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What's a girl to do when nobody wants her help? Help anyway! The garden needs tending and the new neighbors just might need someone to save the day. Using several of the lessons she learned at Sunday school a young lady tries to be the best neighbor she can be.

Have you ever had the hiccups? Amber and her sister want to find a cure! After multiple attempts, though, they still haven’t figured one out. Learn about why we get the hiccups and whether or not there’s a cure!

Three boys decide to play a trick on their aunt, who insists on teaching them new vocabulary words. The English language can be complicated. There are so many words that describe the same thing! You can learn about many of those words in this silly story about a group of siblings who decide they are sick of learning new words!

It’s time to board the Bedtime Boat! Go on an Arctic adventure before you go to sleep. Young children will love meeting polar bears, beluga whales, and all their friends as they explore the fun lands of snow!

Mikoto is turning 10, which means she finally gets her own dragon! There’s only one problem—will her dragon be red like her American father's? Or blue like her Japanese mother's? As Mikoto waits for her dragon to arrive, she thinks about her identity and culture from Japan. Will her dragon help her accept who she really is?

Mama Kiwi has finally laid her eggs! Now it's time for Papa Kiwi to take care of them until they hatch. Learn what Papa Kiwi must do in order to protect his babies. See how he hunts for food and protects the eggs all by himself until it's time for the eggs to hatch!

A violent storm shakes a lakeside house. In the morning, the family finds that many trees were knocked down, including one very special tree. The swimming tree had helped guide Sammy back to shore ever since she first learned how to swim. Now without it to guide her, Sammy feels unsure until she sees something right next to where the swimming tree used to be.

Tamitha has been kidnapped by a dragon! Now she is stuck in his castle and has to do all of his chores. Tamitha meets all of the other animals that are stuck in the castle, and together they come up with a plan to escape the castle and teach the dragon a lesson!

Mariel is a young girl who is struggling with her identity. As a Chinese-American being raised by her adoptive Latino family in Miami, she doesn't understand who she really is. All of the other kids make fun of her but Mariel feels connected to her Latino culture. After a trip to China, where she was born, Mariel learns about her Chinese heritage. Seeing the orphanage and all the children who are still up for adoption allow Mariel to be happy with her life. She is finally able to accept who she really is—a "Florida chica china by the way of Fujian!"

Temika and her family are big on recycling paper. Temika and her brother Tyler are ready to argue about where paper comes from–trees or recycled paper. Mom says they’re both right! Dad suggests they make their own paper so that Temika can use it for her Grandma’s birthday card. Mom teaches them how to make homemade paper from scraps of white paper, colored construction paper, and even flowers!

A clever giant's wife helps him scare away a bully of a giant in this old Irish tale. When the meanest, toughest giant of them all comes to bully her husband, his wife needs to get creative and fast. Will they work together to trick the other giant into leaving them alone for good?

Mi Pa is a frog. All she could ever want is to meet and marry the prince. But what happens when her wish comes true? When her new husband must fight for the crown, she must find a way to help him. Will she be able to help her prince become the king’s heir?

Finn is bored! She is stuck inside with her family because of the cold weather. While she tries to convince her family to go to the zoo, her brother tries to teach her about global warming. When Finn is skeptical, her father decides to take the whole family to the zoo to teach them about greenhouse gases and their effect on Earth.

What animal makes the best pet? A tiger? A grizzly bear? A T-Rex? A killer whale? Or a puppy? Learn why all but one of these animals make great pets and all the things you need to do to properly care for your special pet!

The McNaughton family is living during the influenza pandemic of 1918. The family sees how the disease affects other families in their neighborhoods and community until their own family begins to fall ill. As each family member comes down with the flu, they all must take care of one another and fight to stay alive. One child, Anna, takes comfort in her father’s arms one night after she takes a turn for the worse.

Hope is trying to take care of her younger siblings, but a vengeful ghost is making their lives difficult! He puts holes in their fishing nets, scares off their customers, and even throws their furniture! How can she get rid of him for good?

When a young pirate buys a peacock instead of a parrot for his captain, the whole crew laughs. Will the peacock be a good addition to the crew? The crew of the Finicky Fin can’t catch a break when the new peacock seems to cause nothing but trouble, and now the ship is being attacked by a giant sea monster!

Take a deep breath in, breathe out, and read on to learn some simple yoga moves that will help you start out the day! Learn all about different yoga poses like Heart Pose, Downward Dog, and Cobra in this step-by-step guide for a quick yoga session.

Anna and Jim find a baby seal trapped in a fishing net on the beach after a storm. With the help of their parents, the two siblings are able to get the seal untangled. But where is her family? See how this family helps Sally the seal, return to her parents!

Go on an adventure with Polly as she learns how to use special names to categorize shapes! Any closed, flat shape with at least three straight sides is called a polygon. Did you know a quadrilateral—or a shape with four straight sides—can have several names? You can call one a parallelogram, a rhombus, a trapezoid, or even a square! What shapes can you recognize?