How long does it take for science to find an answer to a problem? On January 25, 1862, naturalist Charles Darwin received a box of orchids. One flower, the Madagascar star orchid, fascinated him. It had an 11.5 inch nectary, the place where flowers make nectar, the sweet liquid that insects and birds eat. How, he wondered, did insects pollinate the orchid? After experiments, he made a prediction. There must be a giant moth with a 11.5 inch proboscis,...

"When Starfish was rescued from a California beach, this Belgian Malinois puppy couldn't stand. That's because Starfish had swimmer puppy syndrome, which meant her leg muscles hadn't developed properly. If Starfish was going to walk, she would need help from a lot of new friends. Luckily, a team of doctors, therapists, and Starfish's family all worked together to encourage and support her. This true story teaches us what it means to never give up...

Twelve-year-old Miriam, poetic, smart, and quirky, is considered a freak by the popular girls at her middle school, and she eventually explodes in response to their bullying, revealing an inner strength she did not know she had.

Revel in rain throughout the seasons in this collection of poems about rain.

When Pocahontas befriends John Smith, an English colonists in 17th-century Virgina, both find their lives going in directions they never anticipated.

"This edition of GRE All the Verbal has been reorganized to start from the basics--words, in this case--and build to more complex sentences, paragraphs, and passages. You'll learn how to build your vocabulary in an organic way that allows you to use these words in grad school and at work, not just to regurgitate the words for the test. You'll also learn how to deconstruct complex sentences, a skill crucial not just for Text Completion and Sentence...

"A new account of one of the key battles of World War II told from the Japanese perspective."--