling the mystery that has taken over the place.
Introduces the history, tools, materials, and techniques of scrapbooking, providing advice on scrapbook design, embossing, cropping and matting photographs, adding words, embellishments, and other topics.
