Washoe County Library System

Provides a wealth of basic information about this poisonous pit viper, including its physical characeteristics, habitat, food habits and defense mechanisms.

As morning comes to Kangaroo Island following a thunderstorm, a mother kangaroo finds her lost baby and a burned eucalyptus tree sprouts buds and becomes a new home for animals.

Twelve-year-old Lucky Prescott craves adventure, but as a young lady of society she's only been allowed to experience adventure through books. That is, until one fateful day when Lucky, her father, and her aunt leave their neat-and-tidy city life and travel to their new home out west-the Wild West. At first Lucky is excited, but during the long train ride to her new hometown of Miradero, she begins to worry. What if she doesn't make any new friends?...

The Toad brothers are wreaking havoc in Drywater Gulch when a boy with no experience but immense knowledge of dinosaurs rides into town on his tortoise and declares himself the new sheriff.

Headed for the Grand Canyon to investigate a mystery at a hotel, Basil finds himself involved in dangerous adventures as he tries to foil the schemes of a ruthless smuggler. "Named one of “13 Detective Book Series You Obsessed Over as a Kid” by Buzzfeed.com and the inspiration for a hit Disney film, the masterful Great Mouse Detective is back and tackling America’s most ruthless outlaws in the Wild West! In this case of the smiling smugglers,...

Discovering that his trail mix is slowly disappearing throughout the day, Peck embarks on a daring quest to catch a trail mix thief.

Award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford s innovative history in verse celebrates the story of the Tuskegee Airmen: pioneering African-American pilots who triumphed in the skies and past the color barrier. I WANT YOU! says the poster of Uncle Sam. But if you re a young black man in 1940, he doesn t want you in the cockpit of a war plane. Yet you are determined not to let that stop your dream of flying. So when you hear of a civilian pilot training...