Does moss only grow on the north side of a tree? Is the North Star
really the brightest star? Will a mother bird abandon its baby if you
put it back in its nest? Will toads really give you warts? The Truth
About Nature answers all of these questions and more. This useful
compendium for parents and children to read together sets the record
straight on nature myths once and for all. It breaks down 144 everyday
nature myths, identifying how true the myth really is, with the book's
unique "myth scale" (level 1 being somewhat true to level 3 being a
complete myth). Organized by season and covering facts that are so
strange they must simply be false (but they're true!), this interactive
guidebook also offers readers the chance to do their own science
experiments to bust a few myths on their own.