High school is hard enough when you’re healthy. When you’ve got some weird, undiagnosable chronic illness, it’s a special hell. Meet Grace Turing. She loves art, weird trivia, and her little sister, Ivy.Grace has a secret. One that she’s determined to keep at her new school, in a new state, where no one knows her as ‘Sick Girl’. This is her chance to make friends and seem normal while her illness is still invisible. But is an invisible illness really invisible? How long can she keep a secret this big? And who else is she hurting by keeping her pain to herself?

The latest tale in award-winning author and illustrator Torben Kuhlmann’s Mouse Adventures series takes flight with the courage and spirit of aviation pioneers.For the field mice, the boundary of the garden is the edge of the world. But one little field mouse is determined to discover the wide world beyond the burrow, even if she isn’t supposed to fly. With her knack for engineering and help from an experienced mouse aviator, she defies the other field mice and sets off on a daring journey. Could it be that she inspired Amelia Earhart’s pioneering aviation career? Amelia Earhart dreamed of becoming a pilot after she attended an airshow, and went on to defy gender barriers when she became the first female to fly non stop across the Atlantic.

An Introduction In English And Spanish To The Different Instruments And Musicians That Are Common To Mexican Ensembles.

When scientist and explorer Maria Reiche visited Peru’s Nazca Lines in 1941, she was immediately captivated by the larger than life animal carvings. But what were they, and why were they there?

Maia wakes up on her birthday to a delicious smell brewing in the kitchen. Her family is making Miyeok guk, one of her favorite foods! Miyeok guk is seaweed soup that new moms eat after giving birth to help replenish nutrients, and many Koreans eat this same soup on their birthdays to honor their mothers, who gave life to them. This year, Maia gets to help prepare Birthday Soup by chopping ingredients, drying the seaweed, and then adding everything to the sizzling pot. Maia wants to share the miyeok guk that she made with all of her friends at her birthday party later in the day, but wonders if they’d rather have pizza and cupcakes instead. With a little encouragement from her umma, Maia blends the two cultures that she’s a part of to create a new birthday tradition.

An Introduction To The Atmosphere, How Air Pollution Affects The Environment, And What We Can Do To Keep The Air Clean.

When a fire starts near their home, all of the animals from the largest elephant to the smallest ant are too scared to do anything but watch. All, that is, except for one tiny hummingbird. She knows she must do something to save her nest. She must do what she can.

The heartwarming story of a boy, all the things he holds dear, and the song that inspires him when he needs it most.

Bom can’t believe that her sister doesn’t see herself as Vietnamese, only American. She says she doesn’t remember Vietnam or their lives there, their family there, their house and friends. How could her sister forget the terrible journey through Saigon and the airplanes and everything? And what about Bom? She remembers now, but how long will she keep her memories? She always found comfort in the sound of her father’s typewriter. So she has an idea. She’ll write down all that she can remember: the time when her father was a spy, when her mother was nicknamed a radio, when they were so hungry Bom couldn’t walk well, when the family all said goodbye. Bom will even tell her sister, and herself, about what it was like moving to Tennessee. The ESL classes, bullies, strange new foods, icy weather, friendships, and crushes, and how her family worked to keep their heritage alive. She’ll type one poem at a time, until they’ll never forget again.

A little girl watches as her mama fills up a big box, but this is no ordinary package. It has a special name: the balikbayan box. Together, they pack all sorts of gifts and treats for their family in the Philippines, but the girl has a secret wish to send along inside. A wish to fly with the box to meet her cousins and Lola and their family and to see and experience all the places where Mama grew up. A wish she hopes will one day come true.