Cricket McKay has lived in Waterton all her life; so, she is surprised to discover an animal she hasn’t seen before: the long-toed salamander. She finds a band of them migrating from the pond to their hibernation grounds at Crandell Mountain. Crossing the road that lies between the pond and the mountain is dangerous enough, but now a newly constructed curb makes their journey even more challenging. Can Cricket and her friends come up with a solution to help the salamanders? Salamander Rescue is the second book featuring Cricket and friends.
Cyrus and Rudy spend the last days of summer selling dahlias, blackberries and tomatoes at their roadside stand. When a neighbor drops off a bin full of red wigglers, California earthworms that break down compost into fertilizer, Rudy and Cyrus become worm moguls as they discover just how in demand the Eisenia fetida are. Black Gold is the third book featuring Cyrus and Rudy’s adventures on the farm, following Not for Sale and Blackberry Juice.
Billy Stuart is a young raccoon who aspires to be just like his grandfather, a globe-trotting adventurer who knows no fear. When he learns that his grandfather has found a way to travel through time and is leaving on another great voyage, he sets out to see him off (and maybe sneak along). Billy Stuart follows his grandfather's puzzling clues through a maze of caves and caverns to find him before he leaves, trailed by his Scout pack, the Zintrepids. What Billy doesn't know is that once they go down the fateful path his grandfather has taken, there will be no turning back. Brightly illustrated and enhanced with games and puzzles throughout, Billy Stuart and the Zintrepids is Billy's first adventure and is sure to amuse readers of all ages.
Ring and Asia Wilde's wild life is anything but ordinary. Instead of attending school, they travel the world with their tutor and parents (scientists who work to protect endangered species). On their last adventure, they swung through the Amazon rainforest to save their mom from vile kidnappers--while defending the forest's population of golden lion tamarins. Now they're in Baja, Mexico--the Sea of Cortez to be exact--searching for the endangered vaquita and finding danger and conspiracy instead.
In The Yeti Who Coughed Up Confetti, a yeti coughs up colorful birthday confetti. The vets try to solve the problem with a birthday wish. In the Magical Pet Vet series, join Taye, Marta, and Emily on their wild adventures with some of the magical world's most misunderstood creatures. These creatures have problems, and the vet team is determined to solve them. This graphic novel series includes educational callouts that explore STEM and SEL concepts the team encounters.
In The Unicorn with the Candy Cane Horn, a sad unicorn shows up at the clinic. The unicorn can only make a rainbow orange, white, and brown, and the vets need to figure out what, or who, is behind the problem. The unicorn and an angry leprechaun need to resolve some conflict to fix things. In the Magical Pet Vet series, join Taye, Marta, and Emily on their wild adventures with some of the magical world's most misunderstood creatures. These creatures have problems, and the vet team is determined to solve them. This graphic novel series includes educational callouts that explore STEM and SEL concepts the team encounters.
In The Phoenix from Tucson, a blizzard leaves the vet clinic packed with cold animals in need of care. A phoenix shows up who needs help for its owners, who are stranded out in the storm. In the Magical Pet Vet series, join Taye, Marta, and Emily on their wild adventures with some of the magical world's most misunderstood creatures. These creatures have problems, and the vet team is determined to solve them. This graphic novel series includes educational callouts that explore STEM and SEL concepts the team encounters.
In The Stinky Sphinx, a mummy brings his foul-smelling pet sphinx into the clinic. The pet vets need to figure out what's making the sphinx so stinky. In the Magical Pet Vet series, join Taye, Marta, and Emily on their wild adventures with some of the magical world's most misunderstood creatures. These creatures have problems, and the vet team is determined to solve them. This graphic novel series includes educational callouts that explore STEM and SEL concepts the team encounters.
In The Crocodingo That Loved a Flamingo, the vets are called out to help a distraught crocodingo. His flamingo has been stolen by a pukwudgie who lives deep in the swamp. In the Magical Pet Vet series, join Taye, Marta, and Emily on their wild adventures with some of the magical world's most misunderstood creatures. These creatures have problems, and the vet team is determined to solve them. This graphic novel series includes educational callouts that explore STEM and SEL concepts the team encounters.
