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You'll love this collection of folktales from China. In "The Magic Paintbrush", Liang is given a magical paintbrush that has the power to turn anything he paints into real life. Liang must be clever, using both his brain and painting power to escape the greedy emperor. Also included are five other Chinese folktales: "The Water Bucket", "Song Dingbo and the Hungry Ghost", "Money Problems", "The Terrible Kites of Len Yo", and "The Divine Tortoise."

One of the most well-known constellations in the night sky, the Big Dipper, traces its origins to a Native American legend. Many animals attempted to break through Sky in order to spread light and warmth onto the Earth. Only one of them, a Great Bear—also known as Ursa Major—succeeds. How does Great Spirit reward him?

There are too many dragons in Skoki's world for her liking. Luckily, she meets a new friend who introduces her to a different creature.

You'll love this collection of stories featuring quirky, yet lovable family members. In "Translating Aunt Edna", 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’ll discover many of them in this silly story about a group of siblings who decide they are sick of learning new words!

When Ashley Shew became a self-described "hard-of-hearing chemobrained amputee with Crohn's disease and tinnitus," there was no returning to "normal." Suddenly well-meaning people called her an "inspiration" while grocery shopping or viewed her as a needy recipient of technological wizardry. Most disabled people don't want what the abled assume they want—nor are they generally asked. In vibrant prose, Shew shows how we can create better narratives and more accessible futures by drawing from the insights of the cross-disability community.

Ana and her father observe coyote pups in a nearby den while they wait for their apricot trees to fruit.

Tamitha meets the most interesting people! Enjoy this trilogy of humorous fantasy stories, which follow Tamitha's adventures: "Tamitha and the Troll Witch", "Tamitha and the Dragon", and "Tamitha and the Vampire".

In urban areas, bicycle riding is often favored over driving cars. More and more large cities are introducing bicycle lanes to encourage this healthy and eco-friendly mode of transport. Some countries in Europe like Denmark and the Netherlands helped start the biking sensation. Some cities even allow people to even rent a bike for a small fee. Explore your city by riding on a bike with a friend!

White Rabbit, an Ojibwe Native American, helplessly watches as her village begins to suffer from a deadly winter disease. When her brother Running Wolf falls ill, she plans to bring back more healing herbs from a neighboring village. When White Rabbit races through the snow, she ends up leaving behind a new flower that appears in the spring.

Rapunzel thinks today is a bad hair day to end all bad hair days, but it just may be the best day yet.

Tiyoro is not interested in marrying any of the men in her village, and she won't change her mind. But her friend Bafou may be just as stubborn as she is.

Maggie loves to sing, but her mother keeps telling her to sing more softly.

Megan, her brother Zack, and their dog Tobi are camping in the forest when Tobi chases a squirrel away. Megan follows Tobi into the woods and see a large shadow of a shaggy-haired creature…

If you take a hike on a warm summer day, you'll see bees collecting nectar, foxes feasting on fruits and berries, and more! Learn about what animals do in the summer to get ready for the long winter ahead.

This little ballerina loves to dance in her tutu, especially when her daddy joins her! Have you ever tried to dance ballet?

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!

Click, Jane, and CeCe are crafting toy sailboats! Once the paint dries, they get some exercise and learn about breathing on their way to race their sailboats in the creek. Jane exercises regularly, so breathing is much easier for her! Once the race is underway, who will win?

Have you ever flown on a plane and heard the pilot speaking in some kind of code? Now you can understand what he is saying! The alphabet is different for airplane pilots. Instead of ABC, pilots say Alpha, Bravo, Charlie. Learn this new way of communicating with Click and Jane as they use the phonetic alphabet and pretend to be airplane pilots!

What does it take to fuel a rocket to space? Rocket scientists use hydrogen and liquid oxygen, but could anti-matter engines and black-hole drives fuel our spacecraft of the future?

A pine tree is unhappy with its needles and wishes for different types of leaves instead. A fairy grants the tree its wishes, but the results are disappointing.