Simon finds a magic hippopotamus in the garden. It shrinks if someone says a word meaning "small" and grows again if the word "hippopotamus" is said. Simon loves his new pet but finds out that it isn't the easiest kind of animal to keep

A young man and his dog drive west from Ohio and marvel at the farms of Iowa, the skies of Nebraska, the ilustrations wind in Wyoming, the mountains of Colorado, the desert in Nevada, and the ocean in Oregon

This book is about Muhammad Ali

Michael’s love for his one-hundred-year-old great-great-aunt, who lives with his family, leads him to intercede with his mother who wants to toss out all of Aunt Dew’s old things

A young girl and her mother remember together all the girl’s favorite stories about her mother’s childhood

For months, six-year-old Ruby Bridges must confront the hostility of segregationists when she becomes the first African-American girl to integrate Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans in 1960

The field trip to the planetarium is foiled when the museum turns out to be closed, but Ms. Frizzle saves the day. The Magic School Bus turns into a spaceship and takes the class on a trip zooming through the atmosphere, to the Moon, and beyond! With up-to-date facts about the solar system, revised for this edition

What is the best time to do things? Who is the most important one? What is the right thing to do? Nikolai knows that he wants to be the best person he can be, but often he is unsure if he is doing the right thing. So he goes to ask Leo, the wise turtle. When he arrives, the turtle is struggling to dig in his garden, and Nikolai rushes to help him. As he finishes work, a violent storm rolls in. Nikolai runs for Leo

The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge orders Ruby to attend first grade at William Frantz Elementary, an all-white school, Ruby must face angry mobs of parents who refuse to send their children to school with her. Told with Robert Coles

American history comes to life with these engaging, original songs that teach about the important events that shaped our country, including the arrival of European explorers, the American Revolution, westward expansion, the Civil War, immigration, and so more. Includes song sheets, background information, hands-on activities, and reproducible activity sheets. For use with Grades 3-6.