The universe is rapidly expanding. Of that much scientists are certain. But how fast? And with what implications regarding the fate of the universe? Ellen Jackson and Nic Bishop follow Dr. Alex Fillippenko and his High-Z Supernova Search Team to Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii, where they will study space phenomena and look for supernovae, dying stars that explode with the power of billions of hydrogen bombs. Dr. Fillippenko looks for black holes--areas...

Presents facts and folklore about the shortest day of the year, a day that has been filled with magic since ancient times.

In easy-to-read text, describes what the first day of school might be like for a child in Kenya, Kazakhstan, Canada, Australia, Japan, China, Peru, Germany, India, Russia, and the United States.

"A fascinating counting journey through the amazing and mysterious world of octopuses"--

A young boy learns about colors in a day at the farm.

During a geography lesson, a child takes an imaginary journey to each of the seven seas, including the Brown Sea which is made of chocolate, and the Pink Sea which has flamingos.

Scatterbrain Sam finds true love while gathering ingredients for the mysterious glue stew that is supposed to make him smarter.

"This cookbook celebrates The Chefs Collaborative's work by featuring more than 115 original, delicious recipes from some of America's best chefs as well as providing practical, relevant information from experts in the sustainable food community on how concepts like sustainable, local, organic, and clean translate into cooking and eating at home"--

Investigates how scientists, particularly Jill Tarter, Director of the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California, use twenty-first century technology to investigate whether life exists on other planets.