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Provides an introduction to the world of trees, from tiny saplings to forest giants.

Learn how plants store food during the winter and carry water up to the leaves through roots and stems.

A seed is like a little package - it has everything that it needs to make a new plant. Learn how tiny seeds can grow into big, leafy foliage.

Explores the brain to explain adolescent behavior and discover new ways to teach and understand teenagers. Examines research showing that a crucial part of the brain undergoes extensive changes during puberty, when raging hormones are often blamed for teenage behavior.

Reveals the processes involved in brain development across a lifetime. Features new information in the brain sciences and introduces the foremost researchers in the field.

Readers learn interesting facts about different types of trees found around the world.

How long can it take a plant seed to sprout? What do plants use to make their food? Young readers will discover these facts and more.

Part science, part adventure, a dog scientist presents a deep study of her own puppy Quid from birth until her first birthday, inviting readers to observe Quid's development week to week and revealing what it's really like to be a puppy.

"An educational picture book about the life cycle of a sunflower"--.

"In the 1800s a migrant farmer named Maria Ann Smith worked as an apple orchardist. Her discovery of a new type of apple that never turned red, but was always green, tart, sweet, and perfect for a pie, was due part to a fluke of nature, and part to Maria's insight and determination. The beloved Granny Smith apple that we know today was named in her honor. This is her story"--.