Washoe County Library System

When eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, join a group of nineteenth-century explorers aboard the H.M.S. Challenger, they learn about the ocean, solve the mystery of its fabled sea monster, and gain compassion for their fellow creatures.

Stella Endicott loves her teacher, Miss Liliana, and she is thrilled when the class is assigned to write a poem. Stella crafts a beautiful poem about Mercy Watson, the pig who lives next door -- a poem complete with a metaphor and full of curiosity and courage. But Horace Broom, Stella's irritating classmate, insists that Stella's poem is full of lies and that pigs do not live in houses. And when Stella and Horace get into a shouting match in the...

Word Bird learns about the twelve months of the year as he tries to figure out when his birthday will be.

Nancy, who likes to use fancy words, is excited to wear her elegant nightgown for Pajama Day at school, until her best friend Bree and her classmate Clara impress everyone by wearing matching pink polka-dot pajamas.

When Nancy's friend Bree gets some glittery glasses to help her see better, Nancy, who likes to be fancy, wants to wear glasses too.

Nancy, who likes to use fancy words, decides to make an homage to her little sister's pet goldfish as her project for the 100th Day of School.

"In her chapter book debut, Nancy Clancy must find the culprit when a prized possession goes missing at school"--Provided by publisher.

Nancy writes a report for school about her great-grandfather, making things up so he seems less ordinary, but when she learns that Grandpa will be there to hear her read the report aloud she realizes she was dishonest.

Easy to read, rhyming text about Halloween night incorporates Spanish words, from las brujas riding their broomsticks to los monstruos whose monstrous ball is interrupted by a true horror.

Fancy Nancy and her father love stargazing, and during her first campout under the stars she describes the heavens to him and her sister, JoJo, using her fancy words.