Life on Earth was born in the warm waters of the prehistoric oceans, but it was always thought to have developed its most intelligent form of life on land!
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Jim Trent; Rhoda Trent
Synopsis
Undersea explorers Jim and Rhoda Trent discover Shtill, a civilization of giant, intelligent frogs. After sending them to the surface world to let their fellow humans know of their plans to invade, the Shtillians are bluffed into thinking humans have greater weapons than theirs.
Gosh, what's the sense of visiting a club for old folks -- they're no fun!
Genre
advocacy
Indexer Notes
Public service announcement in cooperation with the National Social Welfare Assembly, coordinating organization for national health, welfare and recreation agencies of the U.S.
An alien dog lands on Earth, and together with 11-year-old Peter Blake and his next-door neighbor, a science fiction writer, it prevents a battle between two warring alien races.
A fireball is a type of meteor which is large enough to be apparently brighter than the planet Jupiter...
Genre
non-fiction; math & science
Synopsis
The following comparisons are made: the brightness between a fireball and Jupiter; the vision of a hawk and that of an airplane pilot; and the size of duckweed blossoms and the head of a pin.
While on the planet Jorga to buy toys for his company, Solar Toys Corporation, Steve Vance and toymaker Karstol use Karstol's indestructible toys to defeat an invasion by the warrior Kriil race.