Best-selling simplifier of science Lucille Recht Penner unearths the truthabout the water bug which sucks its victims' blood like a vampire, the assassinbug which turns its prey to mush with a special poison, and other barbaricbugs. ...

Illus. in full color. A scintillating survey of sensational serpents, fromblood-spewing West Indian boas to 'flying' golden tree snakes.

Eight messy bunkmates win the camp prize for cleanest cabin in this funny story about using fractions. Math Concept: Fractions

Hoping to be the last person awake, a young girl keeps count as one person after another turns out a light in the apartment building across from hers.

Tired of everyone calling him slow, Teddy practices his running and keeps track of the time it takes to run to the school bus or the store as he prepares to run a big race.

Jill uses a map to help keep track of the places where her dog, Bingo, has been burying his bones to save them from being taken by Hulk, the cat. Math concept: Position words/maps.

Upon moving to their grandfather's house, two boys discover a treasure map in the attic and must learn how to use it in order to find their surprise.