In Snuffles Has the Sniffles, a three-headed cryptid dog named Snuffles has a bad case of the sniffles. Snuffles is searching for Soteria, the head of the Soteria Safety Squad, a group that protects magical creatures. She has gone missing in Horace Forest, and the pet vets need to help find her. In the Magical Pet Vet series, join Taye, Marta, and Emily on their wild adventures with some of the magical world's most misunderstood creatures.
Find out how code monkeys build sets of instructions called algorithms using flow charts.
Find out how code monkeys must talk in a special code so that computers and smart devices will understand.
Find out how code monkeys find and fix bugs - the part of an algorithm, or set of instructions, that does not work as it should.
Computers cannot think for themselves. Find out how code monkeys must tell computers exactly what to do.
It’s Spring Break and the gang is presented with a mysterious new riddle that will challenge their mathematics skills and senses. What is the perplexing, suspended ring that oscillates? Jesse and her pals must work together to find out!
It’s a beautiful day in Deanville and the gang is presented with a new challenge. How will the kids solve this difficult new task? And how does a Greek mathematician play an important role in the solution? Think like an engineer and work alongside Jesse and pals to figure it out!
When Jesse stops by The Curiosity Shop she uncovers an old painting in a dusty antique steamer trunk. But what happens later that night when she is startled by a creepy eyeball? Find out how Professor Peach helps Jesse use art skills to uncover the mystery!
A summer trip to her grandparents’ house was going great until Jesse gets caught up in a mystery in the attic. When she encounters a pair of spooky green eyes during a lightning storm, Jesse sets out to use engineering skills to solve the Case of the Clicking Clock.
It’s a breezy new day and along with a tempest in a chocolate milk glass, Jesse’s presented with a messy new mystery when Dorky Dougy loses his lunch while spinning on the merry-go-round. The big question is, why did the ballistic barf fling outwardly, as Dougy spun? Learn all about these centrifugal and centripetal forces that make up the vomit vortex!
It’s springtime again in Deanville and everything is in full bloom—including some microscopic nuisances that put a damper on outdoor activities. What could it be? Help Jesse use science skills to figure it out!
While doing spring cleaning in her room, Jesse comes across a crayon on her window sill that is curiously bent over. She recalls that the crayon was there all winter and not bent at all. Jesse begins to wonder what caused the crayon to bend. Using science skills, Jesse discovers how the Sun is closest to Earth in summer and that's why the crayon melted.
A summer trip to her grandparents' house was going great until Jesse gets caught up in a mystery in the attic. When she encounters a pair of spooky green eyes during a lightning storm, Jesse sets out to use engineering skills to solve the Case of the Clicking Clock.
While playing in her tree house, Jesse is intrigued by a falling sycamore seed that slowly spins to the ground. But when she sees acorns falling fast directly down to the ground, she must solve the riddle while learning about propellers and windmills and using technology to understand aerodynamics.
Ring and Asia Wilde's life is anything but ordinary. Some of their closest friends are endangered monkeys and rare birds. Instead of attending middle school, they accompany their parents (scientists who work to save endangered species) on adventures around the world. They spend more time climbing trees, tracking animal prints, and taking on three-hundred-pound anacondas than they do filling out worksheets. But a research trip to the Amazon rainforest turns into a dangerous mystery when their mother goes missing. Who kidnapped Dr. Jane Wilde, and why? Ring and Asia have the skills to survive the jungle--but do they have what it takes to rescue their mom?
Lightning sparks a forest fire deep in the mountains near the town of Waterton. Days later, the sky is blue and the air is clear, so it doesn’t seem like an emergency, until crews of firefighters begin to arrive and townspeople start to prepare. Cricket and her friends watch deer and birds flee the forest and run right through town. But what about the slower animals? What about the porcupines and squirrels, the salamanders and snakes? Cricket searches for a way to help until the fire surprises everyone by quickly switching directions and racing towards the town. She hopes that the preparations and the firefighters' experience will be enough to save her home. But what about all the animals she loves? This is the fifth title in the Cricket McKay series, following Cougar Frenzy, Bats in Trouble, Ospreys in Danger and Salamander Rescue.
