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Mind Games

by Grunwell, Jeanne Marie

Each of the six members of Mr. Ennis's Mad Science Club presents a report of his or her experiences working on a science fair project to investigate ESP, which...

Rabble Rousers

Twenty Women Who Made a Difference

by Harness, Cheryl

Just in time for Women's History Month, here are short, spirited profiles of twenty women who impacted life in America by speaking out against injustice and fi...

September 11, 2001

by Santella, Andrew

Recounts events of September 11, 2001, when terrorists flew into the World Trade Cent er and the Pentagon, discusses what is known of the terrorists, and relat...

A Stone in My Hand

by Clinton, Cathryn

Eleven-year-old Malaak and her family are touched by the violence in Gaza between Jews and Palestinians when first her father disappears and then her older bro...

New Year Be Coming!

A Gullah Year

by Boling, Katharine

Verses written in the Gullah dialect of the southeastern seacoast describe the months of the year and activities that characterize each.

Please, Malese!

A Trickster Tale from Haiti

by MacDonald, Amy

Using his tricky ways, Malese takes advantage of his neighbors, until they catch on, after which he manages to pull an even bigger trick on them.

The Confe$$ion$ and $ecret$ of Howard J. Fingerhut

by Hershenhorn, Esther & Long, Ethan

Fourth-grader Howard J. Fingerhut, also known as Howie, is so certain he's going to win the H. Marion Muckley Junior Businessperson of the Year Contest, he dec...

Animal actors

by Presnall, Judith Janda

Discusses the use of animals in films and television, their training and care both on and off the set, and the American Humane Association's monitoring of thei...

Horse therapists

by Presnall, Judith Janda

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Langston Hughes, American poet

by Walker, Alice & Deeter, Catherine

An illustrated biography of the Harlem poet whose works gave voice to the joy and pain of the black experience in America.