A young Welsh boy is rewarded for his beautiful harp playing with a silver cow, the gift of the magic people living in the lake. The cow makes his family rich but when his father becomes greedy the magic people take their revenge.

Examines what is known about dinosaur bones, behavior, and other characteristics and how different the facts often are from what scientists, from ancient China to the recent past, believed to be true.

A calendar of celebrations which describes holidays and festivals of all major religions and cultures from around the world. Includes original photography.

Describes what one may find in a natural history museum and the work that goes on behind the scenes.

Marvelosissimo the Magician explains the development of standard units of measure, and shows the simplicity of calculating length, height, weight, and volume using the metric system.

An introduction to the life and accomplishments of Benjamin Franklin, who was famous as a printer, inventor, scientist, and statesman.

Text and photographs introduce amazing members of the snake world, including the sunbeam snake, milk snake, and reticulated python.

Simple text and illustrations of a variety of insects introduce the numbers one through five.

Examines the life of Leonardo da Vinci, focusing on his unfinished sculpture of a huge horse he was commissioned to create for the Duke of Milan in the late 1400s, and discusses how the project was taken up by pilot Charlie Dent in 1977 and, after several setbacks, completed and presented as a gift to Milan in 1999.

Chronicles and captures poetically the history, mood, and movement of African American music.