If You Plant a Seed
While planting seeds in their garden, two animals learn the value of kindness.
2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist
While planting seeds in their garden, two animals learn the value of kindness.
When a boy visits an art museum and one of the paintings comes to life, he has an afternoon of adventure and discovery that changes how he sees the world ever after.
Offers unexpected examples of the concept of inside and outside, including a school of fish in a river and the fishermen above, a dog inside a sailboat cabin and the boat caught in a storm, and bumble bees in their hive and a field of flowers.
Mouse and Cow are making soup, but Pig keeps trying to add strange ingredients.
Presents a series of situations in which taking chances and trying new things can lead to good results, even if there were mistakes along the way.
A thorough explanation of the formation and effects of rain.
After he passes his swimming test, little Jabari decides he's ready to try jumping off the diving board, but when the big moment arrives, Jabari needs to work up the courage to jump.
When Mrs. Ruler asks five of her kindergarteners to miss recess, she's got a special plan up her sleeve. She's about to teach a new version of the golden rule: Kindness is cool! Soon the entire class is doing so many good deeds that their kindness bulletin board barely fits their classroom! From clearing the table after dinner, to helping the elderly, one kindergarten class is proving that kids really can make a difference. Count along with Mrs. Ruler's class. Can all their good deeds really add up to 100 acts of kindness?
A young boy rides the bus across town with his grandmother and learns to appreciate the beauty in everyday things.
The true story of how schoolchildren helped fund the construction of the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty in New York City.