Presents an introduction to the Chinese New Year holiday and discusses its traditions, including family meals, remembering loved ones, decorating with the color red, and giving gifts.

Presents an overview of the beginning of the universe, answering questions about how the universe formed, what happened to the dinosaurs, and how humans evolved over time.

Provides a sensitive vocabulary for initiating discussions and exploration of gender identity.

Explains how all butterflies go through metamorphosis, experiencing stages as an egg, a caterpillar, and a chrysalis, and finally emerging as a creature of beauty that may live just a few days or migrate thousands of miles to warmer climates.

Lisa and her class learn about probability.

"A biography of twentieth-century African American folk artist Bill Traylor, a former slave who at the age of eighty-five began to draw pictures based on his memories and observations of rural and urban life in Alabama. Includes an afterword, author's note, and sources." -- Publisher.

Offers an introduction to telling time for very young readers that combines fun illustrations with facts and activities.

Presents the life of the influential illustrator and author, including her childhood, her love of drawing, her family's internment during World War II, and her groundbreaking work in children's literature.

Offers dozens of creative ideas and easy-to-follow instructions for making everything from wallets and coin purses to novelty neckties and household decorations out of duct tape.

"The first picture book about the inspiring life of humanitarian Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth president of the United States and a Nobel Prize winner. Even before Jimmy Carter became president, he knew the value of hard work. Living on his family's peanut farm, Jimmy saw how hard work yielded strong results. At least it did for some people. But growing up in the segregated South, Jimmy also saw firsthand how white people and black people were not...