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Days to Celebrate

A Full Year of Poetry, People, Holidays, History, Fascinating Facts, and More

by Hopkins, Lee Bennett & Alcorn, Stephen

Provides a listing of events, births of famous people, and holidays, with information and poetry about the twelve months of the year.

Close Encounters of a Third-World Kind

by Stewart, Jennifer J.

Twelve-year-old Annie is reluctant to travel to a village in Nepal for her father's two-month medical mission, but once there she assists at the clinic, makes ...

Inside Grandad

by Dickinson, Peter

Gavin tries to enlist the help of selkies--seal people--to communicate with his comatose grandfather.

The snowflake

a water cycle story

by Waldman, Neil

Follows the journey of a water droplet through the various stages of the water cycle, from precipitation to evaporation and condensation.

The Snowflake

A Water Cycle Story

by Waldman, Neil

Follows the journey of a water droplet through the various stages of the water cycle, from precipitation to evaporation and condensation.

Alice Yazzie's Year

by Maher, Ramona & Begay, Shonto

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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...

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.

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...

Stopping to Home

by Wait, Lea

In 1806, orphaned eleven-year-old Abigail and her little brother Seth find a home with the young Widow Chase in the seaport of Wiscasset, Maine, and help her d...