Readers will follow Sophie the silkworm as she spins the story of her magnificent metamorphosis. Sophies character is at once whimsical and relatable, sparking readers interest about her life cycle and role in her ecosystem. Information-rich text and accessible language introduce readers to a silkworms life stages, as corresponding photographs help readers visualize the process. Readers will delight in Sophies story of trying to prove how important her silk really is, while learning important facts about a silkworms habitat, anatomy, and uses. This volume supports elementary life science curricula in a fun and fascinating way.

Among seventeenth-century classical French writers La Rochefoucauld owes his renown to his maxims and La Bruyère to his stylised portraits, or caractères. This book starts from the basic assumption that both writers were 'moralists', and as such were concerned with a universal picture of man and society within the limitations of nature and reason. The two moralists are studied separately. Professor de Mourgues stresses their individual characteristics, and the complexity of their views. She draws attention to the problems of literary diction they had to face, and comments on the artistic achievement to be found in the Maximes and the Caractères. This study shows that the position of La Rochefoucauld and la Bruyère as 'moralists' is more ambiguous than the usual neat definitions of the term would allow. This study raises delicate questions of interpretation, and adds equally to the fascination of the two writers' work.

Product Description: A mealworm is an insect! Thats what Mickey the mealworm wants everyone to know as he wiggles around as a larva, awaiting his great transformation. Readers follow this funny and relatable character as he grows from misunderstood larva to a pupa, and finally, a beetle...read more

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Product Description: Hi! I'm Juliet. I'm 10 years old. And I'm nearly a vet! There's a cat show in town and some of the cats are going to board at Mum's vet clinic. Chelsea and I can't wait to see all the different types of cats. The owners have special techniques for preparing their pets for the show—and some are very fussy...read more

When a decision made at the breakfast table culminates in a terrible accident and a new relationship for their teenage daughters, Sophia and Darius find their lives intertwined with those of a B-list celebrity, a sexually repressed filmmaker, and a failed makeover candidate.

Product Description: Covers Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).

Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

Product Description: A boy and his family race to escape the devastation caused when the South Fork Dam breaks and water destroys their town. Your students will learn about science as they read the Eyewitness series of realistic adventure stories. Each story takes place during a famous American natural disaster...read more

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The mysterious appearance of a woman dressed in all white leads Walter Hartright to the discovery of a complicated plot involving a stolen inheritance and an escape from a mental institution. Reprint.

A red-eyed treefrog hops through the rainforest in the direction of the most beautiful sound she has ever heard, meeting various other frogs along the way.

A crocodile that has lived peacefully with the other creatures at her watering hole suddenly becomes mean and drives them all away.

A lonely clownfish leaves his anemone home and searches for a friend who looks just like himself.

When news spreads among the koalas that there will be a special event, a baby koala convinces his mother that they should attend.

As a group of kangaroos, exhausted from trying to escape a fire, meets a dead end, a wallaby comes to the rescue.