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The Magic Pillow

by Demi,

Based on a famous Chinese folktale, The Magic Pillow tells the story of a poor boy named Ping who is given a magic pillow by a mysterious magician. Ping sees w...

Steel Town

by Winter, Jonah

In Steel Town, it's always dark.In Steel Town,it's always raining...In Steel Town, the mills blaze all day and all night, making steel and even more steel to b...

When the Wolves Returned

Restoring Nature's Balance in Yellowstone

by Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw

When wolves were eliminated from Yellowstone National Park the natural system was out of balance. Shows the return of the wolves to the park and the natural ba...

Imaginary Menagerie

A Book of Curious Creatures

by Larios, Julie

Who is half gallop, half walk? Who can turn you to stone with one look? Whose voice do you hear in the splash on the shore? Centaurs, mermaids, and other curio...

Eggs

by Singer, Marilyn

Explains the varieties, functions, and characteristics of the eggs of a multitude of creatures, including insects, birds, and reptiles.

Tuko and the Birds

A Tale from the Philippines

by Climo, Shirley

When Tuko the gecko cries so loudly that the birds stop singing and cannot sleep, they try to trick him into moving from their home on the Philippine island of...

Where the Steps Were

by Cheng, Andrea

The third-graders are sad that this will be their last year at Pleasant Hill Elementary before their school is torn down. Poems narrated in the voices of five ...

Planting the Trees of Kenya

The Story of Wangari Maathai

by Nivola, Claire A.

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How I Learned Geography

by Shulevitz, Uri

As he spends hours studying his father's world map, a young boy escapes the hunger and misery of refugee life. Based on the author's childhood in Kazakhstan, w...

Muhammad Ali

Champion of the World

by Winter, Jonah

Provides a profile of this legendary and flamboyant boxer and the complicated life he led, from changing his religion and his name to dodging the draft during ...