Abraham Lincoln didn't look like a president. He didn't always act like a president, either--he liked to wrestle with his sons and tell jokes. But he always fought for fairness, freedom, and unity. --Publisher
Describes a giant squid recently found off the coast of New Zealand, whose twenty-five-foot-long body can now be studied by scientists to reveal more facts about this mysterious creature of the deep.
Describes a 1997 discovery of the fossilized remains of a dinosaur nesting ground and what it told the fossil hunters of the habits and behavior of the dinosaurs that used it.
Introduces the wonders of electricity and lightning, including a look at what different cultures once believed lightning to be and how Benjamin Franklin proved what it really is.