"When Marilla Cuthbert and her brother, Matthew, decide to adopt a child from a distant orphanage, they don't get quite what they bargained for. The child who awaits them at the tiny Bright River train station is not the strapping young boy they'd imagined--someone to help Matthew work the fields of their small farm--but rather a freckle-faced, redheaded girl named Anne (with an e, if you please). Matthew and Marilla may not be sure about Anne, but...

Surveys the world of flowering plants, discussing such aspects as plant growth, reproduction, pollination, flowers, seeds, fruits, lost habitats, and the extinction of plants.

Discusses the characteristics of different kinds of grasslands in the world and describes the structure of grasses, how they grow and develop, the grains they produce, and their importance to animals and humans.

Describes the many varieties of cacti and other succulent plants found around the world.

Focuses on varieties and life cycles of mosses and liverworts in different climates and habitats.

"In this book, young readers will learn why recycling is important, which materials can be reprocessed into new goods, and how improved design can make products easier to recycle."--

Unable to interest her parents, her brothers, or even her dog in going fishing with her, Lana creates her own boat and lake in her bedroom and soon has all the company a girl could want.