Books in Hand in Hand with Nature series

African Violets, prickly cactus, popping corn, and prizewinning pumpkins. With The Garden Book & Greenhouse, kids can grow their own, and catch the gardening bug. A fully illustrated field and garden guide nestled inside a sturdy working greenhouse, this book is written by a horticultural consultant who has taught gardening to children for over 25 years. The book teaches young botanists the secrets of plant life from flower to root, chlorophyll to photosynthesis. It explains how to set up a growing greenhouse, germinate seeds from petunias and pansies, peas and peanuts. Here's how to transplant seedlings, and sow a first garden-even if it's only in a windowbox. Activities include raising flowers you can smell and eat, writing your name in watercress, learning to read seed packages, and being a plant doctor to your creations.The see-through shatterproof greenhouse has a removable growing tray for easy drainage and cleaning, and is the perfect plant nursery-or year-round terranium, cactus bed, herbarium or sprout factory. Together, the book and greenhouse yield a harvest of fun. Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club and Scholastic Book Services. Suitable for ages 5-10. 20,000 copies in print.

Combining the curiosities of nature and the joy of crafts-science and art together-this delightful book and press introduces children to the centuries-old tradition of plant collecting and preservation. With its convenient handle and compact size, the press is specially designed to fit little hands. Heavy-duty top and bottom plates are connected on four corners by over-sized nuts and bolts that make it easy to apply-and maintain-just the right pressure. Sheets of blotting paper and corrugated spacers ensure proper air circulation. The full-color field guide includes easy-to-follow instructions for operating the press, and tells young readers how to identify, pick, and preserve 28 plants common to North American backyards, parks, fields, and meadows. Kids learn the Wildflower Credo, which plants to avoid, and discover projects and activities that include making pressed-flower pictures, floral stationery, and an herbarium. Suitable for ages 6-12. Selection of the Children's Book-of-the-Month Club and Scholastic Book Services. 117,000 copies in print.

Introducing a caveman for kids. Following the enormous success of The Bones Book & Skeleton comes the Neanderthal Book & Skeleton, combining kids' love for bones with their curiosity about prehistoric life. Neanderthal transports kids back to the Stone Age. The 12-inch, 25-piece skeleton reveals the differences and similarities between modern humans and this early species. Included are replicas of a bone flute and flint-point spearhead. The full-color book is a fascinating guide to what we know about the Neanderthals, weaving together the methods of scientific deduction with projects and activities. Suitable for ages 7 and up.135,000 copies in print.

Perfect for any beginning bird watcher, here is an illustrated field guide to 30 common North American backyard bird species, nestled in its own plastic bird feeder. Featuring everything from Jays to Juncos to Song Sparrows to Chickadees, the book also explains how to set up the feeder, what kinds of food to serve when, and how to keep unwelcome guests away. It tells why hummingbirds hum and who wins the prize as the worst mother (the Cowbird, who lays its eggs in another birds nest!). Plus, learn all about migration, nesting, and the fun of keeping a bird journal.The see-through plastic feeder comes with two suction cups, and can attach to the window, sit on the sill, or hang from a tree. Use it and learn from it all year long. Suitable for ages 5-12. Selection of the Children's Book-of-the-Month Club. 957,000 copies in print.

Make no bones about it. Kids love Halloween, the biology lab, skeletons to put together, weird facts from science-all of which come together in the bones book & skeleton. The 12-inch, 25-piece skeleton is designed according to standards set by Gray's Anatomy and has actual moving joints. Packaged unassembled, the finished model can be displayed proudly in its clear plastic bell jar. Filled with projects, experiments, and incredible facts, The Bones Book & Skeleton is the curious young anatomist's guide to the body.Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club.Winner of the Parent's Choice Foundation's 1992 Parents Choice Award. Suitable for ages 6-12.1,655,000 copies in print.

Taking the fun, science, and discovery of The Bones Book & Skeleton one step further is the bones & skeleton gamebook. Written by Karen C. Anderson, editor of Games Magazine Junior Kids' Big Book of Games, and bones authority Stephen Cumbaa, the workbook is a heavily illustrated, large-size collection of activities, paper games, quizzes, puzzles, and at-home experiments that allows kids to find out even more about the human body and how it works. Selection of the Book-of-the-Month Club and Scholastic Book Services.Suitable for ages 6-10. 224,000 copies in print.

In Touch with Nature provides exciting introductions to the amazing world of nature, built around hands-on experiments, observations, and projects. The series helps children to find out about the natural world in a way that no amount of reading alone could match. Each book in the series provides a fascinating way into a particular aspect of nature, from mammals to flowering plants. Lively, concise explanatory pages are interwoven with a series of safe, practical activities for children to carry out in the home or close by. Specially commissioned photographic sequences and step-by-step instructions how clearly how to perform each activity.