Archimedes Notebook

 Spring comes in its own time, sometimes in a flurry of flowering and sometimes a slow opening of a bud. While visiting Boston, I walked aro...

The Secrets of the Jellies: Amazing Jellyfish and Their Surprising Talents    by Karen Jameson; illus by Marie Hermansson 40 pages; ages 5-8...

 Last week a friend invited us to stroll through the Arnold Arboretum. It's Harvard University's "tree museum" and botanic...

Look at this - two books about trees, both published by Millbrook Press this month. One about a living tree, one about a dead tree, but with...

 It's been a rainy spring here in the northeast - and some mornings are still on the cold side. (Snow, anyone?) But spring flowers are s...