Nathan Aaseng

A small fly buzzes around a plant with beautiful white flowers looking for a sweet snack of nectar. Slowly, the fly finds what it wants, and lands on the plant's bright red leaves. Suddenly, as the fly enjoys its meal, the leaf snaps shut. The fly is trapped. The fly didn't realize it had landed on a meat-eating plant. Can you believe there are plants that eat insects? Some can even trap small rodents and frogs. Author Nathan Aaseng tells your readers...

Many Christian leaders today promote rigid doctrine that says, "Never doubt. Never question." This insistence has been disastrous for the Christian faith because the first step in any faith formation is to wonder, to splutter out honest "God questions" that many of us harbor but rarely have been given permission to explore. I Wonder welcomes honest, unsettling questions, many of which have come young people and confirmation students, that are too...

Discusses animals with no backbones, including protozoans, sponges, worms, mollusks, arachnids, and arthropods.

Examines fish, reptiles, mammals, and other animals with backbones, noting both their similarities and their differences.

Describes the symptoms, diagnosis, effects, and treatments of the neurological disease known as MS, multiple sclerosis, as well as the stories of several well-known people who have this disease.