Home is a long way from home! There are no refrigerators in space - think about it! Life on the International Space Station is well, another, way of life: you wake up in a sleeping bag tied to the wall; open a food package which keeps your meals from floating away, and then maybe go to work...walking in space! (And the toilet? That's a story!) A lively reader about the daily life on the ISS. --

Shares information on Bao Bao, the newest panda cub at the National Zoo, including who her parents are, how she got her name, and her favorite treats. --

Born to a wealthy family in Victorian London, Beatrix Potter never had many playmates. When she got lonely, she turned to the animals in her playroom: rabbits, mice, frogs, hedgehogs ... even a snake! From an early age, she was a talented painter, and she published her art as a young woman. Her dream of becoming a children's book author, though, didn't come true until she was in her mid-thirties. After writing a letter about four little bunnies to...

An introduction to time discusses the inventions and communication used to tell time throughout history, including hour glasses and atomic clocks to calendars and chronometers.

Readers learn about the history of unicorns. Did you know that the Siberian unicorn roamed the Earth during the last Ice Age? Or that people used to make unicorn horns into medicine? Or that technically any creature with one horn is considered a unicorn? That means narwhals, certain antelope, and even shrimp with a horn can be called unicorns! Discover the history of this special creature, and decide for yourself if you believe in unicorns. With simple...

"Did you know that the legendary Hercules fought against the hydra, a sea monster with many heads? Or that the giant squid is powerful enough to use its 30-foot-long tentacles to turn a whale into prey? Enormous creatures still lurk in the depths of the ocean! Embracing children's delight in the mythical creatures while also imparting fascinating facts about the real ones, discover the history of these special animals and decide for yourself if you...

"Did you know that oxpeckers help out giraffes by eating pesky insects off of them? Or that turtles hitchhike on hippos to sunbathe and regulate their body temperatures? These animals show that you don't need to be the same size, or even the same species, to be best buddies!"--

"Did you know that many Highland dances use swords to prove their strength? Or that bharatanatyam dancers perform with bells around their ankles and red dye on their hands and feet? There's a whole world of dances out there! Told with simple language and shown with vivid photographs, A World of Dancers is perfect for emerging readers curious about the fascinating and varied dancers worldwide"--