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"Emmy and her classmates have a special hands-on assignment: raising salmon and releasing them into the wild! At school, they learn about the biology, life cycle, and habitat of salmon, and watch them grow from egg stage to fry stage. When Release Day comes, the students wish their fry goodbye and good luck, hoping that one day they'll find their way back to spawn."--

Based on real events, this story shows how a team of international volunteers worked together to save priceless artifacts after a flood.

"When the first snowfall of the year arrives, Chiyoko wants to build a snowman with her Papa, but instead learns the importance of patience as she participates in her family's long-standing tradition of miso making"--

The kid scientists are in Yellowstone National Park, checking on a wolf pack they last saw one year ago.

After a racist encounter, an Asian American girl decides to fight hate by spreading love.

"Beauty is a scientist who is never without her beaker. When a beast of a storm hits her island home, Beauty discovers a type of green energy that will restore power to the community, and help many others, too"--

When Juan finds math hard, he feels embarrassed and acts out in class, but he feels better after seeking help and learning others struggle with it as well.

This tender story explores the impact of a parent's cancer diagnosis on a child's daily life, while offering kids ways to help loved ones on their recovery journey.

After an angry outburst, a young girl learns from her grandfather how imitating the pause between a lightning flash and thunder clap can help her control her temper.

Dive into our oceans to learn why we need them--and why they need us.

"Even though rain forests take up less than 10 percent of our world's land, more than half the world's plants and animals live in those rain forests, and the Amazon rain forest is our largest tropical rain forest. Its size alone makes it important, but its size is only a small part of why we need it"--

As a young Robert Louis Stevenson visits a Scottish lighthouse built by his great-grandfather, his father tells him a story of pirates and lighthouses.

Inspired by a card her father brings home from England, nineteen-year-old Esther Howland pioneers a new way of expressing love in America by creating and selling Valentine's Day cards and establishes a new holiday tradition.

"With young children who speak Japanese, Spanish, Hebrew, Mandarin Chinese, French, Indian, Italian, and Arabic as well as English, this class welcomes a new teacher with enthusiasm and diversity throughout their day"--

When a young raccoon comes to live at the pond, Chip worries that his friendship with Ben will change.

When giant tortoise Arlene's daisy wreath turns into an island fad, animals from all over scurry to buy and sell trendy flower.

"A nonfiction picture book for young children with a twist; packed with interesting facts, it shows young children the healthy habits they can learn from wild animals, encouraging them to go on: be wild!"--

When Kat breaks a promise to Sage, she tries to apologize, but Sage, who is still hurt, ignores the apology, forcing Kat to find another way to make things right with her best friend.

After hearing her cousin Keeley perform the guitar at an amazing concert, Mia plans to learn everything she can about this amazing instrument, so through experiments and research, she gathers the knowledge she needs to build her own instrument and put on a show for her family.

"In 1930's rural Kentucky, Anna Mary, rhymes with library, and her horse, Sand, go from farm to farm to deliver books to the delight of both children and adults"--

Anzu struggles to make friends at her new school, and each time she tries to help a classmate with their origami she is rebuffed, but with her grandfather's patient encouragement, Anzu finds a way to connect with her classmates.

"Owen and his team of volcanologists journey to Iceland to determine whether a famous volcano will erupt again"--

Even after he was diagnosed with AIDS, Ryan White never lost hope.

Lily and her grandpa are good pen pals, so when he dies and leaves behind a rice paper scroll he was painting for her, Lily finishes the scroll with help from her mother.

Follows staff members, from teachers to cafeteria workers to the principle, as they diligently prepare for the first day of the new school year.

"When Bruno tells Juno that he can hold more weight than she can, the competition starts. And it doesn't stop until both dump trucks just can't hold one more thing. Bruno and Juno agree that their friendship is stronger than any load they can carry"--

The trucks are working hard in summer and things are heating up, so Digby and the crew cool down with help from the ice cream truck.

Isaac wants to grow a beard, just like his dad, who always seems to be the coolest person in the barbershop, but after trying for weeks with no success, he discovers there are other ways to immolate his father's coolness.

"There are about three thousand different kinds of cicadas but only the males make the sound we know. Some cicadas appear every year but other kinds only show up every seventeen years, but no one knows why. And there can be trillions of them! Interesting facts and a rhythmic, rhyming verse combine with colorful illustrations to portray one of the most fascinating insects in the world."--