Special Collections

Message in a Bottle

Message in a Bottle Author: Carmen Morais

Date Added: 08/05/2019

Category: Level N

Living In Space

Living in Space Author: Carmen Morais

Date Added: 06/19/2019

Category: Level Q

Glow-in-the-Dark Animals

Glow-in-the-Dark Animals Author: Carmen Morais

Date Added: 06/19/2019

Category: Level M

The Boy who Saves Camels

Eleven-year-old Cameron Oliver was doing his homework when he realized that his school project could save camels' lives.

Date Added: 09/06/2019

Category: Level O

Rotten in Riverton

Rotten in Riverton Author: Byrd Mills

Date Added: 09/03/2019

Category: Level T

Lornah Kiplagat

Lornah Kiplagat: Long-Distance Hero Author: Gary Miller

Date Added: 08/06/2019

Category: Level R

Snowmobiles: A Life-saving Invention

Learn about the invention of the snowmobile by a boy in Canada.

Date Added: 09/03/2019

Category: Level Q

The Two Brothers

Where Does Greed Lead? Two brothers. One is generous and one is greedy. Which one will be rich in the end?

Date Added: 09/16/2019

Category: Level R

Rabbit and the Queasy Quiver

Rabbit and the Queasy Quivers Author: Susan McCloskey

Date Added: 06/19/2019

Category: Level O

Keeping the Light

Keeping the Light Author: Susan McCloskey

Date Added: 07/02/2019

Category: Level P

Strange Rain

Strange Rain Author: Mary M. McClellan

Date Added: 09/05/2019

Category: Level R

Rules of Survival

Rules of Survival Author: Anna McCart

Date Added: 06/19/2019

Category: Level T

Countdown to Showtime

Countdown to Showtime

Date Added: 06/24/2019

Category: Level Q

Switcharound

Forced to spend a summer with their father and his "new" family, Caroline, age eleven, and J.P., age thirteen, are given unpleasant responsibilities for which they are determined to get revenge.

Date Added: 05/30/2019

Category: Level P

Fake Cake

Fake Cake Author: Jim Logan

Date Added: 06/19/2019

Category: Level M

Amin and the Terrible Ogre: A Folktale from Iran

Amin and the Terrible Ogre Author: retold by Janice Lindsay

Date Added: 06/04/2019

Category: Level P

People-Powered

Power Up!

New forms of transportation are changing the way people get around. Some new vehicles don't run on gas--they run on human energy. And they go everywhere: on land, on sea, and into the sky!

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Date Added: 06/03/2019

Category: Level O

Keeping a Secret

Keeping a Secret: How to Create Codes Author: Jean C. Lawler

Date Added: 06/19/2019

Category: Level Q

The Absolute Worst Vacation Ever

The Absolute Worst Vacation Ever Author: Stephen Krensky

Date Added: 09/03/2019

Category: Level N

Why the Sea Is Salty

Why the Sea Is Salty: A Tale from Iceland Author: retold by Stephen Krensky

Date Added: 09/17/2019

Category: Level Q

Seasick

Seasick by Stephen Krensky illustrated Simon Dupuis

Date Added: 01/21/2020

Category: Level R

Spy Devices: Searching for Secrets

Learn about the tools spies use to help them find, store, and send important information.

Date Added: 09/03/2019

Category: Level S

Geysers

GEYSERS-AN ENDANGERED WONDER

Shooting water and steam high into the air, geysers are spectacular. They are also extremely rare. Few places on Earth have exactly the right conditions to produce these amazing natural wonders.

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Date Added: 06/03/2019

Category: Level R

The Amazing Gecko

Sticky secret. The gecko is one of nature's most amazing acrobats. Scientists have figured out the secret to the gecko's clinging power and have some sticky ideas about how to use it!

Date Added: 09/04/2019

Category: Level N

Share the Seas with Manatees

Share the Seas with Manatees Author: Joanna Kalafarski

Date Added: 05/31/2019

Category: Level O