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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?

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?

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!

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?

In this Indian folktale, Savitri is a beautiful princess of India who is struggling to find a man who is worthy of her. When she finally falls in love, she is warned that the man she wants to marry only has a year to live. Savitri decides she would rather have one year with this man than many years with any other. But when death comes to take her husband, will Savitri be able to let him go?

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!

Have you ever wondered how insects defend themselves from predators? Some, like the stick insect and katydid, use amazing disguises to help blend into their surroundings! Others, like wasps, hornets, and some caterpillars, use a painful venom to discourage attackers. If you were a bug, what sort of defense would you use?

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!

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

Have you ever heard of a bug hotel? There are some insects that help plants by spreading pollen and improving the soil, but they don’t always show up in every garden. To help encourage them to move in, some gardeners build little houses for them!

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!"

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!

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.

Did you know there were several women and girls who worked as spies during the Civil War? Thanks to the voluminous hoop skirts and petticoats they wore, their clothing made it very easy to hide messages and smuggle them to the soldiers. Take a look at some of the women who served as Civil War spies!

During the rainy season in the marshlands, Alligator has almost nothing to eat. When the dry season comes, Alligator digs a hole in the pond and waits for the animals to return. Without Alligator and her hole, there would be far fewer animals living in the marsh.