A spirited retelling of a favorite children's folk song features a spunky heroine, who, with the combination of a little ingenuity and a lot of luck, manages to outwit a great big bear while making a surprising new friend in the process.
The animals of Riverbourne, led by the brave young pine martin, Vair, prepare to battle the Lord Owl but soon discover that a much greater evil lies in wait at Owlswater for the heir to the royal eagles. Simultaneous.
Recounts in verse a curious robin's introduction to a number of animal infants who don't look like their mothers, and she wonders if she will be just as surprised when her own babies hatch.
A selection of poems about the activities in a child's day, written by poets including Myra Cohn Livingston, Jeff Moss, Langston Hughes, and Charlotte Zolotow
Profiles seven American women--Rachel Carson, Katharine Graham, Dolores Huerta, Wilma Mankiller, Maya Lin, Kathleen McGrath, and Condoleezza Rice--who came to prominence within the last fifty years, focusing on each one's achievements and role as a pioneer.